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  • AotS to Receive EPA Grant

    Funding residencies with urban youth - A grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency will help fund four weeks of Arm-of-the-Sea residency programs with urban youth. The project, "Thinking like a Watershed," combines the arts, history and natural science in an exploration of a land and water dynamics. Young people participating in the program will help create a performance celebrating their local watershed.

    Partner organization include Rocking the Boat, Bronx, NY
    University Settlement, NYC & Beacon, NY,
    Youth Resources Development Corp, Poughkeepsie, NY

  • Arm-of-the-Sea has a New Web Site!

    Arm-of-the-Sea has released its new web site. It contains a listing of upcoming events, current shows in our repertoire, audio samples, online purchase of our CD and/or MP3 download, a photo gallery, and more...

    Please visit again as we grow this site into an extensive resource of community puppet theater.

  • Arm-of-the-Sea Theater at the Imagine Festival of Arts, Issues & Ideas

    presenting At the Turning of the Tide at the Festival's "Earth Summit" - This Event is part of the Imagine Festival of Arts, Issues & Ideas, a citywide cultural festival designed to inspire, instigate and support civic engagment. From August 28-September 2 the Imagine Festival will present over 100 cultural events in 6 days including concerts, performances, forums, town meetings,exhibits, screenings, and other issue based artworks. www.imagine04.org  ...more...

  • Arm-of-the-Sea awarded grant by National Endowment for the Arts

    will help fund special show at our 2005 Espopus Creek Festival . - A grant from the National Endowment for the Arts will help fund Arm of the Sea artists to create a new show about migrant farmworkers. To develop the show we are working with the Rural& Migrant Ministry and other organizations that advocate and serve farmworkers. The initial version of the show will be presented at our 2005 Esopus Creek Festival on Aug 26 & 27. It will be added to and refined and then offered as a touring company show. This project has also received support from the Henson Foundation and the Puffin Foundation.
    are also  ...more...

  • 2005 Esopus Creek Festival of Mask & Puppet Theater

    August 26 & 27, with raindate Aug. 28 - Puppet figures, mask characters and performing objects of all sizes and description will take center stage when ARM-OF-THE-SEA THEATER and friends present our fifth annual ESOPUS CREEK FESTIVAL of MASK & PUPPET THEATER on Friday, August 26th & Saturday, August 27th in Saugerties, NY. The festival is a celebration of puppetry’s ancient roots and its emergence as a contemporary performance art form. It features original shows by Arm-of-the-Sea Theater and other theater artists of the region. See the Puppet Suite page for more information.  ...more...

  • Arm-of-the-Sea's project in Panama

    Directors Marlena Marallo and Patrick Wadden along with artists Grian MacGregor, Bart Friedman and Lucinda Knaus have spent a month in Panama on a special performance project. Working at the Casa de Cultura in the Caribbean coast town of Bocas del Toro, the group created two "suitcase shows" based on local themes and then presented these stories in small communities on four of the islands in the Bocas archilelago. One show, "La Casa De Vida (The House of Life)," was about the continuous cycling of nutrients within eco-systems. The other, "El Cayuco Rojo (The Red Dugout Canoe)" told the story of a fisherman and a sea turtle. Following the mini tour in the Bocas region, the group traveled to Panama City to participate in a cultural festival at The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Marine Education Center at Punta Culebra. Finally, the puppeteers traveled to Portobello and presented a show on the steps of the restored Spanish Customs House.  ...more...

  • Notice: Nov 5th performance cancelled

    Arm-of-the-Sea's performance of "City that Drinks the Mountain Sky" scheduled for Sat. Nov 5th at the Northern Westchester Center for the Arts has been cancelled. The Center is going through a financial crisis and may be closing its doors for good.

  • Grant from New York State Council on the Arts

    Arm-of-the-Sea is the recipient of a multi-year grant from The New York State Council on the Arts. This award for general operating support helps underwrite our public performances throughout the state. NYSCA is state agency that awards public funds, i.e. your tax dollars. So thank you one and all and please let your state legislators know that public funding for the arts really makes a difference. Arm-of-the-Sea has received NYSCA support since 1996

  • grant from the Hudson River Improvement Fund

    A grant from the Hudson River Improvement Fund will enable us to purchase a new sound system and a new portable lighting system. The HR Improvement Fund is administered by The Hudson River Foundation which has helped support our work for twenty years.

  • New Paltz performance is a Go.

    We will set up and, weather permitting, will do the show tonight.

