Woodstock Poetry Society Reading Featuring Craig Hancock & Marnie Andrews
Poets Craig Hancock and Marnie Andrews will be featured followed by an open mike when the Woodstock Poetry Society meets in-person at the Woodstock Library and virtually via Zoom (and streamed live on Facebook: www.facebook.com/
WPS meetings are held the 2nd Saturday (2pm) of every month.
To attend virtually: contact phillip@woodstockpoetry.com to receive Zoom info. If attending, please indicate if you would like to be on the open mike. Thank you.
The readings will be hosted by Woodstock area poet Phillip X Levine. All meetings are free, open to the public, and include an open mike.
Craig Hancock retired in 2020 after fifty years of teaching, the last thirty-five at UAlbany, where he was Director of Writing and Reading for the Educational Opportunities Program, teaching courses in English and Linguistics. He has been a passionate advocate for more knowledge about language within the mainstream English curriculum. He has been a writer and musician all his adult life and for the last dozen or so years has been merging these interests as a songwriter. His first CD is projected for release prior to this reading. He is currently President of the Board of Directors for the Valatie Community Theatre, which will, with other programming, be hosting the world premier of Sam’s Point, a play written by Sybil Rosen and directed by Marnie Andrews, who will be appearing with him in the August program. He will be performing poems and songs and give a practitioner’s view of poetry and song, the challenges and rewards of merging the two worlds.
Marnie Andrews is delighted to perform with the talented Craig Hancock. Together, they will present the world premiere of Sam’s Point at the Valatie Community Theatre November 7-10, 2024.
Marnie’s career is in the performing arts. She worked as an actress in LA and NYC in theatre, TV, and film and in theatre as a director. Having worked in all genres of plays, from classical to experimental theatre, her heart has always focused on the development of new work. She started directing in her thirties to have a stronger collaboration with the playwrights’ words. She taught at the U. of Southern CA., NYU, and U of Albany, and was a guest artist in acting and directing at other universities.
During all those jobs, she wrote. In the last few years, writing has become her main pursuit. She was awarded the Berrilla Kerr Playwriting Award after submitting a one woman show Singer in the 1990s. She has collaborated with her photographer/husband Jeff Jacobson with magazine articles and with composers as a lyricist. She is currently in the process of developing a body of work combining written word with storytelling.
Marnie is also a Master Gardener, volunteering with others in Ulster County and with the Clinton Community Garden in NYC.
