On Sat Feb 28 2 pm – 5 pm at Pickerel Pie Studio (10-26 46th Ave, Long Island City, NY, 11101 MAP LINK) we are co-hosting an Art Build with our friends Sane Energy Project (https://www.saneenergy.org/). We will be making art for the No North Brooklyn Pipeline Campaign. …
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On Monday December 29th – Live at Judson Church and live-streamed HERE or at www.facebook.com/GreatSmallWorks
Celebrate the coming of the New Year with pasta, puppets, music, and each other on Monday, December 29, 2025, at 7:30 PM at Judson Memorial Church (55 Washington Square South, NYC) Tickets: $20, …
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Thursday December 4th at 11pm – we will close out the night! Roots n’ Ruckus Fest is Jalopy’s most raucous event of the year, with over 20 acts on 2 stages over 4 evenings for an event that makes Ruckus live up to its name! There’s one more thing…
it’s also FREE! …
We will unite with our sibling company, the amazing Flying Cardboard Theater of Detroit Michigan, for their annual Cantastoria Festival!
Details to follow, check them out: https://flyingcardboardtheater.com/ …
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Don’t miss our favorite Brooklyn Festival – The Brooklyn Folk Fest! Boxcutter Collective will perform at the festival this year. Date and Time TBA, so stay tuned.
Check it out:
https://www.brooklynfolkfest.com/ …
This October we are thrilled to announce the world premier of Dimension Zero at HERE Arts Center ( 145 6th Ave, New York, NY.) Dimension Zero is a sci-fi puppet-filled anti-capitalist musical theater spectacle unlike anything you’ve seen before! While our planet falls apart, this absurdist adventure story offers audiences a timeline where we all survive. …
Join us On Saturday May 31st at Powerhouse Arts for Community Day. It will be a day of discovery and creative expression and Boxcutter Collective is very excited to share a selection of excerpts from our new work, Dimension Zero! We will perform in The Loft at 2:30pm! …
On Friday May 23rd at 10pm Boxcutter Collective will debut a brand new cantastoria called Brain Men at Theater for the New City in The Johnson Theater as part of the 30th Annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts! Theater for the New City has currently scheduled over 200 performing arts organizations, …
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On Sunday May 18th at 5pm come out for Great Small Works’ Spring Spaghetti Dinner, When We Are Among the Trees at La Plaza Cultural Community Garden, 674 E. 9th St. (between Ave. B & C), NYC.
Suggested donation: $20 – Info: 917-319-8104
Puppet shows in the garden! … Featuring …
Jenny Romaine (GSW) and Keri Egilmez (Whirling Imaginarium), …
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On Thursday May 15th Boxcutter Collective will join Charming Disaster for their album release party at Caveat (21 Clinton Street NYC) Doors at 9pm Show at 9:30. We will perform our short new cranky show, The Haunted Lighthouse, which was made in collaboration with Charming Disaster.
Ticket link: https://www.caveat.nyc/events/charming-disaster-the-double-album-release-show–5-15-2025
More about the rest of the night:
Celebrate the release of goth-folk duo Charming Disaster’s latest album, …
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Join us for the People’s Parade to open the Lower Hudson Valley Social Forum! We will parade with puppets, music and friends to the White Plains Public Library for the opening of the Lower Hudson Valley Social Forum.
Join dozens of community organizations from Rockland and Westchester for a social forum to exchange ideas and information, …
Boxcutter Collective will lead a series of workshops to create a parade with community to open the Lower Hudson Valley Social Forum! More about the Social Forum Here: https://wespac.org/wsf/
The workshop series will be held on 3/22, 4/19 and 4/26. On Sunday April 27th we will parade at noon and the parade will be followed by the Social Forum. …
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We are headed to Canada to join our friends in Montreal for Café Concret, the 50th edition! Can it be? Join us in celebration. It’s because of you, our community, that this scrappy night of grassroots puppetry and multidisciplinary performance has thrived since 2006. We bring you a very special Café Concret extravaganza! …
On Saturday March 1st at 7:30pm watch the world’s greatest stories unroll before your eyes! Flushing Town Hall is thrilled to produce this festival of scrolled panoramas, known as “crankies,” for CRANKIES TAKE NEW YORK!
