Horsedreams
2021-04-18 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
HORSEDREAMS by Dael Orlandersmith
Is an unsparingly honest play that chronicles a family’s disintegration from drug addiction. Presented in first-person narrative, HORSEDREAMS depicts the disparate impact of addiction and the drug trade on the white and black communities. Emotionally impactful while lyrical and poetic, Orlandersmith’s beautiful prose takes us on an unforgettable ride.
Directed by Maria Vail
View the Performance Here on April 18 at 8:00pm

Shakespeare Ramapo
2021-04-21 11:30 | Virtual
INTERMEDIATE ACTING: HAMLET EXPLORATION

Welcome to Elsinore! Indecision, intrigue and passion abound as students of Intermediate Acting perform soliloquys, monologues and scene readings from Hamlet.

Click Here to Register!

Shakespeare at Ramapo
2021-04-22 11:30 - 13:30 | Virtual
VOICE AND MOVEMENT: SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS
Celebrate Earth Day AND Shakespeare Day by diving into Shakespeare’s poetry! Join students in Voice and Movement as they explore the Sonnets through performance!
Click Here to Register!

Shakespeare at Ramapo
2021-04-22 14:30 - 15:55 | Virtual
ACTING FOR NON-MAJORS: SHAKESPEARE WORKSHOP
Brush up your Shakespeare in this fun and interactive workshop with students in Acting for Non Majors! Wake up your imagination and feel more at ease with the Bard! No experience necessary!
Click Here to Register!

Shakespeare at Ramapo
2021-04-23 20:00 - 22:00 | Virtual
ADVANCED DIRECTING: SHAKESPEARE SCENES

Our Advanced Directing students, working with students from Stage Management, tackle Shakespeare scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Kat Ceberio), The Taming of the Shrew (Grace Diaz) and Romeo and Juliet (Kate Gavin). Great art often comes from working within limitations – of space, of resources, of societies and cultures. Come see how Shakespeare lives on through the inspiring limitations of our 21st century mediated presentations.
Click Here to Watch the Performance

Shakespeare at Ramapo
2021-04-24 20:00 - 22:00 | Virtual
ADVANCED DIRECTING: SHAKESPEARE SCENES
Our Advanced Directing students, working with students from Stage Management, tackle Shakespeare scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Kat Ceberio), The Taming of the Shrew (Grace Diaz) and Romeo and Juliet (Kate Gavin). Great art often comes from working within limitations – of space, of resources, of societies and cultures. Come see how Shakespeare lives on through the inspiring limitations of our 21st century mediated presentations.
Click Here to Watch the Performance!

Dead Bodies Among Us: Freedom Epistemologies and Contemporary Haitian Art
2021-04-27 13:00 - 14:30 | Virtual
An online talk by Dr. Jerry Philogene
View the Online Lecture Here on April 27th

Made in Jersey: Kyle Marshall
2021-04-29 20:00 - 21:30 | Virtual
Made in Jersey will feature a series of New Jersey based performing artists sharing new works-in-
progress. After each broadcast, audiences will be able to join the artist in a live chat where they can ask
questions.
Kyle Marshall is a choreographer, performer and teaching artist. He recently received the 2020 Dance Magazine Harkness Promise Award and a NY “Bessie” Award nomination for the production “Colored”. His dance company, Kyle Marshall Choreography (KMC) sees the dancing body as a container of history, an igniter of social reform and a site of celebration. Since inception in 2014, KMC has performed at venues including: BAM Next Wave Festival, Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out, Joe’s Pub at the Public, Actors Fund Arts Center, NJPAC, NYC Summerstage, and Roulette. He has also received commissions from “Dance on the Lawn” Montclair’s Dance Festival and Harlem Stage. Marshall has been in residence at the 92nd st Y, CPR, Jamaica Performing Arts Center and currently is a Resident Performance Artist at MANA Contemporary. As a teacher, Marshall conducts dance masterclasses and creative workshops at schools including; American Dance Festival, Montclair State University, Ailey/Fordham, County Prep High School and Bloomfield College. Kyle is a member of the Trisha Brown Dance Company. He also danced with doug elkins choreography etc., and Tiffany Mills Company. Kyle graduated from Rutgers University with a BFA in Dance and resides in Jersey City.

