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Monday, November 9, 2020
Saturday, March 28, 2020
Events Coming to UCPAC!
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WHEN: Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 8:00 PM
WHERE: UCPAC Main Stage, 1601 Irving St., Rahway, NJ
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The Eagles founding member, the late Glenn Frey, knew what he was saying when he dubbed Little River Band “the best singing band in the world.” Through the ‘70’s and ‘80’s, LRB enjoyed huge chart success with multi-platinum albums and chart topping hits like: “Reminiscing,” “Cool Change,” “Lonesome Loser,” “The Night Owls,” “Take It Easy On Me,” “Help Is on Its Way,” “Happy Anniversary,” “We Two,” “Man On Your Mind,” “The Other Guy,” and “It’s A Long Way There.” Bringing their vocal and musical energy along with great arrangements to their timeless classic hits, each show creates new memories for the audience. The band enjoys watching their fans fall in love with the songs all over again as they are swept up by the show’s powerful performance and the volume of hits from LRB’s history.
Jeff Boyer's BUBBLE TROUBLE
WHEN: Sun, May 03, 2020, 4:00 PM
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ESPERANZA SPALDING
WHEN: Fri, May 29, 2020, 8:30 PM
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A BRONX TALE
WHEN: Fri, Jun 26, 2020, 8:00 PM
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020
“A Buffalo Soldiers Story” with Actor Wayne DeHart presented at The T. Thomas Fortune Foundation Cultural Center
Actor and Trooper Wayne DeHart is stunning in his one-man performance of
A Buffalo Soldier’s Story
presented by the T. Thomas Fortune Foundation & Cultural Center
WHEN: March 17, 6-8 pm. Light refreshments and St. Patrick’s Day cheer will be served.
WHERE: T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center, 94 Drs James Parker Blvd., Red Bank
ADMISSION: $10 donation
Please RSVP at info@tthomafortunefoundation.org.org or call (732) 383-5483. Limited seating.
Many are familiar with DeHart in his role as Old Joe, in August Wilson’s Tony
Award-winning play, Radio Golf, now playing at Two River Theater.
The Center is honored to present the veteran actor in a one-night-only performance that chronicles Dehart’s first encounter with the Buffalo Soldiers. The show takes the audience on a journey of his desire to become a soldier and sheds light on his induction into the all-Black cavalry.
Before DeHart’s performance, Captain Paul J. Matthews, founder of the Buffalo
Soldiers National Museum in Houston, Texas, will lead a discussion on the Buffalo
Soldiers. This museum is the only one of its kind, that preserves and promotes the
entire African American military experience, from the Revolutionary War to the
Persian Gulf War.
Brandon Dirden, who directs Dehart in Radio Golf, lavished praise on the actor, calling him “the best” when casting for the play. Dirden, who hails from Houston, Texas, is all too familiar with the museum, as well as with DeHart, who also lives in Houston. He notes that every time DeHart hits the stage, the audience knows it’s going to be a down-home, universal teachable moment.
Dehart’s dramatic performance is an engaging historical narrative and chapter in
American History that has been largely overlooked.
Join us for an eventful evening in a salute to the Buffalo Soldiers.
Thursday, December 12, 2019
A CHRISTMAS CAROL opens TOMORROW in Holmdel
A Christmas Carol
WHEN: DEC. 13, 14 @ 7 PM; DEC. 15 @ 2 PM
WHERE: Duncan Smith Theater, 36 Crawfords Corner Road, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733 (The white barn in front of the Holmdel High School) Click for map
TICKETS: ADULT $20, SENIOR/STUDENT $15
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Bah, humbug.
Experience the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge like never before!
For one weekend only, Michael Kroll brings this classic holiday favorite to life in all new ways—all by himself!
We're ushering in the season of cheer with this quirky spin on a classic story, as Kroll weaves the tale of coldhearted Ebenezer Scrooge, a joyless, old penny-pincher, and his journey to Christmas past, present and future. This one-man show sheds a new light on Charles Dickens' often-told tale of finding joy, making amends, and goodwill towards men.
It's a show like no other.
Experience the magic of Michael Kroll's one-man-production of A Christmas Carol, in the barn THIS WEEKEND ONLY!
Written by Charles Dickens and originally published in 1843, A Christmas Carol is a holiday masterpiece which recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
CENTENARY STAGE COMPANY’S FRINGE FESTIVAL SERIES PRESENTS “THE THINGS THEY CARRIED”
THE THINGS THEY CARRIED
Based on Tim O’Brien’s literary classic
|adapted for the stage by Jim Stowell
starring David Sitler
WHEN: October 24 through October 27; Thursday, October 24, at 7:30 pm; Friday, October 25, at 8:00 pm; Saturday, October 26, at 8:00 pm and Sunday, October 27, at 2:00 pm.
