We are the Boxcutter Collective, a politically active crew of puppeteers, artists and performers who are committed to using art to create a hopeful reimagining of our reality. We believe cultural change precedes political change, and we are committed (and compelled!) to use our weirdo-puppet skills to create new accessible art for collective transformation. …
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Monday Oct. 31st at St. Anne’s Church! Doors at 5pm. We are thrilled to perform an extra special Halloweenie exclusive performance with our friends, many great musicians and the community that grew from the band The World/Inferno Friendship Society.
TICKETS HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jack-terricloth-foundation-special-early-evening-halloween-mass-tickets-414516178047
For 23 years, notorious circus punk outfit The World/Inferno Friendship Society held an annual Hallowmas party that was a dependable staple on all of New York’s late October calendars and show listings. …
Boxcutter Collective performed live at the first weekend of the festival!
Puppeteers of America Festival, Puppet Homecoming weekend two – is the online weekend of the festival, for those who could not attend Weekend One in person. The majority of performances, panels, workshops, films, and more from the first weekend will be broadcast. …
Continue reading “10/13/22 -10/16/22 – Online Puppeteers of America Festival”
The Boxcutter Collective/Bread and Puppet Collaborative Puppet Show is Back! This time for one night only at Coney Island! We are thrilled to be part of the program of the Puppeteers of America Festival at Coney Island USA. Join us Friday October 7th at 8pm at Sideshows by the Seashore Theater for our show. …
Come see us and much more at Brooklyn Folk Fest, organized by our favorite Jalopy Theater and School of Music. Boxcutter Collective will perform The History of Laughter. This show is the result of a collaboration with Bread and Puppet Theater….From out of nothing, an ancient god’s divine laughter creates the universe, …
Join us for an art build at our studio! We will be getting ready for a NYC Global rally and dance party for the oceans – featuring activism, storytelling, fishy drag, iconic art by NYC artists, and collective joy for the ocean. (Join Virtually or In-Person!)
We must protect at least 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030. …
Continue reading “8/14/22 – 8/18/22 – Protect the Oceans Build and Rally”
MAY DAY 2022
10 min.
Thursday June 30th – July 2nd at 8pm (and Saturday at 3pm and 8pm)
Live at LaMaMa Experimental Theater Club in The Downstairs, 66 East 4th St.
The Divinity Supply Company is a new puppet show collaboration between Peter Schumann of the Bread and Puppet Theater and Boxcutter Collective. From out of nothing, …
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Monday March 14th at 7:30 pm
Live at Jalopy Theater! and ALSO LIVE STREAMED https://www.facebook.com/jalopytheatre/
Boxcutter Presents: Joan of Arc! A Night of Performances Inspired by the Patron Saint of Revolution.
New music and puppet shows with Ali Dineen, our very own musical director, and Lil Lamberta of All the Saints Theater Company (Richmond, …
Judy: Union Maid stars Judy, a tough as nails New York City grandma, who loses her livelihood in the gig economy. Faced with mounting vet bills for her cat Gloria, Judy decides to go to work at Sahara, a giant online retailer. How bad could it be?
With special guests: Noah Apple Mayer, …
Monday December 13th at 7pm at Jalopy Theater followed by Piano Party with Ali Dineen and Band! From the wintry lands of northern Vermont, Boxcutter brings you a tradition we learned in the Northeast Kingdom. What do you get when you curate an evening of “too-short-to-suck” performances by a gaggle of broke puppeteers? …
Thursday November 18th at 8pm Live at Jalopy!
Join us for our monthly puppet extravaganza!
And we are thrilled to have special Guest Maria Camia all the way from Aricama*
*ARICAMA, the spiritual / sci-fi universe of practice, play, and healing, blossoms through the methods of puppetry, fashion, light language, …
Sunday October 31th Live at Jalopy!
Manic Monthly Mischief returns with our Chilltacular and Creep-a-rific Halloween Edition! WITH ALI DINEEN and SPECIAL GUEST TANYA SOLOMON!! Join us for a night of LAUGHS, SCARES, and SCARY LAUGHS!