Description of Performance:
In this solo dance work-in-progress, choreographer and dancer Kyle Marshall states “as a member of the diaspora, I have often felt distant from my maternal homeland, Jamaica. I and I is an exploration of my Jamaican body. This process has directed me towards my family’s migration story, Caribbean dance, and historical research, and uncovering the global cultural impact of this mighty Caribbean island.”
Born into a family of runners, motion is at the core of Marshall’s being. At times, this process is biographic and heartfelt as he works to undo shame he has felt about his sexuality, dance to music of his childhood, or ask his mother for traditional recipes to try. At other times, Marshall is embodying ideas rooted in collective memory and Jamaican pop culture which step beyond his personal narrative. Marshall shares, “as someone who grew up in a Jamaican-American household, and visited the island throughout my childhood, the distance and comfort I feel about cultural traditions makes me question what an authentic Jamaican experience is. I understand culture to be an embodied experience taught to us by our elders, shaped by our environment, and reinforced by our consumption of media. My bloodline is one of generational migration in search of opportunity and land of our own.” As a member of the diaspora, Marshall is a mix of cultural influences. Shaped by the country in which he resides, linked to his mother’s island and the wild dream of ancestors forced to arrive on the shores of Jamaica from Africa. I and I attempts to bridge these worlds, connecting his body to its origins and beyond.
The title I and I is a Rastafarian term for oneness with God. It is a concept that God is within each of us and therefore we are all connected to each other through this bond. In Jamaican Patois, “I and I” would replace “you and I” or “we”. Like much of the language, “I and I’’ derives from the Twi language of Ghana, translating to “Me ne me.” Bob Marley, a Rastafarian himself, expressed this in another way, “one love, one heart”. That in loving myself as I am, I uplift the spirit within me and am better able to celebrate the spirit within you.
View the Performance

Made in Jersey: Alexa Marino
2021-05-13 20:00 - 21:30 | Virtual
https://youtu.be/BrETacxLk3U
Made in Jersey will feature a series of New Jersey based performing artists sharing new works-in-
progress. After each broadcast, audiences will be able to join the artist in a live chat where they can ask
questions.
“LAID BARE” is a vivid debut album that brings all to attention in a captivating narrative of love and loss, hope and restlessness, beauty and pain. Each song unfolds with more raw intensity than the last, with powerful lyrics and a strong, soulful voice introducing to the world a soul unbound and unyielding. Co-writer Alex Hayes beautifully captures Alexa’s striking imagery with strong and crisp music production.
Available on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music,
Soundcloud, and all other major music platforms.
Recommended if you like:
Florence and The Machine, Adele, Grace Potter, MILCK.

Ryan & Ryan- Kickin' the Clouds Away
2021-06-17 10:00 - 2021-06-23 22:00 | Virtual
In celebration of Juneteenth father and son piano duo Ryan & Ryan present Kickin’ the Clouds Away
June 17-23, 2021. Free, but patrons must register to receive the link.
Ryan & Ryan will be performing their Kicking the Clouds Away concert featuring some of the world’s best piano music including jazz, ragtime, classical, and gospel. Joining Ryan & Ryan for a special pre-concert chat will be Berrie Center director Lisa Campbell.
Ryan & Ryan is made possible through a generous grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
Register Here for the Performance!

Squonk Opera presents: Hand to Hand
2021-10-05 14:00 - 15:00 | Bandshell, 505 Ramapo Valley Rd., MAHWAH, NJ, 07430, United States
FREE and open to the public, but ticket required!
Hand to Hand is propelled by 2 giant puppet hands, each the size of a house and rigged like a sailing ship, and music that blows the roof off. The Squonkers, dwarfed by the hands, climb a multi-tiered stage. Music rises from a single finger flicking an organ key, as natural an expression of humanity as a wave or a fist. Squonk’s original progressive rock drives a journey that is spectacular, plaintive, and comic. In this melee, the giant thumbs detach to become truly opposable and challenge each other with guitars.