WHERE: Edith Kutz Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center on the campus of Centenary University at 715 Grand Avenue in Hackettstown
TICKETS: $25.00 to $27.50 for adults with discounts available for students & children under 12.
Tickets are available online at centenarystageco.org or by calling the box office at (908) 979 – 0900.
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Centenary Stage Company’s Fringe Festival kicks off with The Things They Carried, a one-person tour-de-force that explores the lines between truth and reality as fact and fiction blur in this unforgettable soldier’s journey.
Based on the literary classic by Tim O’Brien The Things They Carried powerfully recalls the personal journey from his innocent years in rural Minnesota to the jungles of Vietnam. Dramatized by Jim Stowell, the play contains graphic descriptions of war violence, very mild sexual content, and use of explicit language. Audience discretion is advised.
The 2019-2020 season of performing arts events at the Centenary Stage Company is made possible through the generous support of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the NJ State Council on the Arts, the Shubert Foundation, the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, the Sandra Kupperman Foundation, and CSC corporate sponsors, including Premiere Season Sponsor The House of the Good Shepherd, Season Sponsor Heath Village Retirement Community, Silver Sponsors Hackettstown Medical Center Atlantic Health System, Home Instead Senior Care (Washington), and Fulton Bank, and Centenary Stage Company members and supporters.
Thursday, July 12, 2018
TWO RIVER THEATER ANNOUNCES NEW DATES FOR MIKE BIRBIGLIA’S “THE NEW ONE”
MIKE BIRBIGLIA’S THE NEW ONE
WHEN: Thursday, July 12, at 7pm; Friday, July 13, at 9pm; Saturday, July 14, at 6:30pm and 9pm; and Sunday, July 15, at 3pm and 7pm.
WHERE: Two River’s Rechnitz Theater, 21 Bridge Ave., Red Bank
TICKETS: $35 and can be purchased from tworivertheater.org or 732.345.1400
Mike Birbiglia is a comedian and storyteller who has performed in front of audiences worldwide, from the Sydney Opera House to Carnegie Hall. His most recent shows, My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend and Thank God for Jokes, were both filmed for Netflix. Mike has released four albums for Comedy Central Records, including My Secret Public Journal Live, which was named one of the “Best Comedy Albums of the Decade” by The Onion AV Club. In addition to performing live, Birbiglia is an author and filmmaker who wrote, directed, and starred in the acclaimed films Sleepwalk with Me and Don’t Think Twice. His book, Sleepwalk with Me and Other Painfully True Stories, was a New York Times bestseller and a finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor. As an actor, Birbiglia has appeared on Orange Is the New Black, Inside Amy Schumer and Girls, as well as in the films Trainwreck, The Fault in Our Stars and Popstar. Birbiglia currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife Jen.
Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times called Birbiglia’s recent show Thank God for Jokes “the best night I’ve spent in a theater in a very long time.” In The New One, the award-winning comedian approaches an entirely new subject in a new way with the same heart and humor we’ve come to expect. Do not miss the new one. It may be the best one.
The New One has toured to more than 40 cities around the country, with numerous sold-out shows. The run time of The New One is 70 minutes. Patrons must be 16 and up to attend performances.
Two River Theater is supported in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Monmouth University, The Shubert Foundation, The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Riverview Medical Center, The Stone Foundation of New Jersey, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey, Springpoint Senior Living Foundation at The Atrium at Navesink Harbor, Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Jorgensen Foundation, US Trust, Wells Fargo, William T. Morris Foundation, Kessler Foundation, Investors Foundation, The John Ben Snow Foundation, VNA Health Group, Brookdale Community College, and many other generous foundations, corporations and individuals.
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
JCTC PRESENTS ACCLAIMED ONE-MAN SHOW ON CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER
W. E. B. DU BOIS: A Man for All Times
WHEN: May 12/8:00pm-10:00pm (Doors open at 7:30)
WHERE: Merseles Studios, Jersey City Theater Center, 339 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07302
TICKETS: $25 General Admission ($15 Students & Senior Citizens, with valid ID)
(201) 795-5386
For more information or to purchase tickets visit: jctcenter.org
W.E.B. Du Bois—writer, scholar, and one of the earliest civil rights leaders – comes to life in the New Jersey premiere of W. E. B. DU BOIS: A Man for All Time, presented by Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC).
