Sunday, December 7th 2025 - 1:00pm price : Free RSVP here (not required) »Come to the Racoco Jambor-oco, Racoco Productions' end-of-the-year Open House. We'll dance with the bathrobes of our forebears, apologize to things we've broken, and invite you to try Inanimated Speed Dating*.
Join director Rachel Cohen and Masumi Kishimoto, Meghan Schardt-Gensberg, Toby Billowitz, and Fina anytime 1pm-5pm, for light refreshments, deep conversations, kind fellowship, and Racoco's signature blend of dance, music, theater, things, the tender, and the absurd.
Take action: Action Theater Improvisation Workshop, Thursday December 4, Camp Friendship CAMP FRIENDSHIP 339 8th Street, Brooklyn, NY map »
Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 7:00pm price : Suggested donation (pay at the door): $20 (Cash/Venmo/Credit Card)Plumb your depths with Action Theater, a rich and delicious improvisation practice created by Ruth Zaporah. Fun exercises playing with movement, sound, and language release the imagination, reinforce resilience, and invite communication and community.
Move your body and let it move you; quiet your mind and hear what secrets it tells; feel the music you make, and groove to the music that makes you.
Where: Camp Friendship, 339 8th Street, Brooklyn When: Thursday Dec. 4 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Suggested donation (pay at the door): $20 (Cash/Venmo/Credit Card)
Your donation benefits Camp Friendship, a non-profit community organization that operates a year round food pantry and local youth programs.
Sunday, October 19th 2025 - 10:30am price : $45 suggested; sliding scaleJoin Rachel for a three-hour workshop diving into Action Theater, 10:30am-1:30pm Sunday, October 19, in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Through simple, fun exercises playing with movement, sound, and language, we shake up the ways we use our bodies, voices, and imaginations.
Action Theater is an improvisation training form developed by Ruth Zaporah. It is fun. It is challenging. It is transformational. And whether or not you are a performer it offers tools to strengthen and sustain your resilience and ability to respond to whatever comes at you – personal or political. Whether you're a neophyte or an experienced improvisor, come and play!
'"Being creative" implies being other than who you are, when actually creativity is about being more of who you are.' -Ruth Zaporah, creator, Action Theater
Saturday, October 11th 2025 - 7:00pm price : Pay $10-$20 at the door (sliding scale) or volunteer for discounted entry. Proceeds go to benefit the Camp Friendship Food Pantry to assist local families in need.Action Theater performance improvisation and the Barefoot Boogie - what a perfect match! Rachel Cohen will be leading a one hour class exploring modes of expression and improvisation that you may not have ever thought possible for yourself! No experience needed. Please arrive by 7pm sharp and wear comfortable clothes.
This will be followed by a glorious evening of conscious movement and fun with the Barefoot Boogie! Accompanied by drawings created and projected on the big screen in real time by resident artist Stewart Hoyt to juice up the atmosphere!
All are welcome to dance, connect, and groove in a safe, cool and inclusive environment as our DJs spin energizing beats that will get you moving and lift your spirits.
Shoes are optional at this casual and alcohol-free event. Bring your friends or make new ones at The Barefoot Boogie!