This is a special performance for working artists and student artists, followed by a workshop on the Squonk Collaborative Arts Process. Squonk Artistic Directors will discuss music collaboration, devised theater, and cross-disciplinary thinking, and share their process for making storyboards for creating performance.
This engagement of Squonk Opera is funded through the Mid Atlantic Tours program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Squonk Opera was supported by a grant from the Ramapo College Foundation.
Reserve Your Free Tickets!

Squonk Opera presents: Hand to Hand
2021-10-05 18:30 - 19:30 | Bandshell, 505 Ramapo Valley Rd., MAHWAH, NJ, 07430, United States
FREE and open to the public, but ticket required! Free backstage tours begin at 7:00pm!
Hand to Hand is propelled by 2 giant puppet hands, each the size of a house and rigged like a sailing ship, and music that blows the roof off. The Squonkers, dwarfed by the hands, climb a multi-tiered stage. Music rises from a single finger flicking an organ key, as natural an expression of humanity as a wave or a fist. Squonk’s original progressive rock drives a journey that is spectacular, plaintive, and comic. In this melee, the giant thumbs detach to become truly opposable and challenge each other with guitars.

This engagement of Squonk Opera is funded through the Mid Atlantic Tours program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Squonk Opera was supported by a grant from the Ramapo College Foundation.
Reserve Your Free Tickets!

Squonk Opera presents: Hand to Hand
2021-10-06 12:30 - 13:30 | Bandshell, 505 Ramapo Valley Rd., MAHWAH, NJ, 07430, United States
FREE and open to the public, but ticket required!
Hand to Hand is propelled by 2 giant puppet hands, each the size of a house and rigged like a sailing ship, and music that blows the roof off. The Squonkers, dwarfed by the hands, climb a multi-tiered stage. Music rises from a single finger flicking an organ key, as natural an expression of humanity as a wave or a fist. Squonk’s original progressive rock drives a journey that is spectacular, plaintive, and comic. In this melee, the giant thumbs detach to become truly opposable and challenge each other with guitars.
Join us for this fun concert beginning at 12:30pm, followed by a live Q&A around 1:00 p.m.

This engagement of Squonk Opera is funded through the Mid Atlantic Tours program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Squonk Opera was supported by a grant from the Ramapo College Foundation.
Reserve Your Free Tickets!

Squonk Opera presents: Hand to Hand
2021-10-06 15:30 - 16:00 | Bandshell, 505 Ramapo Valley Rd., MAHWAH, NJ, 07430, United States
FREE and open to the public, but ticket required!
Hand to Hand is propelled by 2 giant puppet hands, each the size of a house and rigged like a sailing ship, and music that blows the roof off. The Squonkers, dwarfed by the hands, climb a multi-tiered stage. Music rises from a single finger flicking an organ key, as natural an expression of humanity as a wave or a fist. Squonk’s original progressive rock drives a journey that is spectacular, plaintive, and comic. In this melee, the giant thumbs detach to become truly opposable and challenge each other with guitars.

This engagement of Squonk Opera is funded through the Mid Atlantic Tours program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Squonk Opera was supported by a grant from the Ramapo College Foundation.
Reserve Your Free Tickets!

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
2021-10-22 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-10-23 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-10-24 20:00 - 22:00 | Sharp Theater, Berrie Center for the Arts, 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, 07430, United States
Music and Lyrics by William Finn, Book by Rachel Sheinkin
Directed by Joe Kiely
Music Direction by Diana Jelmini
Six spellers compete in this Tony and Drama Desk Award winning musical. But only one can become the Champion. A charming, funny and touching look at the lives behind each speller, losers and winner.
Tickets are $5.00 for Ramapo Students, $15.00 for General Admission
RCNJ Students Must Come to Box Office with ID to Purchase $5.00 Tickets
Click Here to Purchase Tickets