  • Call for Volunteers

    Celebration of Lights Parade - Volunteers are needed the evening of Friday, Dec. 1st to help bring to life Arm-of-the-Sea's large processional puppet figures and lanterns in the Celebration of Lights Parade. This annual community event, hosted by the Bardavon Opera House, features bands, art and fireworks. Volunteering in the parade would involve about one and a half hours of time. If interested please contact Patrick Wadden at Arm of the Sea for details.  ...more...

  • Attn: Arts Presenters

    AotS at Booking Conferences. New DV D Press Kit Available - Arm-of-the-Sea will have booths at two upcoming performing arts booking conferences.
    We will be at the IPAY conference Jan 10-13 held at Playhouse Square in Cleaveland OH.
    You can also find us at the APAP Conference Jan. 20-23 in New York City. Our Booth is #533 in Americas Hall 1.

    Also, our new press packet is now available on DVD. It includes six short videos plus photos and technical information about our touring shows. Please contact us if you would like to receive one.

  • 2006 in Review

    In 2006 Arm-of-the-Sea presented a total of 67 performances of five different productions. 32 of these were public shows and 35 were for school groups. We also conducted over seven weeks of residencies at schools and culture centers.


  • Summer Theater Internship Program

    Get Involved with Arm-of-the-Sea Theater This Summer

    Experience the process of putting together an outdoor theater spectacle. This “Puppet Boot Camp” is open any interested individuals ages 15 & up.

    Participants will work with the Arm-of-the-Sea company to rehearse & perform the 2007 Esopus Creek Puppet Suite, Aug. 24th & 25th in Saugerties, NY.

    This year’s Suite is inspired by the work of microbiologist Lynn Margulis, evolution biologist Elisabet Sahtouris, and David Kroton’s new book. “The Great Turning; from Empire to Earth Community”.

    There are two levels of involvement:
    -the core group meets for seven rehearsal sessions,
    -the ensemble for four rehearsal sessions.

    In addition to performing, there will be opportunities to help finish building and rigging visual elements of the show on some of the days between Aug 17-23. For details about being involved with this project please contact: Patrick Wadden via the email listed on this website or via phone at 845-246-7873
    Here are schedules for the two groups.Rehearsal schedule for core group of performers:
    Date Time Location
    Mon Aug 13 6-9:30pm Dojo
    Wed Aug 15 6-9:30pm Dojo
    Fri Aug 17 6-9:30pm Dojo
    Sun Aug 19 6-9:30 Dojo
    Tue Aug 21 6-10pm Park
    Wed Aug 22 6-10pm Park
    Thur Aug 23 6-10pm Park

    Rehearsal schedule for ensemble parts:
    Date Time Location
    Sun Aug 19 2-5pm Dojo
    Tue Aug 21 6-10pm Park
    Wed Aug 22 6-10pm Park
    Thur Aug 23 6-10pm Park

    Performance schedule:
    Date Time Location
    Fri Aug 24 8pm Park
    Sat Aug 25 8pm Park
    If either of these nights are cancelled due to rain,
    we will perform the show on Sun. Aug 26 at 9pm

  • Arm of the Sea's new studio addition

    The finishing touches are going on a new 500 sq. ft. addition to our studio, thanks to a grant from the Hudson River Improvement Fund. The grant enabled us to purchase the materials for the project. The building was designed by Dave Minch and built by Patrick Wadden with assistance from Eric Friedman and Dave Hval. It will give us room to repair and store our current touring shows and free up space in the main "dojo" studio space so we can keep creating new shows.

  • Sunday performance cancelled

    The Festivals of Light performance scheduled for 2pm Sunday Dec 16 has been cancelled due to the winter snow and ice storm.

  • As the snow falls on this last day of the year.....

    As the snow falls on this last day of the year we send out greetings to our extended community of friends, neighbors, artist collaborators, supporters, presenters, and audience members. Art making is a two-way proposition and we thank you all for being there with us. After creating two new shows this year, along with presenting 70 performance and conducting five major residencies, we are setting aside January and February for everyone in the company to re-collect essential dream energies and prepare for what is to come.
    Engagements for spring and summer are currently being accepted and our public performance schedule will be posted soon. Contact us soon to arrange an Arm-of-the-Sea visit to your community.
    We have recently received news of three grant awards to further our work. They are from:
    ~ The New York State Dept. Of Environmental Conservation’s Hudson Estuary Program - to renovate and promote our Hudson River spectacle. “At the Turning of the Tide.”
    ~ The New York State Council on the Arts - to set up a cash reserve fund for our organization.
    ~ The Jim Henson Foundation - to begin work on a new show in conjunction with the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s journey up the river that now bears his name.

