The COCA Family Theatre Series

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Individual tickets go on sale September 1.

Michael Moschen weekend is part of the first American Arts Experience-St. Louis.
October 1-17, 2010 -- the American Arts Experience-St. Louis will fill concert halls, museums, theaters, universities and outdoor spaces with performances and shows by renowned American artists and companies in disciplines ranging from symphonic music and jazz, theater by American playwrights, and dance by American companies, to major American visual artists.

Since the COCA Family Theatre Series was founded in 1990, the series has presented a wide range of theatre, music and dance offerings in an 8-month season of adventurous works from around the world.

COCA seeks sophisticated, thought-provoking professional productions that are as artistically rich as they are entertaining. From the inception of the series, tickets have been made affordable so that families from the entire St. Louis community can experience the joy and delight of live theatre. Five shows are offered over a three day weekend serving 2000 audience members in an effort to bring the series to as many people as possible in COCA’s intimate 400-seat theatre.

We believe that the COCA Family Theatre Series provides unique experiences that inspire all audience members to explore their imaginations and the world around them. With that as a philosophical foundation, we work for many months in search of performers who will bring something new, entertaining and educational to the COCA stage.

Finally, we believe that our theatre is a “learning lab” and our presentations combine unique artistic and learning experience that complements student development by using the performing arts as an educational resource. We hope that COCA performances will inspire students to continue to explore the arts and help foster creativity and a love of the arts.

Memorable COCA productions:

COCA has presented numerous performances by national and internationally acclaimed companies since 1990 including:

Snowflake (Gayle LaJoye), Cashore Marionettes, Jason and the Argonauts (Visible Fiction/Scotland), Peter and the Wolf (Rob Kapilow), Celebrate Me Home (Antonio Douthit and Friends), Tomas Kubinek, Rubberbanddance Group, Frog in the Clouds (Theater Terra/The Netherlands), Goodnight Moon & Runaway Bunny (Mermaid Theatre/Nova Scotia), Stellaluna (Speeltheatre/Holland), Trinity Irish Dance Academy, Battleworks Dance Company (Robert Battle, Artistic Director), Fred Garbo, Inflatable Theatre Co., Very Eric Carle (Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia), Go, Dog Go!(Metro Theater Company), The Velveteen Rabbit (ODC/San Francisco), Rennie Harris, Michael Moschen, Snow White (Matthias Kuchta/Germany), Chinese Acrobats, The Cashore Marionettes, The Parsons Dance Company, The Flaming Idiots, Taylor 2, Frogz (Imago Theatre), Batoto Yetu, the Doug Elkins Dance Company, Star Keeper, (Le Theatre de L’Oeil), A Thousand Cranes, The New Pickle Circus, Sweet Honey In the Rock, The Mask Man, (Rob Faust), The Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble (Ailey II), The Little Dancer, COCAdance performances.

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