Flushing Town Hall Theater: 137-35 Northern Blvd, Flushing, NY 11354
General Admission: $20 Adults / $15 Members, …
On Friday February 28th at 7:30pm watch the world’s greatest stories unroll before your eyes! Flushing Town Hall is thrilled to produce this festival of scrolled panoramas, known as “crankies,” for CRANKIES TAKE NEW YORK!
Flushing Town Hall Theater: 137-35 Northern Blvd, Flushing, NY 11354
General Admission: $20 Adults / $15 Members, …
On Saturday February 22nd at The Fabulous Jalopy Theater and School of Music (315 Columbia Street Brooklyn) Boxcutter Collective will present a Puppet Cabaret! Doors at 7:30 SHOW at 8pm. We think you won’t want to miss this breathtaking line-up including: Ray The Bimbo Clown, Schweda, Marlee Miller, Emmanuel Elpenord, Great Small Works and Boxcutter Collective! …
February 7th, 8th and 9th Boxcutter Collective is very excited to be part of the renowned Baltimore Crankie Festival!
Watch the world’s greatest stories unroll before your eyes! Baltimore’s beloved festival of scrolled panoramas, known as “crankies,” returns for its 11th year of fireside wonder!
2025 Baltimore Crankie Festival Information & …
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Thursday, January 2, 2025, 7:30 PM at Judson Memorial Church (entrance at 243 Thompson Street, NYC) The GREAT SMALL WORKS YEAR-END (beginning) SPAGHETTI DINNER – CAMPFIRE STARS LIT ROUND THE MOON
Join us around the campfire as we sing, eat and dance together to welcome in the New Year!
$20 suggested donation (no one turned away, …
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On Thursday December 5th at 9pm Boxcutter Collective will perform a set for the Roots n Ruckus Fest at Jalopy Theater!
Roots n’ Ruckus Fest, which runs from Dec 4th through Dec 7th, is the most raucous event of the year, with over 20 acts on 2 stages over 4 evenings for an event that makes Ruckus live up to its name! …
Boxcutter Collective will reunite with their sibling company, Flying Cardboard Theater, for the Detroit Cantastoria Festival. We will perform our cantastoria The Commute, and who knows what else we will get into – come join us and find out! The Festival runs 2 nights, Friday November 22nd and Saturday November 23rd, …
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On Friday, November 22 at 7:30PM at Jalopy Theatre (315 Columbia Street, Brooklyn) Great Small Works will host a Spaghetti Dinner * no actual spaghetti.
An evening of shadow puppet, projection and paper movie shows responding to the news of the day, in all its complicated horror, joy, promise, sadness and inspiration. …
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Saturday November 9th at 5pm on the Parish Hall Stage at St Anne’s Church (157 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights)
We had the read-thru, now join us for the Rock-thru!
We will perform a set with highlights and original music from our new sci-fi musical and puppet spectacle Dimension Zero. …
A work in progress showing of our new sci fi puppet filled anticapitalist musical spectacle! Details TBA so stay tuned!
This show is funded in part by a very generous grant from the New York State Council of the Arts! …
On Saturday October 12th come shake your butts at Honk and Rubulad’s 11th annual Brass-Tastic Blow Out! It’s Funkrust Brass Band’s Album Release Party and it’s going to be a great time. Boxcutter Collective will perform a 10 min. teaser from our new show, Dimension Zero!
Doors at 7pm, …
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Saturday Sept. 14th at Rubulad (Doors at 8) performances start at 9pm!