    For Peace and the everyday epiphanies of Joy & Beauty!
    Marlena Marallo & Patrick Wadden
    Founders & directors

  • Fall 2007 Newsletter

    On the Road
    The past four months have been a whirlwind of activity here. Our intrepid touring company has traveled over 5,000 miles to present 40 performances of five different productions. The performing ensemble is Dean Jones, Carl Welden, Dale Gibbons, Zoe Rowan and Patrick Wadden. Julie Novak is the alternate and Juan Basilio Sanchez is second musician with La Cosecha/The Harvest. Venues have included the Detroit Festival of the Arts, Pennsylvania Renewable Energy Festival, Clearwater's Hudson River Revival, Project Troubador's Grove Fest and The Great Hill in New York City's Central Park.
    Thanks to all those hard-working community arts presenters who set the stage and gather the audience. A special citation goes to Dan's Auto Repair in Saugerties, NY for keeping our bus road-worthy.
    To find our how you can bring an Arm-of-the-Sea performance to your community please contact us.

    Summer Residency: The Newburgh Peace Project
    Arm-of-the-Sea artists took part in a five-week inner city arts workshop this summer in Newburgh, NY, in which a diverse group of teenagers and adults explored issues that divided and united us all. Musicians Joakim Lartey and Jamiles Lartey together with director Patrick Wadden helped the group transform its far ranging discussions into shapes, sounds, colors, motions, and a story line. Slowly, over the course of many sultry nights, a play took form.
    As Sophia Woods, the project's founder and indefatigable catalyst, put it: "We came together, mostly as total strangers, with a longing in our hearts to escape the barbed wire boundaries of class, race, and religion to sit united at one table. We asked ourselves: How can we help young people to experience peace and to choose it over violence? All of us live in or near Newburgh. Many of us are distraught by its poverty and violence. We wanted an outlet for all our urgings to make it better and to create some new thing. We thought: Let's have a summer program right in the broken heart of Newburgh and work for peace, starting with ourselves and our city. We began to make plans with Arm-of-the-Sea. We discovered it was like putting an artists' colony on an active volcano."
    This initial experiment culminated in a powerful, moving performance to a standing-room-only audience at the Ritz Theater Lobby. If you would be interested in being involved with future efforts of the Newburgh Peace Project please contact us.

    Our 2007 Esopus Creek Puppet Suite: The Illuminated Manuscripts of Rip Van Wrinkle
    Over a thousand people came out for this year's Puppet Suite, which was presented Aug. 24 and 25 at Tina Chorvas Waterfront Park in the village of Saugerties, NY.
    This year's Suite featured that quintessential Catskill dreamer Rip Van Wrinkle in a magical mystery tale that dove into the Deep Time of evolutionary history. Animating the mask and puppet characters were veteran performers Steve Thomas, Carl Welden, Trey Daniels, Elisa Tucci and Joel Mirante together with new recruits Brook Celeste, Jahson, Courtney Stryker, Eric Schmidt, and Andre Stoltzfus.
    Composer Dean Jones created this year's score and directed The Big Sky Ensemble. The group features musical luminaries Thomas Workman on sousaphone, Brian Farmer on percussion, Bill Ylitalo on baritone saxophone & flutes, Peter Buettner on tenor sax, Tim Allen on African drums and Mr. Jones on trombone. In addition their musical duties, band members seamlessly handled the character voice-overs.
    Following the Suite were two special cabaret performances. The first was "The Crone Chronicles, Episode #13" by Grian MacGregor. The second was "Moonrise" by Gnomon Shadow Theater. Lighthouse TV, the local public access channel, recorded one performance of the '07 Puppet Suite and is in the process of editing it for broadcast. A DVD of the project will be available later this season.
    Program notes from the '07 Esopus Creek Puppet Suite: Every culture has a story about how life began and how the present generation is related through kinship lines to the Original Ones. In this spirit, we draw our production from that most essential miracle & mystery play: the Evolution of Life on Earth. Reinventing that hapless hero of Catskill Mountain lore, Rip Van 'Wrinkle', our story dives through the Looking Glass of the microscope and into the sub-visible realm of Bacteria. These one-celled organisms are the original biological pioneers - the Bioneers - who colonized every nook and cranny of Planet Earth. For nearly three billion years of evolutionary history they were the only show in town. As the first Mothers of Invention, they developed all the primary metabolic pathways and survival strategies - from fermentation and decomposition to photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Out of mutual benefit, some microbes merged together, creating a new and far more complex kind of cell that eventually became plants and animals, including us hyperactive humans! So this one's for the Ancestors.

