Join Elga Antonsen and Marguerite San Millan, a night of poetry and performace on Tuesday, October 3, 8 PM at Green Kill Sessions.

Cranial fracking is a dance/spoken word piece exploring the effects of fracking, performed by Marguerite San Millan, written by Ian Frazier, choreographed by Jean Churchill, with musich by music by Kyle Gann.

Elga Antonsen will read from Singing Out of Tune.

This is a live event & a livestreamed event. Live audience tickets &10. Livestream tickets $5. Join us in any way you can!
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Cocoon Theatre Visual Arts Initiative will host DesignX3 from March 2 - April 1st.
Gallery Hours: 
Friday - Sunday 1-5 pm (or by appointment)
Join us for the Opening Reception March 2nd: 5-8 pm featuring the music of Ben Basile Jazz Duo.
Come see Ceramics by Judy Sigunick, Fiber by Mary Flad, and Glass by Jeep Johnson.
For further information, please contact Andres San Millan at andrescocoon@gmail.com

Cunneen-Hackett Gallery
12 Vassar Street
Poughkeepsie, NY

Photographs by Elizabeth Ibarra that celebrate the female form, unapologetically.
Opening reception with live music: February 2nd, 6-8 pm.
Exhibition dates: February 2nd-28th, 2018.
Gallery Hours: Friday, Saturday, & Sunday: 1-5 pm, and by appointment.
12 Vassar St. Poughkeepsie, NY.
 

Ring in the new year with Cocoon Theatre by participating in this innovative art making workshop. Calling all artists and artists-to-be! Bring your paints, pencils, brushes etc, to use and share, and try out some new materials from our supply. Using simple instructions of improvisation and teamwork, we will collaborate on each others' works and make art in the collective spirit. By the end of the evening, we will hang the show in our Cunneen-Hackett galleries which will be displayed until the end of the month. Led by multi-disciplinary artist and Creative Director of Cocoon Theatre: Andres San Millan.
12 Vassar St. Free!

A retrospective of short films straddling art and local activism over the last five years.
Tickets $10, bring a dish to share. Don't miss our last soiree of 2017!

Join us to see Andres San Millan's new float inspired by the magnificence of the architecture of the Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Cocoon Theatre's home. Constructed in collaboration over a long few months, we welcome all to enjoy our ode to Poughkeepsie on the night dedicated to celebrating her magic.

Through misdirection and obfuscation, this new performance work by Douglas Woolley makes a tangential attempt to illuminate the ever articulating, ever changing, ever present sense of consciousness.

Cocoon Theatre premieres to the public:
‘Woman As Hunter’, a 16 foot high driftwood sculpture created by artist Andres San Millan on Saturday June 17 at 5 pm, on Cocoon’s front lawn, 9 Vassar St., Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center in Poughkeepsie, NY.

Collaborative Art: 265 colorful hand drawn portraits of fifth graders on backgrounds created by each student as part of an AIE residency.

Metal works by Humberto Rodriguez Maya.

New cement and driftwood figure sculptures by ASM.

Performance by spoken word Artist and Dutchess County Poet Laureate, Poet Gold

The event, in conjunction with CHAC and part of Poughkeepsie Open Studios Tour, is free and open to the general public, including live music, theatrical performance surprises, and a community barbecue.

www.cocoontheatre.org
www.figureartscape.com
andres@figureartscape.com
(845) 452-7870

Join us on Monday, April 24 at 7 pm for two monologues written and performed by Norm Magnusson; about searching for the self, and searching for love in the digital era. Bring a dish to share!
9 Vassar St. Poughkeepsie, NY.

A performance by Jocelyn Johnson-Kearney
Child of a Civil Rights barrier-breaker in the Hudson Valley shares her memories of growing up in an all-white environment the 1960's. A writer and former activist with a playwriting degree from Howard University, Ms. Kearney combines her sharing of a unique and powerful story with drama, visual imagery and sound for a dynamic performance that is not to be missed.
Monday, March 27, 2017, 7 pm.
$10 / 9 Vassar St., Cunneen Parlor
Bring a potluck dish to share!

Performances surrounding the theme of unsent love letters. Bring one of your own to share and add to an installation.
Curated by Oleariam
Monday, February 26, 2017, 7pm.
$10 / 9 Vassar St., Cunneen Parlor
Potluck to follow as always!

Curated by Brandon LaDue
Shadowpuppet theater, fairytales, and music variety!
Monday, January 29, 2017, 7 pm.
$10 / 9 Vassar St., Cunneen Parlor
Bring a potluck dish to share!

9 Vassar St., Cunneen-Hackett Parlor. 

Join us for a Soiree in the Parlor sharing selected scenes form the upcoming Festival, with audience discussion. Potluck event, bring a dish and come dressed as your favorite Beckett character to win prizes! Selected scenes from our festival's 3 plays, audience discussion, and of course, food!

12 Vassar St., Cunneen-Hackett Theater. Join us for edibles, music and art. Free admission. Art will also be displayed during Beckett Festival performance weekends.

A SOIREE IN THE PARLOR FEATURING WHAT HAPPENS IN THE BIZARRE AND FRIGHTENING WORLD OF A CREATIVE; A SERIES OF MOVEMENT AND POETRY VIGNETTES, CREATED IN KNOWN AND UNKNOWN LEVELS OF THE MIND.

2016 Soiree in the Parlor Series presents Two Solo Works performed by Douglas Woolley and directed by Marguerite San Millan: one written by Douglas Woolley and the other by Cocoon favorite Samuel Beckett. Made possible in part by Samuel French, Inc.
Monday, June 27, 7 pm. Cunneen Parlor. $10 / bring a dish !

2016 Soiree in the Parlor Performance Series presents
THE LITTLE YEARS
a reading of the play by John Mighton
The life of a woman whose childhood aspirations collide with the barriers of convention Directed by Ellen Honig
Mon, May 30 at 7 pm. $10 (bring a dish)

So happy to have two Native American speakers in our newest Soiree. So much we don't know when it comes to Native American Nations, their past and present. Come prepared to talk, ask questions, dialogue with Lakota speakers Mag-La-Que and Gill Crying Hawk. 7 pm @ 9 Vassar Street!

This exciting all-new workshop is all about creating staged performances of your favorite movie scenes. This season we have two rehearsal locations -- one in Barrytown, the other in Poughkeepsie -- so check out our What's Happening Now page for more info, or call to enroll today. Don't dilly dally because it all starts on March 15! 845-452-7870

Join us February 29th @ 7 pm for live readings from local Poughkeepsie poets curated by Poet Gold.

Readings by Mary Gaitskill, author of Veronica
With original music by Peg Simon and fine art equine photography by Juliet Harrison

Monday, Jan. 25 at 7 pm. Ring in the new season of performing and visual arts with us!