Berrie Center: Spring 2008 Programs and Events / February
Box Office Hours:
Monday - Friday, 12-8 pm,
Saturday and Sunday, 12-5 pm
and also two hours prior to each performance.
Telephone #: (201) 684-7844
 American Place Theatre’s
Literature to Life Series presents
The Secret Life of Bees
From the book by Sue Monk Kidd
Adapted and Directed by Wynn Handman
Sunday, February 3
3 p.m. Sharp Theater
Monday, February 4
3:45 p.m. Sharp Theater
In this New York Times bestseller set in the South during the Civil Rights Movement, a young girl’s search for the truth about her mother leads her to three beekeeping sisters and the discovery of inner strength and the real meaning of family.
Actress Denise Wilbanks stars in this verbatim theatrical adaptation that features pre- and post-performance discussions.
Tickets: All seats: $10
 Black Maria Film and Video Festival
Thursday, February 7
3:45 p.m., Sharp Theater
Since Since 1981, the annual Black Maria Film and Video Festival, an international juried competition and award tour, has been fulfilling its mission to advocate, exhibit and reward cutting edge works from independent film and videomakers. Enjoy a selection of the 2008 winning films and videos, with commentary by festival founder John Columbus.
Free admission
 Jazz at the Berrie Center presents
Singing Astaire: A Fred Astaire Songbook
Featuring Hilary Kole, Christopher Grimes and Ronnie White
Saturday, February 9
8 p.m., Sharp Theater
The late Fred Astaire introduced more classic standards on film than Crosby or Sinatra – music by Gershwin, Porter, Mercer, Arlen and Kern. The highly esteemed trio of Hilary Kole, Eric Comstock and Christopher Gines brings the music Astaire made famous to the Berrie Center from Birdland, where it sold out night after night.
“Superb . . . a swift, invigorating pop-jazz revue . . . smooth as a 1940’s movie fantasy.”
- New York Times
Seating Category #1 / #2 / #3 Orchestra Balcony
Tickets: Adults: $26/23/20; Children (under 17) $15; Seniors, Ramapo Affiliates, New Jersey Jazz Society and WBGO Radio members: 5% discount off regular ticket prices.
 Jungle Jack Hanna
Sunday, February 10
1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Sharp Theater
Through his nationally syndicated television show Jack Hanna’s Animal Adventures, and hundreds of appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman, Good Morning America and Larry King Live, animal expert Jack Hanna has become a household name.
Jungle Jack’s live show features many of his favorite animal friends, as well as fascinating and humorous stories and footage from his adventures around the world that will enthrall everyone – from the youngest child to the oldest adult.
Seating Category #1 / #2 / #3 Orchestra Balcony
Tickets: Adult: $26/23/20; Children (under 17): $18; Seniors and Ramapo Affiliates: 5% off regular ticket prices.
February 10, 1 p.m. and February 10, 4 p.m. - On Sale on 02/10/08,
12:00AM EST
 Cajun Celebration
Direct from Lousiana
Steve Riley and The Mamou Playboys
Saturday, February 16
8 p.m., Sharp Theater
When Cajuns go out on the weekend looking for a band that will recharge their pride and identity, they find it in Steve Riley and The Mamou Playboys. Come let the good times roll, and find out why the Washington Post calls them . . “clearly the best Cajun musicians of the younger generation”.
“ . . . The hottest young stars in Cajun music . . .”
U.S. News & World Report
Seating Category #1 / #2 / #3 Orchestra Balcony
Tickets: Adults: $28/25/22; Children (under 17): $18; Seniors and Ramapo Affiliates: 5% off regular ticket prices.
On Sale on 02/16/08,
12:00AM EST
 Schooltime Performance Series
Sol y Canto
An exploration of Hispanic Heritage through Song
Friday, February 22
10 a.m. and Noon, Sharp Theater
Led by Puerto Rican/Argentine singer/bongo player, Rosi Amador & New Mexican guitarist Brian Amador, Sol y Canto (Sun and Song) has brought audiences to their feet from the Kennedy Center to the White House. Their newest album, Twice as Many Friends/El Doble de Amigos, features bilingual children's songs from Latin American countries, to dance to and learn by Sol y Canto creates a celebration of what we gain by being bilingual and learning about other cultures. Grades K-4
Tickets: $8 all seats
 The Hawthorne Symphony presents
Bird With Strings Redux: The Music of Charlie Parker
Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Overture
Mozart’s Don Giovanni
John Minkoff, Conductor
Sunday, February 24
3 p.m, Sharp Theater
Jazz, Opera, Classical -this rich and eclectic performance by some of the Metro Area’s top professionals, under the direction of conductor John Minkoff, will appeal to fans of all three musical genres. Featured are guest soloists, including alto saxophonist Asher Stein playing the music of Charlie Parker in a return engagement to the Berrie Center.
Seating Category #1 / #2 / #3 Orchestra Balcony
Tickets: Adults: $22/19/15; Children (under 17) $12; Seniors and Ramapo Affiliates: 5% discount off regular ticket prices
New Jersey Jazz Society and WBGO Radio members also receive 5% discount.
 RCNJ Theater Program
Savage in Limbo
Directed by Giovanna Sardelli
Based on the play by John Patrick Shanley
February 27-29 at 8 pm
March 1 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
March 3-5 at 8 p.m.
Sharp Theater
Produced Off-Broadway by New York’s Double Image Repertory Company, this play moves from comedy to near tragedy as it explores the hopes and dreams of a group of rootless young "losers" who congregate in an anonymous Bronx bar, hoping to find respite from the drabness of their lives as they search purpose in an often purposeless world.
“Conceived with sharp insight into the lives of losers, conveyed with a frisky and often hilarious wit.”
NY Daily News
Tickets: Adults: $10; Children and Ramapo Affiliates: $5
 Ramapo Africana Film Festival
The Legacy Continues
February 27 – March 6
Various Times and Campus Venues
This series of films, filmmakers and speakers focuses on the many faces of Black film.
This program is made possible through a Schomburg grant, and through funding by the Ramapo College Women’s Center, African Ancestry Month Committee, and the Berrie Center
 Ramapo Africana Film Festival
Opening Kick-off:
Paul Robeson: Tribute to An Artist
Film by Saul J. Turell (1979), 31 minutes
Guest Speaker: Paul Robeson, Jr.
Wednesday, February 27
4 p.m., Sharp Theater
Concert artist, Shakespearean actor, All-American athlete, scholar, civil rights champion--Paul Robeson overcame tremendous obstacles to become a true 20th-century Renaissance man. Winner of eight coveted awards, this film will be introduced by Paul Robeson, Jr., who will speak about his father’s life.
Free admission
Ramapo Africana Film Festival
Film, Uptown Saturday Night
Guest Speaker: Screenwriter Richard Wesley
Thursday, February 28
3:45 p.m., Sharp Theater
Free admission
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Berrie Center Box Office Hours:
Monday - Friday, 12-8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 12-5 p.m. and also two hours prior to each performance.
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