Cocoon brings true stories to the stage

The Mahaney Arts Center hosts the live performance event Cocoon, inspired by the popular storytelling phenomenon The Moth, at 8:00 p.m. at Robison Hall.

This year’s 10th-anniversary edition, on the theme of “Lost and Found,” will feature storytellers drawn from the on- and off-campus community, including Middlebury College stu- dents Seth Brown ’24, Frankie Shiner ’23, and Grace Sokolow ’24; Associate Professor of Religion Ata Anzali; and two community members: Marlon Hyde of Vermont Public, and Rainwalker Winterpainter. A public reception in the lobby will follow the presentation.

Middlebury Moth-Up producers Elissa Asch ’24.5 and Kristen Morgenstern ’24 will host, with Mahaney Arts Center Technical Director Mark Christensen providing the musical interludes.

This community-wide event is a cooperative effort between the Mahaney Arts Center and the Middlebury Moth-UP, a student storytelling organization. Since 2010, the Moth-UP has brought students, professors, alumni, and members of the greater Vermont community together to tell stories on a given theme.

Cocoon will take place on Friday, at 8:00 p.m. at the Mahaney Arts Center’s Robison Hall. Vaccinations and boosters (or valid medical or religious exemptions) are required; masks are optional (except under certain circumstances) but welcome! For mature audiences.

Tickets are $15 for the general public, $10 for Middlebury College ID card holders, $8 for youth, and $5 for Middlebury College students.

The Mahaney Center is located on the campus of Middlebury College, at 72 Porter Field Road, just off Route 30 south/S. Main Street. Free parking is available curbside on Rt. 30 or in the MAC parking lot, in rows marked faculty/staff/ visitors. This event will also be streamed, with access priced at $10 or $5 for Middlebury College students. For tickets, health and safety protocols, and information, call (802) 443- MIDD (6433) or go to http://go.middlebury.edu/arts.