Racoco Productions presents "Assemblage" at The Jung Center of Houston

I'm happy to share that there will be two Houston performances of Assemblage May 16-17, 2025 at The Jung Center of Houston, 5200 Montrose, in the Museum District. 

The reception to performances of this work in Brooklyn last August were so positive, and encouraged Rachel and I to bring Assemblage to new audiences in other cities across the U.S. and beyond. 

Here's a succinct description of the work: 

Assemblage is a multidisciplinary, multimedia work featuring chamber and electronic music by Houston composer Chris Becker, choreographed and improvised movement by New York-based director Rachel Cohen, and real-time collage-making using zip-loc bags of curated-but-unfinished materials left behind by Cohen’s late mother. 

Through intimate videos and live performance, Assemblage explores impermanence, ancestry, and artist identity, and the human effort to fit the pieces together.

The Houston performances will feature Rachel Cohen and Racoco Productions company member, Masumi Kishimoto; Houston-based dancers Tobaric Atkins-Montana and Persi Mey; and Houston musicians Luke Hubley (vibraphone), Naomi Hoffmeyer (harp), Molly Wise (viola), and Patrick Moore (cello).

Performance dates and times: 

Friday, May 16, 7:30 - 8:45pm CT

Saturday, May 17, 2 - 3:15pm CT

Tickets are available through The Jung Center of Houston's website. 

And on May 14, 2025, 5-8 pm CT, Rachel Cohen will lead an in-person class in Action Theater at The Jung Center of Houston. 

Come meet more of yourself in this introduction to Action Theater improvisation. Through simple, fun exercises playing with movement, sound, and language, participants explore living in their bodies as well as their minds, mining and reveling in the multidimensional nature of being a human. Explore radical existence in the present moment, audacious sensitivity to the self and others, and the ripe accessibility of limitless imagination! It is amazing training for performers; it is also amazing training for life. Whether you're a neophyte or an experienced improvisor, come and play!

More details and registration here. 

Assemblage is funded in part by the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.

All photos by Andreas Troeger.