Witness:
~The World Premiere of “HOW TO DEAL WITH TANTRUMS” A new play by the Boxcutter Collective featuring LUNCHEE! …
LIVE in person at the legendary Sideshows by the Seashore theater at Coney Island USA! (and streaming online)
Join us for our 4th annual Halloween puppet slam!
WHEN: Friday, October 29th, 9pm ET
WHERE: Coney Island USA, 1208 Surf Ave, Brooklyn (and streaming online)
WHO: Adults Only
Marionettes, masks, …
Saturday, October 23, 2021 at 8pm
HONK Rubulad’s 8th Annual Brass-Tastic Blowout
Bands start at 9pm SHARP!
$15 Starving Artist Tickets available on Kickstarter
$60 Hot Date Tickets – 2 tix + 2 VIP beverages also available on Kickstarter
https://tiny.cc/honknyckickstarter
RSVP: brasstasticblowout@gmail.com
https://fb.me/e/1ismaCyq4 …
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Boxcutter returns to Brooklyn Folk Fest!
Live at Saint Anne’s Church in downtown Brooklyn.
Boxcutter Collective Presents: Bing Bong, a strange and mystical group exorcism to cast out the planned North Brooklyn Fracked Gas Pipeline, resist the imminent collapse of civilization, and re-open the doors of giant spectacle perception into new psychic vibrations, …
October 12th at 7pm – 8pm at Starr Bar (214 Starr Street). FREE!
Join Us for an in person movie screening of the cult classic
Dimension 0: Brain Robbers from Outer Space.
FB LINK: https://www.facebook.com/events/396490965188590
We will screen also screen:
The Day I Was Born, a Homeopathic Horror by Great Small Works. …
Thursday October 7th at 8pm Live at Jalopy! A Fundraiser for Fonkoze in Haiti! With THE JENNY ROMAINE! Join us for our new monthly puppet extravaganza! And we will live stream the evening for people at home here http://facebook.com/jalopytheatre/live
This show and this series is made possible by The New York State Council for the Arts!! …
Saturday September 18th Boxcutter Collective will perform A History of Laughter (the show is a collaboration with Bread and Puppet Theater) at Rubulad in Bushwick!
Saturday performances will begin at 5:00 pm in Rubulad garden. After an all-day Bushwick open studios, join us for evening celebration and nighttime revelry in which Rubulad’s studios will be open to visitors Saturday and Sunday. …
Monday August 16th at 8pm we will perform LIVE and also Live Streamed!
https://www.facebook.com/events/510960066822644
https://www.viewcy.com/e/the_boxcutter_collect_1
We are thrilled to return to the Jalopy Stage. We will be performing a short new work made in collaboration with Peter Schumann and Bread and Puppet Theater this April entitled Heaven Presents: Hell. …
Friday, August 13, 8pm at Clemente Cultural Center, 107 Suffolk Street, NYC.
https://www.facebook.com/events/510960066822644
Live on an outdoor stage at Great Small Works Spaghetti Dinner at the International Puppet Fringe Festival we will perform an excerpt from “A History of Laughter” (our collaboration with Bread and Puppet Theater). …
June 2021
33 min.
Online Movie Screening
Thursday June 17th at 9pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/539610650536280/
Picture, if you will, a world filled with space empires, divine clowns, brain control, and the delirious effects of monetized algorithm worship. Imagine this world is filled with puppets enacting that time honored storytelling tradition known as the Sci Fi trilogy. …
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Boxcutter Collective presents this sneak preview of the first episode of their soon to be released Sci-Fi film trilogy on the big screen of the Fabulous Jalopy Theater.
“Picture, if you will, a world filled with space empires, divine clowns, brain control, and the delirious effects of monetized algorithm worship. …
Puppets Come Home: Worldwide!
WHEN: Sunday, March 21st, 9pm ET
WHERE: www.coneyisland.com/puppets
WHO: Adults Only
Help us celebrate WORLD PUPPETRY DAY with a puppet slam dedicated to puppeteers from around the globe!