W. E. B. DU BOIS: A Man for All Times is an emotion-packed play about the life, times and philosophy of William Edward Berghardt Du Bois, (1868-1963) that transports audiences into the private and political world of this influential scholar and writer. Based on the actual books, speeches and letters by Du Bois, the play showcases acclaimed actor, Brian Richardson, in a tour de force solo performance. W. E. B. DU BOIS: A Man for All Times is produced by Pulse Ensemble Theatre, which was established in 1989 and is now one of the oldest ensemble theatre companies in New York City.
“If there is one thing Du Bois dedicated his life to, it was disrupting the status quo,” said Alexa Kelly, writer and director of W. E. B. DU BOIS: A Man for All Time. “As he says in the play, ‘if one is an activist, and not considered dangerous by the powers that be, then one is not doing one's job, and I was studiously doing my job!’”
Kelly is adamant that her play and the work of Du Bois speaks to the current Trump era. “When things are not morally healthy for the people of the country and the world, one has, in a Democracy, the obligation to disrupt!” she added.
One of the most significant—and all to often overlooked—disruptors in American History, Du Bios becomes part of Disruption, the thematic series presented by Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC) that runs through June. Through visual arts, theatre, readings, performances and music, JCTC explores topics global in scope yet relevant to the community. Disruption—the current thematic series by JCTC, which runs through June— looks at the personal, social and political impact of our present era of disorienting change. “We are very excited about bringing this show to JCTC’s Disruption series,” said Kelly.
W. E. B. DU BOIS: A Man for All Times has been performed in the U.S. and Europe to great acclaim. According to Olga Levina, Artistic Director, JCTC, the writings and life story of Du Bois as conveyed through this extraordinary play are perfectly aligned with the Disruption theme.
“As a social thinker and philosopher, Du Bois was far ahead of his time,” said Levina. “He didn’t accept the social realities of his time and fought for justice his entire life. Even though society seems to have come a long way, we still need Du Bois to disrupt some of the realities of injustice and prejudice today. The life and work of Du Bois seems as relevant to now as it was during his lifetime. ”
A black American born three years after Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation —just after the Civil War ended—Du Bois broke many boundaries, such as being the first black student to graduate from Harvard and the first black Sociologist. Du Bois also studied in Europe, ran for senator, co-founded the NAACP, participated in the founding of the United Nations, fought tirelessly in support of anti-lynching laws and for Civil Rights for all people. He also wrote the classic and influential studies, Souls of Black Folk and Black Reconstruction in America. Du Bois may have lived much of his life in during America’s Jim Crow era, he also lived to see segregation declared unconstitutional and he died in Africa – on the eve of Dr. Martin Luther King's March on Washington.
Du Bois was far ahead of his time in support of women's rights, the right for all people to have work, free college education and universal medical coverage. Many historians and civil rights scholars believe Du Bois is not as well as known as he should because he was labeled a communist by Senator McCarthy during the 1950s Red Scare. In fact, Du Bois was a mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who famously declared, "history cannot ignore W.E.B. Du Bois.”
W. E. B. DU BOIS: A Man for All Times is a riveting drama as well as an inspirational journey of a great man’s life through nearly a century of social unrest and political upheaval. The show has been performed both in the U.S. and Europe, including a critically acclaimed performances at the New York International Fringe Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe where it ran for 21 shows. Other performances include: The Victoria and Albert Museum, London (20 shows), The Du Bois Library, Amherst, University of Massachusetts, Mahaiwe Theatre, Great Barrington MA, The National Black Theatre Festival and colleges and libraries throughout the U.S. The show even toured Holland, including a special performed for Queen Beatrix.
Rave reviews include New York Theatre Magazine: "It’s one of the accomplishment of this solo show that it makes accessible both the man himself and some of his ideas. The creative team works to make the pioneering scholar and uncompromising activist come off as somebody you might want to have a drink with—without sanding smooth the edges of his anger or his intellect."
Brian Richardson, who plays W.E.B. Du Bois, was born in Belize and raised in Trinidad and Tobago. He began acting in Trinidad in 1981 and is now based in New York. Richardson has appeared in television, including Law & Order and Luhrmann's The Get Down and film, including Time out of Mind, Coming to America, Hunger and Sid's New Glasses. His extensive theater credits include Harlem Summer Shakespeare, where he has appeared as Macbeth; Prospero in The Tempest, Malvolio in Twelfth Night; and Jacques in As You Like I as well as other NYC productions—Night Must Fall, The Lower Depths, and Race. Richardson has also performed with Bristol Riverside Theatre, Barter Theatre, The Metropolitan Playhouse, The Bushnell Theatre and J City Theatre.
