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Previous Touring Shows
 Panama Suitcase Show
- Special Panamanian Performance Project
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... more
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 Rip Van Winkle on the River of Time
- Giant puppets! Masks! Live music! Maximum theater magic!
Arm-of-the-Sea Theater is based in New York's Hudson River Valley; the Catskill Mountains rise ten miles west of our studio. This is the spiritual homeland of Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle, which became a "bestseller" when published in 1820. As it turns out, Irving borrowed the main premise of his story from a German folk tale and adapted it to new terrain. Now, 182 years later on the river of time, we've continued from where Irving left off.
In our tale Rip is a local lazybones and ne'er-do-well... more
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 From Hodu to Kush: A Purim Feast for the Eyes and Ears
- The story of Esther in a special production for the Jewish holiday of Purim, featuring music by the Zoe B. Zak Ensemble
Beautiful Esther, wise old Mordechai, treacherous Haman & the topsy-turvy court of King Achashveirosh loom larger than life in this engaging Purim spiel by Arm-of-the-Sea Theater. The show features stunning visuals, including dozens of masks and puppet figures, and original music by the Zoe B. Zak Ensemble. Originally commissioned by the Museum of Jewish Heritage, From Hodu to Cush has received rave reviews.
The show is 50 minutes in length and presented by a company of nine performers.
"...an... more
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 Seed Story
- Seeds embody the past and carry it into the future.
With the invention of agriculture came profound changes to human societies.
Our survival now depends upon just a few varieties of grass (grain) seed.
Whoever controls the seeds of these food crops, controls the global economy.
With projections, ornate sets, special lighting effects and a cast of paper mache’ characters, Seed Story delves into one such food crop--- corn --- re-imagining its invention, its significance as the basis of meso-American culture, the European conquest of the... more
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