    New Works-in-Progress
    Living in the House of Life - A new touring show about evolution, the microbe-management of the planet's life support systems and human economy within this Household. The show is currently in rehearsals and will premier in the Spring.
    Mutual Strangers: Henry Hudson & the River That Discovered Him - The working title of a production for our 2009 season, which marks the 400th anniversary of Hudson's voyage up the river that now bears his name. The project is in the initial stages of research and development.

    Autumn Residency Projects
    Oakwood Friends School, Poughkeepsie, NY - A workshop production with middle and high school students in a performance of The Great Tablecloth. This performance poem, illustrated with paintings and puppets, was created by AotS in 1988, inspired by the poet Pablo Neruda of Chile.
    Clinton School, Poughkeepsie, NY - Building lanterns and processional figures with students for the Celebration of Lights Parade. Sponsored by the Bardavon Opera House.

    Festival of Lights with the Vanaver Cararvan
    A special collaboration December 14, 15, and 16
    The Vanaver Caravan is a legendary company of dancers and musicians based in Ulster County, NY. The vision of founders / directors Bill & Livia Vanaver, this group of performing artists have been sowing the seeds of beauty, joy and cross-cultural understanding at home and abroad for over 35 years. We are working together with them on an original dance theater piece that will be a special addition to their annual Festival of Lights, a winter solstice event that explores through the arts how people of the world bring light into the darkest time of year.
    Arm-of-the-Sea's co-director Patrick Wadden notes, "This partnership combines the dynamic energy of the Caravan together with our ancient devices of visual storytelling. I would predict some beautiful surprises from this dance/music/theater fusion."
    Join us Dec. 14, 15 & 16 at SUNY Ulster's Quimby Theater in Stone Ridge, NY, for an evening of luminous entertainment. More details to be posted at our web site.

    Our 2007 Supporters
    The New York State Music Fund - Arm-of-the-Sea has been awarded a grant from the NY State Music Fund in support of the live music component of our performances in the 2007 season. The Music Fund is a grant program that increases availability and accessibility of music by contemporary artists to diverse audiences and communities throughout New York State. The Fund was created when the New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer resolved investigations against major recording companies that had violated state and federal laws prohibiting "pay for play" (also called "payola"). The settlement agreement stipulated that funds paid by music businesses would support music education and appreciation for the benefit of New York State residents. Arm-of-the-Sea composers/musicians include: Dean Jones, Thomas Workman, Juan Basilio Sanchez and The Big Sky Ensemble (Brian Farmer, Dean Jones, Tim Allen, Peter Beuttner, Thomas Workman & Bill Ylitalo).
    The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) - A multi-year grant for general operating support from NYSCA's Theater Program enables us to plan our touring season and offer reduced fees to New York State presenters. NYSCA is state agency that awards public funds, i.e. your tax dollars. Arm-of-the-Sea has received this support since 1996.
    The Hudson River Improvement Fund (HRIF) - A grant from the HRIF covers the purchase of building materials for an addition to our studio / rehearsal facilities located at Cantine's Island Co-Housing Community. Other grants from HRIF have helped us purchase new lighting and sound systems and our bio-diesel tour bus.
    Catskill Watershed Corporation (CWC) - The CWC underwrites performances of City the Drinks the Mountain Sky in the Catskill region and New York City.

  • Spring 2008

    Friends:

    Taking a cue from the season, our resilient troupe is back in the saddle and soon to be performing at a public space near you. Perhaps it takes a company of outsider artists to bring you the inside scoop, the dirty lowdown plus a big shot of hope and beauty. Our lively, irrepressible crew of artists includes Carl Welden, Dale Gibbons, Dean Jones, Zoe Rowan, and Jason West. Great audiences make great performances, so come out and see a show. Or, better yet, help sponsor the company for a performance in your community.

    In addition to touring, we are in the thick of creating a new production, "Mutual Strangers: Henry Hudson & the River that Discovered Him." This epic tale will open next season as part of the 400th anniversary of Hudson's voyage.

    Mark this on your summer calendar: our 2008 Esopus Creek Puppet Suite will be held in Saugerties on Aug 15 & 16, with a raindate Aug 17. This year's theme is "Tributaries & Estuaries" Volunteers are needed to help perform this spectacle. Please contact us for more information.