Alexa Kelly (Playwright/Director), born and raised in London, studied at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. After visiting the U.S.,, she taught acting in North Carolina hosted a television series for PBS in Florida, where she also ran a drama program at the men's Federal Correction Institution in Tallahassee. For three years, Kelly taught acting and directing for at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, then moved to NYC where she founded Pulse Ensemble Theatre with Gary Garrison (Artistic Director for the Directors Guild of America), and Kevin Willmott (screen writer for Spike Lee's Chiraq), and has been its artistic director ever since. She has directed regionally and taught and/or directed at University of North Carolina. Florida State University, Adelphi University and Tisch School of the Arts. (>alexaKellydirector.com.)
Pulse Ensemble Theatre, established in 1989 is one of the oldest ensemble theatre companies in New York City. Pulse operated 2 performance spaces on Theatre Row, until their building was razed for the new Signature Theatre complex. Pulse is committed to two major productions a year: one Harlem Summer Shakespeare a site-specific outreach project, and one new script from its weekly Playwrights’ Lab. (pulseensembletheatre.org)
W. E. B. DU BOIS: A Man for All Times/Pulse Ensemble Theater also includes – Costumes: Terry Leong (Conan O'Brian Show); Lighting: Joyce Liao, (Pan Asian Rep. Theatre for the New City, Abingdon Theatre, 59E59); Sound: Louis Lopardi (Fresh Fruit Festival NYC, Boston Conservatory) Sets: Ruben Arana Downs (Faculty-SUNY, FAMU)
IMAGE: Brian Richardson plays W.E.B. Du Bois
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Monday, January 18, 2016
ONE-MAN SHOW @ RVCC SHARES JOURNEY TO UNDERSTAND RACISM IN U.S.
RHAPSODY IN BLACK
written and performed by LeLand Gantt
WHEN: Tuesday, January 26, at noon and 7 p.m. Performances include a discussion as well as light refreshments.
WHERE: The Theatre at RVCC, 118 Lamington Road in Branchburg, NJ
TICKETS: $10 for noon performances and $25 for 7 p.m. shows.
Tickets are general admission seating.
Audience members may pre-order a box lunch for $5 and have lunch at the Theatre before the noon show.
Audience members also may take part in the Theatre’s book exchange in the lobby. Feel free to bring any previously read novels.
To purchase tickets or for more information, call the Box Office, 908-725-3420, or order online at www.rvccArts.org. Subscribers’ packages are available for all Theatre series. Senior citizen, student and group discounts are also available for most performances.
The production, recommended for audience members age 14 and older, is part of RVCCArts’ Tuesdays with Stories series.
Developed at NYC's Actors Studio with Estelle Parsons, Rhapsody in Black is a one-man show that explores LeLand Gantt's personal journey to understand and eventually transcend racism in America. Audience members follow his spellbinding life story—from an underprivileged childhood in the ghettos of McKeesport, PA; to teenage experiments with crime and drugs; to scholastic achievement and an acting career that lands adult LeLand in situations where he is virtually the only African-American in the room. How he manages to cope with the various psychological effects of consistently being marked “The Other” is recounted in remarkable and exquisitely moving detail, guaranteed to leave lasting impressions. Charming, self-deprecatingly funny and linguistically awesome, Gantt confronts heavy subjects with passion and poignancy.
Actress Estelle Parsons has said of LeLand Gantt: “I think it’s wonderful to have somebody get up and in their own words say, ‘Here’s what I went through, here’s the effect all these things had on me.’”
Anyone interested in learning more about the presentation is invited to read The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison before or after attending the show.
This engagement of Rhapsody in Black is made possible through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The 2015-2016 Tuesdays with Stories series is a unique way to experience great American stories. Tickets cost Raritan Valley Community College’s main campus is located at 118 Lamington Road in Branchburg, NJ. Serving Somerset and Hunterdon County residents for close to 50 years, RVCC is an educational and cultural center that is nationally recognized for its innovative programming, service to the community and environmental leadership. The College offers more than 90 associate degrees and certificates, as well as career training, professional development and personal enrichment courses. The College also has a performing arts center and planetarium.
RVCC is committed to offering a quality and affordable education through effective teaching, liaisons with the community’s businesses and state-of-the-art technology. For further information, visit www.raritanval.edu.