Glittermilk and The Future Now present DEATH TO REALISM – an art party extravaganza of your wildest silliest dreams! Bringing you the party equivalent of crawling inside of a Bop It and emerging with your inner child fully intact and your underwear on the outside of your pants! …
Thursday Sept. 12th, Doors at 7:00 pm // Show at 8:00pm
@kaleidoscopestudios.bk in Bushwick (dm for address or if you prefer just email me by replying here and I’ll share it with you – assuming I have figured it out by then)
Tickets: $25
We will present: The History of Laughter:
From out of nothing, …
The arts cannot exist without community. It is the ideas, thoughts and stories of people that drive artistic creation and cultivation. The Giant Puppet Community Project, aligned with the George Town Festival 2024, is a dynamic 4-month initiative in Malaysia dedicated to uniting diverse communities through the immersive world of art.
Central to this transformative programme is a mentor-mentee structure to impart essential skills, …
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On us May 17th at 8pm (doors 7:30) – Boxcutter Collective is thrilled to bring New Zealand puppeteer Tom Tuke to The Fabulous Jalopy Theater with his show Paloma and the New Death.
Join us for an evening of tough as nails old puppet ladies and their misadventures. This is a double feature! …
6PM Reception, 7PM Event This is a book launch party at Jalopy Theater. Boxcutter Collective will perform a ritual that will harness the collective power necessary to implement the solutions to the climate crisis that we know exist.
Petroleum-238: Big Oil’s Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop It began as a feature with Rolling Stone magazine that examined the radioactivity brought to the surface in oil and gas production and the various pathways of contamination posed to the industry’s workers, …
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February 24th at the Fabulous Jalopy Theater (315 Columbia St.Brooklyn) at 8pm: The Baffo Box Show: A Compact Cardboard Comedy by Modern Times Theater.
Boxcutter Collective is over the cardboard moon to bring Modern Times Theater from Vermont to Jalopy to present this show! It’s a must see! Performed in a one-of-a-kind suit-stage, …
Tuesday January 9th at 7pm at Earth Chxrch (the corner of E 3rd St. and Ave. C) Boxcutter Collective presents a night of Cranky Shows and some great Italian music and string band hits from the 1920’s and 30’s. This is a tour kick-off for our friends – Vaiano’s Paisanos!
Suggested Donation $20 – …
Tuesday, January 2, 2024, 7:30 PM at Judson Memorial Church (55 Washington Square South, NYC) **and broadcast live at www.facebook.com/GreatSmallWorks**
GREAT SMALL WORKS: YEAR-END SPAGHETTI DINNER: SOLIDARITY SONGS
Tickets: $20 sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds – All tickets at the door.
This Spaghetti Dinner will NOT have spaghetti, …
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Saturday December 16th at 8pm at Flushing Town Hall we present The Loneliness of Either, Or: A Requiem for Joan of Arc, a performance that weaves together personal histories, our present political moment, and the story of Joan of Arc. There will also be a special performance by The Jalopy Chorus! …
Thursday November 30th at Earth Chxrch (Ave C &, 36 Loisaida Ave, E 3rd St, Manhattan) Boxcutter Collective is thrilled to throw a puppet slam (a curated selection of short shows) – The Boxcutter Cabaret!
THANK YOU PUPPET SLAM NETWORK
Doors at 6:30 – show at 7pm! Tickets available at the door ($20 suggested donation)
Our featured performer is Teatro Ji, …
Wednesday Nov. 29th at 7:30 pm Let’s Stand Together for People in Gaza! Fundraiser and Action – part of a Global Reading of The Gaza Monologues. This event is hosted by Al Límite Collective at Be Electric Studios (1028 Grand Street Bushwick Brooklyn) AND on zoom!
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gaza-monologues-tickets-764841079257
Due to the horrific war taking place in Gaza, …
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Sunday November 12th at 7pm (St. Anne’s Church in Downtown Brooklyn) Boxcutter Collective and Ali Dineen will combine sets to present: an excerpt from The Loneliness of Either, Or: A Requiem for Joan of Arc
Boxcutter Collective is always excited to debut what we are working on at the Folk Fest! …
Happy Halloween! Come party with us at Jalopy! 7PM! We will perform our witchy hand puppet show “The Possession of Judy.” We will sing and dance at the Piano Party hosted by Ali Dineen! We will drink, eat popcorn and watch classic Halloween movies in the backyard at the Tavern! Costume contest and prizes too! …
Friday at 7pm and Saturday at 2pm and 7pm!