    Our 2008 season is made possible with public funds from the NYS Council on the Arts, a state agency, and by grants from the Jim Henson Foundation, the NYS DEC's Hudson River Estuary Program, the Puffin Foundation, the Hudson River Improvement Fund, the Golub /Price Chopper Foundation along with many individual donors.

    With arts budgets shrinking and many of our costs rising, we want to heartily thank our current supporters. Consider making a gift to help keep Arm-of-the-Sea Theater raring and daring to go. Follow the link on the sidebar of this website to make a tax deductible donation quickly and easily with PayPal or any credit card.

    Patrick Wadden & Marlena Marallo,
    founders & directors

  • Sunday night Puppet Suite!

    We will be presenting our 2008 Esopus Creek Puppet Suite on Sunday Aug. 17 starting at 8pm. This is due to the cancellation of the Friday night performances.


  • Call for Volunteers- Fri. Dec. 5th

    We are looking for a dozen participants to help animate mask & puppet figures and carry lanterns in Poughkeepsie's annual Celebration of Lights parade. Volunteers meet us at 5:45pm on Main St in Poughkeepsie for a short rehearsal. The parade begins at 6:30 and covers about a half mile. Sponsored by the Bardavon Opera House and the City of Poughkeepsie, the event also includes a tree lighting ceremony, ice sculptures, fireworks and a showing of "It's a Beautiful Life" at the Bardavon. For more information please contact Arm-of-the-Sea managing director Patrick Wadden via the contact information on this website.  ...more...

  • Sunday performance canceled

    The performance of "Into the Light" scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 21 has been canceled due to a winter storm. There are no plans to reschedule the show.

  • 2009 Esopus Creek Puppet Suite

    Arm-of-the-Sea Theater will present its annual outdoor performance spectacle The Esopus Creek Puppet Suite in Saugerties on August 14th and 15th. Drawing from literature, history, ecology and contemporary events, the Puppet Suite fuses visual enchantment with live music in an original form of mask & puppet theatre. This year’s Suite will feature our newest production, "Mutual Strangers: Henry Hudson & the River That Discovered Him" as part of New York’s Quadricentennial celebration. Audiences of many ages and persuasions will find enjoyment in its low-tech immediacy and mythic reach.

    Preceding the show on Friday night will be a special performance by the Vanaver Caravan’s Summer Dance on Tour. Following the Suite is a cabaret of small shows by regional artists, including Grian MacGregor’s Crone Chronicles, Saugerties performance artist Linda Montano, Zzoe & Sharon Rowan’s Gnomon Shadow Theater, and Carl Welden of Dances With Werewolves notoriety.

    Mutual Strangers is a fictional drama inspired by the events surrounding the 1609 voyage of the Halve Maen (Half Moon) under the command of Henry Hudson. Sent from Europe to find a northern route to the Orient, Hudson & his crew endured storms, ice, and threat of mutiny to eventually sail 150 miles up a river on the “unknown” North American continent. The events that transpired on that river--- the encounters of European sailors and indigenous people, and the information brought back to the Dutch East India Company--- foreshadowed the collision of cultures that would come to shape New York State and a new nation.

    Based on the logbook of first mate Robert Juet and from oral traditions of the Lenape and Mohican peoples, the story is a coming-of-age tale of two boys. Teme Gwitet is the grandson of a Mohican sachem (or chief) living on the great river called Maheakanuk. John Hudson is the son of Henry and a crewmember aboard the Half Moon. “We try to convey something of the time period and the complex interactions of First Contact between two peoples through the eyes of these two boys”, notes playwright and director Patrick Wadden. “We found an immense amount of material for this story and have been hewing it down to its essentials over the past month. I think the show will offer a different perspective on the Quadricentennial.”

    Arm-of-the-Sea artistic director Marlena Marallo created the large masks, puppet figures and other stunning visual elements. Dean Jones, the company’s music director, along with guest composer Dennis Yerry designed the music and they perform it live while also doing many of the character voices. Mr. Yerry, of Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) ancestry, arranged several traditional songs for the show. Other Native American artists who contributed voiceovers include Meghan Corcoran, Kay Olan, Matoaka Little Eagle and Powhatan Swift Eagle. Animating the dozens of mask and puppet characters are veteran performers Carl Welden, Lily McNamara and Patrick Wadden.