You will see exciting puppetry from Kenya, Costa Rica, Turkey, Chile, and more! Stay tuned for the full line-up! …
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March 2021
5 min.
Quiet Us/ Riot Us
In New York City’s coldest month of the year, in the middle of a pandemic, Al Límite Collective will perform an illuminated outdoor performance of a ritual for collective grief, safely distanced in the streets and on rooftops.
These performances are born from what we experience as a dire lack of public avenues to process our collective trauma after nearly a year of the pandemic. …
December 2020
31 min.
Hello ridge wood friends,
We are participating in a weird thing in your neighborhood. TODAY!
So if you are home and want to take a walk maybe it will be cool!?
We are super excited to perform live! We are performing in a window so the viewers are masked, …
Continue reading “12/20/20 – Live Window Show at Supermoon!”
Dollars for Judges! Fundraiser for Jalopy Theater!
Price: Free
Public · Anyone on or off Facebook
We are excited to open for the Jalopy Roots n’ Ruckus Fest. Our set will include National Treasure Lindsay McCaw and feature special guest Marlee Miller. We’re on live at 8pm. Really at 8 because we are opening! …
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October 2020
2 min.
October 2020
28 min.
July 2020
7 min.
Puppets Come Home! presents… SOUNDS!
WHEN: Thursday, July 9th, 8pm ET
WHERE: www.coneyisland.com/puppets
Come hear from a host of puppeteers, who will delight & challenge your ears! Our first puppet slam of the season is dedicated to music & sound!
Featuring:
Amigos Con Gatos
The BoxCutter Collective
The Inanimate Intimists
Maricama
Mr. …
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June 2020
4 min.
June 2020
3 min.
June 2020
3 min.
June 2020
1 hour
PUPPETS COME HOME! at Coney Island USA presents…
BOXCUTTER TV!!
WHEN: Thursday, June 11, 8pm ET
WHERE: Streaming LIVE on the Coney Island USA Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/coneyislandusa/
TICKETS
$0-$15, sliding scale (pay what you can!)
A donation link will be provided during the show. …
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You can stream this show tonight at 8pm on Jalopy Theatre and School of Music ‘s FB page!
Boxcutter Collective Presents:
EVERYTHING IS FINE: LIVE!
(A weird puppet show for weird times!)
Tired of the same old nightlife scene?
Why not stay in tonight…
The Boxcutter Collective will be Live-streaming an ALL NEW show LIVE from the FABULOUSLY QUARANTINED Jalopy Theatre in Brooklyn, …
Continue reading “4/20/20 – Everything is Fine Presents: Good News”
The Boxcutter Collective is about to launch or 2020 Indiegogo fundraising campaign. As part of that effort, we invite you to come and experience a physical, face-to-face, IN-REAL-LIFE fundraising party at The Henson Carriage House.
Hosted by Gregory Norman Grisha Corbino !
With performances by the one and only Jennifer Circus Amok Miller, …
Continue reading “2/28/20 – Fundraiser at the Henson Carriage House”
Everything is Fine:
A Children’s Show for Scared Adults Living in a Scary World
The modern world got you down?
Sad because your favorite dystopian novel just came true?
Losing sleep over how much sleep you’re losing?
In times like these, who can you turn to? …
Everything is Fine:
A Children’s Show for Scared Adults Living in a Scary World
The modern world got you down?
Sad because your favorite dystopian novel just came true?
Losing sleep over how much sleep you’re losing?
In times like these, who can you turn to? …
Continue reading “2/21/20 – Everything is Fine at Jalopy Theater”
Greetings Halloweenies and Halloweenos! It’s the scariest time of year – late October, and the Boxcutter Collective is back to ease your fears by giving you all new ones. Come enjoy an evening of short & unsettling puppet shows brought to you by the rotting brains of your favorite mad scientist puppeteers. …
Continue reading “10/25/19 “Tricks and Treats” at Coney Island USA”