
Arm-of-the-Sea receives Mohonk Consultations’ 2014 Award for Distinguished Environmental Acheivement.
Photo by Lauren Thomas of the New Paltz Times
2018 Board of Directors
Deborah Conathan, Chair
Jolanda Jansen, Co-Chair
Laura Kopczak, Treasurer
Susan Murphy, Secretary
Members at Large: John DiNicolo, Marie Daniels, Robin Goss, Shabazz Jackson, Abby Newton, Josephine Papagni, Peter Varner, Patrick Wadden
Founders & Artistic Directors
Marlena Marallo & Patrick Wadden
Music Director: Eli Winograd
Touring Company: Kira deCoudres, Trey Daniels, Anna Haffner, Soyal Smalls
Principal Design Associate Jean Whelan
Videographers
Bart Friedman & Michael Nelson
Webmaster
David Radovanovic/WhatsTheBigIdea
Bookkeeper
Deborah Conathan
Contributing Photographers
Bart Friedman, Phil Kamrass, Jim Peppler, Michael Nelson, Rachel Saltzman, Roy Gumpel, Fionn Reilly, Fred DeVan, Sam Brook, Elijah Vanaver, Dave Gordon, Sienna Wildfield, Stephen Ruttan, Tania Barricklo
Arm-of-the-Sea is a member of UNIMA-USA (The American Center of Union Internacionale de la Marionnette), Arts Mid-Hudson and the Saugerties Chamber of Commerce.
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Since 1982 Arm-of-the-Sea has created 45 original productions. Some of these shows we’ve toured far and wide—- from central Kansas to the coast of Maine, from northern Michigan to Virginia tidewater, presenting approximately 2,000 performances. Here are the peformers , musicians, and artists that have helped shape and propel this work.
Principal Design Associate: Jean Whelan- Costume designer and artist extraordinaire. Jean’s skills and sensibilities have helped shape characters and scenic elements in numerous productions including: The Water Tree, Dreambones & Lightning, Feast of Life, Rip Van Winkle on the River of Time, City that Drink the Mountain Sky, At the Turning of the Tide, and the 2014 Esopus Creek Puppet Suite.
Musicians include: Thomas Workman (music director 1996-1999), Brian Farmer (music director 1989-1996), Dennis Yerry, Juan Basilio Sanchez, Noah Wadden, Sarah Underhill, Malcom Cecil, Robin Ludwig, Chas Griffiths, Tani Tabal, Zoe B ZaK, Bill “Otto” Ylitalo, Tim Allen, Peter Buettner, Shane Kirsch, Joakim Lartey, Chris Cullo, Joel Schuman, Dan Einbender.
Design & Production Assistants include: Bob Lavaggi, Olga Micińska, ZZoe Rowan, Sean Williams, Leslie Bender, Reid Beilenberg, Titso Markoshasvilli, Maka Markoshasvilli, Steve Thomas,
Company members have included: Sam Shippee, Laura Kopczak, Steve Smith, Keenan Cleary, LeeAnne Richards (2010-’15), Carl Welden (1998-2014), Zzoe Rowan (2006 – ’14), Eli McNamara (2009-’12), Cathy Muller 2010-’12), Monika Szrek (2012) , Julie Novak (2007-’09), Dale Gibbons, Jason West, Trey Daniels, Lisa Abbatomarco, Steve Thomas, Colette Lemmon, Marie Daniels, Grian MacGregor, Hannah Mittenberg, Sandy Lamerson, Lillian Hardin, Vanessa Norton, Sean Williams, Sophie Kravitz, Kevin Taylor, Nick Jones, Kevin Downing, Amy Kotel, Adam Green, Travis Jeffery, Josh Gordon, Mina Hansen, Eva Berger, Titso Markoshasvilli, Gavin Hoesch, Debra Noble, Lucinda Knaus, Joel Schuman, Lynn Duval, Lynne Gilson, Bob Lavaggi, Melissa Ortquist, Pat Humphrey, Joe Ferris, Adelinda Hyde, Claudia Rose, Karen Hinderstein, Raven Hone.