    The 2009 Esopus Creek Puppet Suite will begin at 8pm at the Tina Chorvas Waterfront Park on East Bridge Street in the village of Saugerties. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for children and $25 for whole families. Tickets are available at the park entrance on the evenings of the event. Audience members are encouraged to arrive early and to bring lawn seating. Saugerties is located at Exit 20 on the NYS Thruway. Follow signs to the Waterfront Park, on East Bridge Street. If one of the evenings is rained out, the performances will be rescheduled for Sunday evening August 16. For more information call 845-246-7873  ...more...

  • New CD: Music from "Mutual Strangers"

    Now available on CD: Music from "Mutual Strangers"
    Composed and recorded by Dean Jones and Dennis Yerry. Write or email your order to us. We ask a $10 donation, plus $2 shipping/handling. The CDs are also available at our performances.
    LIST OF TRACKS

    1 The Mind of Kishelemukong –voiceover by Powahatan Swift Eagle
    2 Delaware Stick Dance- arranged by D. Yerry
    3 To Be A Swanky Gentleman - lyrics by P. Wadden
    4 Welcome Captain Hudson-lyrics by D. Jones
    5 Haul on the Bowline- traditional, vocals by the cast
    6 The Wind Slaps Our Faces-lyrics by D.Jones & P. Wadden
    7 Maheakanuk- D.Jones & D.Yerry
    8 Grandfather’s Theme-flute by D.Yerry
    9 Jodocus the Mapmaker-lyrics by D. Jones
    10 Beaver Hunt-D.Jones & D.Yerry
    11 Dead Coleman-D.Jones & D.Yerry
    12 Delaware War Dance-arranged by D. Yerry
    13 Exchange of Gifts-D.Jones & D.Yerry
    14 Lenape Lament-vocals by D. Yerry
    15 Blood Red Roses-traditional, vocals by the cast

    Dean Jones - trombone, drums, slapophone, fiddle, vocals
    Dennis Yerry - piano, native flute, rattles, vocals
    Carl Welden,Lily McNamara & Patrick Wadden- vocals on tracks 4,5&15
    All tracks Mixed by Dean Jones

    Native songs transcribed & adapted by Dennis Yerry:
    Delaware Stick Dance was shared with the Iroquois at a time
    when the Lenape (Delaware) were being removed from their land.
    This song is still sung in the Iroquois longhouses during socials to honor the Lenape.
    Delaware War Dance comes from the U.S. Library of Congress LP documenting
    traditional Native American Indian music. Library of Congress Music Division
    Recording Laboratory AFS L37 Folkmusic of the United States from the
    Archive of Folk Song - Delaware, Cherokee, Choctaw & Creek.
    Recorded and edited by Williard Rhodes

    All music copyright Arm-of-the-Sea Productions, Inc.
    Recorded August 2009 at No Parking Studios, Rosendale NY

  • Central Park performance canceled

    The performance scheduled for Saturday, Sept 12 in Central Park has been canceled due to weather.
    If we are able to reschedule, that information will be posted here.

  • October 24th Performance Cancelled Due to Inclement Weather

    Will be rescheduled at a future date.

  • Featured productions for Spring 2010

    "Turtle Island Medicine Show"- a contemporary fable on global warming.
    Also: "Mutual Strangers: Henry Hudson & the River That Discovered Him".
    See Touring Shows page for more information on these shows. Then contact Patrick Wadden, managing director, to find out how to bring Arm-of-the-Sea to your community.
    We have a number of new projects in the works and will be announcing these soon.

  • 2009 Season in Review

    Our 2009 season featured 85 performances from a repertoire of five productions, the principal show of the year being "Mutual Strangers: Henry Hudson & the River That Discovered Him". We had the honor of working with with a wide range of dedicated arts presenters, including SUNY Purchase Performing Arts Center (Purchase, NY) , Hudson Valley Community College (Troy, NY), Battery Park City Parks (NYC), American Museum of Natural History (NYC), PS 21 (Chatham, NY), Warwick Summer Arts Festival (Warwick, NY), NY Botanical Garden (Bronx, NY)Hammond Museum (North Salem, NY)Roxbury Arts Group (Roxbury, NY) Hudson River Museum (Yonkers, NY) SinterKlaas (Rhinebeck, NY) Tribeca Performing Arts Center (NYC) as well as a number of NY libraries (NYC, Saugerties, Newburgh & Ellenville. In this exceptionally rainy year we only had to cancel three performances due to inclement weather.
    In addition, we presented over two dozen performances in area schools and also conducted over 36 days of theater arts residencies at schools and community centers. We estimate that over 14,000 people saw an Arm-of-the-Sea performance this year. Thanks to everyone who came out for a show. Your support inspires us to keep going forward.



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