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
2021-10-28 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-10-29 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-10-30 20:00 - 22:00 | Sharp Theater, Berrie Center for the Arts, 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, 07430, United States
Music and Lyrics by William Finn, Book by Rachel Sheinkin
Directed by Joe Kiely
Music Direction by Diana Jelmini
Six spellers compete in this Tony and Drama Desk Award winning musical. But only one can become the Champion. A charming, funny and touching look at the lives behind each speller, losers and winner.
Tickets are $5.00 for Ramapo Students, $15.00 for General Admission.
RCNJ Students Must Come to Box Office with ID to Purchase $5.00 Tickets
Click Here to Purchase Tickets

The Importance of Being Earnest
2021-11-12 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-11-13 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-11-14 20:00 - 22:00 | Adler Theater, 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States
by Oscar Wilde
Directed by Maria Vail
A terribly scandalous play when it premiered, this fast paced, mad cap comedy of manners features two bachelors, their alter-egos, mistaken identities and a plate of muffins. Come delight in the viciousness that lies just below the surface of proper English society.
Tickets are $5.00 for Ramapo Students, $15.00 General Admission.
Click Here to Purchase Tickets

Combat Hippies "Amal"
2021-11-16 20:00 - 22:00 | Sharp Theater, Berrie Center for the Arts, 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, 07430, United States
Photo credit: Romain Maurice
In celebration of Puerto Rican Heritage Month and Veterans and Military Families Month, the Berrie Center is pleased to present the provocative theater piece “Amal.” “Amal” explores the search for meaning, purpose, and identity through enlisting in the military, as well as Puerto Rico’s cultural and military history. This powerful performance delves into the impact of war on both combatants and noncombatants as people of color, and shares experiences of veteran’s adjustment to life after war.
This performance is for mature audiences only. NOTE: Production uses strobe lights and there is a gunshot blast.
Tickets: $5 RCNJ Students w/ID (limit 1), $ 10 RCNJ Faculty and Staff w/ID (limit 2), College/University Students $ 10 (limit 1), Veteran’s $ 10 (limit 2), General Admission Adult $25
RCNJ Students, Faculty and Staff must come to the Box Office with ID to purchase tickets. ALL other discounted tickets must call the box office at 201-684-7844.
Combat Hippies Program
Funded in part by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Theater Project, with lead funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Click Here to Purchase Tickets

The Importance of Being Earnest
2021-11-17 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-11-18 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-11-19 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-11-20 14:00 - 16:00, 2021-11-20 20:00 - 22:00 | Adler Theater, 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States
By Oscar Wilde
Directed by Maria Vail
A terribly scandalous play when it premiered, this fast paced, mad cap comedy of manners features two bachelors, their alter-egos, mistaken identities and a plate of muffins. Come delight in the viciousness that lies just below the surface of proper English society.
Tickets are $5.00 for Ramapo Students, $15.00 General Admission. Tickets coming soon!
Click Here to Purchase Tickets

Casey Abrams Trio
2021-12-04 20:00 - 22:00 | Sharp Theater, Berrie Center for the Arts, 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, 07430, United States
The Berrie Center for the Arts at Ramapo College of NJ welcomes The Casey Abrams Trio on Saturday, December 4 at 8:00 p.m. Casey Abrams burst onto the national scene with his head-turning stint on Season 10 of American Idol. With his stand-up bass and smooth vocals Casey has carved out his unique jazz-funk sound. His brand-new album, Casey Keysey was released in October.
In 2015, Casey joined Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox, which re-invents current pop hits into 1920’s-1950s jazz/blues genres, as one of its leading performers and emcees. For this concert, Abrams will be joined by fellow Postmodern Jukebox musicians Dave Tedeschi on drums and Jesse Elder on piano for what promises to be a fun, uplifting evening of great music!
Tickets: $8 RCNJ Students w/ID (limit 1), $20 RCNJ Faculty and Staff w/ID (limit 2), Public $25/32/35, Children under 17 $18
RCNJ Students, Faculty and Staff must come to the Box Office with ID to purchase tickets.
Click Here to Purchase Tickets
