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Mon Carton / My Cardboard Box

Selena Rook

Art for Young Audiences, Clown, Theater

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A cardboard box to explore? And why not dive in head first? The suspense and mystery of a featureless box provide the entry into a world of discovery, imagination and metamorphoses.


Out of the box, we discover different objects, sounds, and onomatopoeia. The performer engages the audience in a journey of construction, play, contemplation and surprise as she employs ordinary items to evoke landscapes, animals, vehicles, and more. Materials are restructured and reframed. The transformative use of ordinary materials, which is the constant creative work of children and a continuing delight for adults, is evocatively brought to the stage.


A non-verbal show for audiences of all ages, using physical theater, object manipulation, and magic, Mon Carton is fully accessible to deaf and hard of hearing audiences, The performance was created to connect with children from 6 months on who are just discovering the performance format, but speaks to older children and adults through visual surprises and poetic metaphors.


Created in France, Mon Carton is now being performed for audiences in the United States.

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Details
Run Time: 40 mins
Ticket Price: $25

PWYC Options $5+

Venue: The Louis Bluver Theatre at the Drake

Dates: September 6, 2025 - September 28, 2025

September 6, 2025 12.30pm

302 S Hicks St

General Admission: $25

PWYC Options

September 13, 2025 5.00pm

302 S Hicks St

General Admission: $25

PWYC Options

September 14, 2025 12.30pm

302 S Hicks St

General Admission: $25

PWYC Options

September 28, 2025 12.00pm

302 S Hicks St

General Admission: $25

PWYC Options


About the Artist

Selena Rook Dedicated to the arts and social change, Selena Rook has performed in physical theater, opera, and street theater productions. She was a Watson Fellow for her project Contemporary Clown Circuit: Performance Across Borders leading her to participate in many Clowns Without Borders projects and work as a professional hospital clown with Le Rire Mdecin and Laughter League for over 10 years. Together with Coline Irwin, she co-founded Association Peekaboo in 2011, an organization which offers creative workshops around artworks and artistic books. Selena now lives in NYC and works as a teaching artist for the Brooklyn Museum's HHArt of Medicine and Museum on Wheels programs. A 2009 graduate of the Jacques Lecoq theater school and Laboratoire d'Etude du Mouvement scenography course, she brings her expertise in visual and performing arts to work that increases arts access and transforms everyday spaces through arts interventions. Association Peekaboo Mon Carton was created in collaboration with Association Peekaboo, an french non-profit founded in 2011 to offer experiential workshops around pieces of art. Peekaboo has since evolved to produce installations and performances as well as lead trainings for professionals working with young children. Peekaboo works on the border between the everyday and art - aiming to find wonder in the everyday and integrate artistic process into our experience of the world around us. Peekaboo has partnered with organizations such as Les Trois Ourses, Bloom School, Centre des Arts d'Enghien-les-bains, Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Conseil dpartemental de la Guadeloupe, Institut Suprieur Maria Montessori, and La Petite Ecole. Offering workshops to accompany Mon Carton in order to give audience members an experiential laboratory with similar materials as those seen in the performance, Peekaboos approach is inspired by pedagogies such as Reggio Emilia, Montessori, and Cooperative Learning and workshops offer a chance for free<

  • Selena RookPerformance and Creation
  • Coline IrwinPedagogical Direction
  • Felipe MaganaTheatrical Direction

Accessibility & Content Considerations

Contact the Fringe Festival Box Office for up to date accessibility information.

This event is appropriate for all ages

Audience Interaction

The show is non-verbal / accessible to hard of hearing and deaf audiences

Covid-19 Safety policy

Masks are required during this event


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