The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center – 107 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002.
After a sold-out run at the New York City International Puppet Fringe Festival in August, Boxcutter Collective’s show “The Possession of Judy!” returns to The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & …
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SUNDAY OCT. 15th, 5pm Doors 5:30 Show
The Boxcutter Collective is very excited to play in Sam Wilson’s HOMETOWN! Buffalo NY on our mini-tour. We are doing a double feature – 2 shows for one ticket – and the incredible Kyla Kegler is hosting us at Agatha’s.
Agatha’s – 65 Abbott Rd, …
Canada Here we come! Boxcutter Collective is crossing the line! Into Canada for Objecto Puppet Festival; in Toronto, on Friday Oct. 13th and Sat. Oct 14th at the TRANZAC CLUB 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 2M7
Check out the Festival Here: https://www.objectofestival.com/objecto-2023-schedule
We will perform a different show each night and also host a workshop! …
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Thursday, OCTOBER 12 at 7PM, Boxcutter will be hosted by our sister company The Flying Cardboard Theater (Detroit) at St. Peter’s Episcopal Sanctuary, 1950 Trumbull Ave, Detroit.
We will perform 2 shows, “The History Of Laughter” and “Fruit Punch”
Additionally, our other sister company, Teatro Ji, …
Boxcutter Collective is going to Philly! We have 5 performances at the Rotunda. The show is a double feature with The History of Laughter and Fruit Punch. The History of Laughter is part of a piece made in collaboration with Bread and Puppet Theater. Fruit Punch is a new show which is set in Fruit Kingdom and stars Mr. …
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We will hit the road all the way to Opus 40, For Rock Paper Scissors: A Day of Puppetry & Performance on Saturday September 2, 2023 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Opus 40 is a Sculpture Park & Museum located a short drive upstate at
356 George Sickle Road, …
Puppets Come Home! is thrilled to continue highlighting various styles of puppetry this season. Join us for an exciting seaside puppet slam dedicated to hand puppets, rod puppets, and hand-rod puppets! Co-hosted by Stoph Scheer & Brendan Schweda.
Friday, September 1, at 9:00PM @Coney Island USA (1208 Surf Ave)
We’ll be performing at the very top of the show, …
Boxcutter Collective is overjoyed to bring The Possession of Judy to the Puppet Fringe Festival!
Thursday 8/10 @ 6pm
Saturday 8/12 @ 4pm
Sunday 8/13 @ 4pm
in the Los Kabayitos Theater at
The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center
107 Suffolk St, New York, NY 10002
https://puppetfringenyc.com
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Sunday July 16 at Amant’s Cafe and Bookstore at 11 AM – Myth & Mouth presents a special program led by the Boxcutter Collective. This will feature a series of short stories about the tribulation and jubilation of living in these times in New York City.
Free! …
Friday July 14th at 8:30pm Come join us at The Windjammer! That’s right we all get to go back to that favorite bar for a puppet show and live bands presented by Footlight. We will be opening for Michael Hollis and Aisle Knot.
Doors at 8:30, 21 and over, tickets are sliding scale $10 in advance or $12 or more day of show! …
Thursday July 13th from 12 – 2pm Lunchtime! Puppets Come Home! is hosting this Puppet Slam as part of Lunchtime at Brooklyn Commons Park. There is a fantastic line-up including Great Small Works, Chinese Theater Works and Us!
The show is Free! @ Brooklyn Commons Park in Downtown Brooklyn
Puppets Come Home! …
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THURSDAY JUNE 15th at RUBULAD (Bushwick) from 7pm – 11pm.
Boxcutter Collective is thrilled to present a BRAND NEW PUPPET SHOW called FRUIT PUNCH as part of Secret Third Thing: Comics, Comedy & Chaos. Boxcutter will perform early in the program so don’t come too late!
Tickets: $10 in advance, …