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• The Arts at Ramapo
• Visual Communication Design at Ramapo
• Visual Arts at Ramapo
• Theater at Ramapo
• Music at Ramapo
• Filmmaking at Ramapo
• Communication Arts
• Art Gallery Events
• Arch Performances

The Arts at Ramapo

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Visual Communication Design at Ramapo

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Visual Arts at Ramapo

Animation Conference Expert’s Panel, 5-1-25 7:00 pm, The Sharp Theater. Free and Open to the Public.

Get a behind-the-scenes peek at how films, commercials and artwork are constructed via computer graphics and cutting-edge animation practices during our Industry Experts Panel.

The Berrie Center Kresge and Pascal Galleries reopen with an Opening Reception on Wednesday, September 24 from 5-7 p.m.

This is the whopping Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition 2025.  After the opening, regular hours in the Berrie Center will be as usual, Tue, Thur, Fri 1-5 p.m. and Wed 1-7 p.m.

Additionally, there are a few upcoming Artists Talks and Events:

Brain McSherry talk about his career    Tuesday, Sept 30, 1:10 – 2:10 p.m., Adler Theatre
John Peffer performance   Thursday, October 9, 1:10 – 2:10 p.m.  Berrie Center Rehearsal Hall
Dylan McLaughlin performance and talk   Wednesday, October 22,  4:45-5:45 p.m.

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Theater at Ramapo

Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen, directed by Lester Mayers November 14-16 and November 20-22 in the Sharp Theater

This is a comedy you can really sink your teeth into. Filled with clever wordplay and anything-goes pop culture references, it’s a 90-minute, gender-bending, quick-changing, laugh-out-loud reimagining of the gothic classic, guaranteed to increase your pulse and cause bloodcurdling screams of laughter.
Buy Tickets or visit Berrie Center to see a full performance schedule

A Dickens Holiday, Adler Theater, November 16, 2025, 4 p.m.

an original concept reader’s theater in Victorian costume

Cast: Scrooge, Rick Brown | Bob Marley, Peter Rice | Spirit of Christmas Past, Elizabeth LeBoeuf | Christmas Present, Rob Doster | Christmas Future, Owen Abrams
Readers: Peter Campbell (Theater), Emma Rainforth (Geology), Paul Currant (Roukema Center, Director), Ginny Johnston (actor, Ramapo supporter), Kathleen Hallisey (Director, Student Conduct)
Chorus: CantaNOVA
Lighting designer: Joseph Austria (Ramapo ’25)
Director: Lisa Lutter
Buy Tickets: Berrie Center Box Office: General Admission: $20 | Students :$10

Special student pricing is also available

Fall Auditions, 9/8/25 in the Sharp Theater:  Auditions for Fall 2025 Productions!

Monday September 8, 6-10pm, Berrie Center Lobby
As You Like It by Rosa Joshi and Kate Wisniewski
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen

Play On Shakespeare’s As You Like It by Rosa Joshi and Kate Wisniewski, directed by Martine Green-Rogers October 14-15

A Staged Reading – Adler Theater
This production is part of Play On Shakespeare, which commissions new translations and supports productions of “The Bard” in language accessible to modern audiences while never losing the beauty of Shakespeare’s verse.
For Tickets: https://www.ramapo.edu/berriecenter/performance-schedule/

 

Spring Auditions, 12/2/25 in the Sharp Theater: Auditions for Spring productions

What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck, Directed by Terra Vandergaw
Adler Theater – March 2026

This boundary-breaking Tony-nominated play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans. Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self to trace the profound relationship between generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives.

Nine: The Musical Book by Arthur Kopit, Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston, Directed by Lester Mayers
Sharp Theater – April 2026

The spectacular musical adaptation of Fellini’s 8½ features one man and the dozens of muses in his life. Celebrated but impetuous film director Guido Contini, succumbing to the pressures of filming his latest film epic, suffers a midlife crisis. One by one, figures from his past and present haunt, instruct, scold, seduce and encourage him until he finally learns to grow up.

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Music at Ramapo

Rainforest +, Sunday, November 9, 6:00 p.m.

Bowery, NYC Workshop 3:00—5:00pm, Concert: 6:00—8:00 pm 

An evening of responses to David Tudor’s legendary sound installation. 

Location: 169 Bowery, New York, NY 10002

In 1974, composer and performer David Tudor dreamed of an Orchestra of Loudspeakers—each unique and capable of different sounds, like the instruments in a classical orchestra. He later composed a series of works called Rainforest to realize this dream.

In Rainforest, found objects and carefully constructed materials are arranged throughout a space. Special devices called “tactile transducers” are attached to the objects, allowing performers to activate them with sounds of their own choice, creating what Tudor called “an electronic ecosystem.” Due to the specific resonance frequencies of each object, each one becomes a very unique loudspeaker.

The concert will be preceded by a workshop by Phil Edelstein, one of David Tudor’s original collaborators and a founding member of his legendary collective, Composers inside Electronics. Join us for an evening of new works inspired by Tudor’s visionary approach to sound, space, and materiality.

Event is free!

Sure on this Shining Night, December 7, 4:00 p.m.

HISTORIC OLD PARAMUS CHURCH (celebrating their 300th anniversary this fall)

An afternoon of “winter” themed music inspired by James Agee’s celebrated poem. Concert includes string quartet, flute, pipe organ, piano, and 50 voices (CantaNOVA, Ramapo Chorale)

Lisa Lutter & Tami Petty, Directors

Tickets:  Berrie Center box office $10 adults, free for students (also at the door)

CantaNOVA, Berrie Center Lobby, December 13, 7:30 p.m.

Pre-concert event

A Swingin’ Christmas with the New York Voices, Sharp Theater, December 13, 8:00 p.m.

with special guests, CantaNOVA, Lisa Lutter, Director

Berrie Center box office:  Adults: $48/45, Children Under 17, $20, RCNJ Faculty/Staff: $38/36*, RCNJ Students: $8*

BC 301, 9-30, 10-14, 10-28, 11-11, and 12-2 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm

Ramapo College is proud to present a special workshop series led by Brandon Korn, GRAMMY-nominated, multi-platinum, award-winning music producer. This unique program is designed to bridge the gap between the classroom and the professional music industry, giving students real-world insight into music production, collaboration, and business.

Across a series of interactive sessions, students will:

• Dive into the session files behind hit records from major artists like Travis Scott, DJ Khaled, Meek Mill, and more. Students will see exactly how these songs were crafted, arranged, and produced, examining every element and “ingredient” that went into the final tracks.
• Learn the secrets of modern music production and industry workflows
• Explore the business side of music, from publishing and royalties to label vs. independent pathways
• Participate in hands-on collaboration, including a session with special guest Steven Epstein, 19-time GRAMMY Award-winning classical producer known for his groundbreaking work with artists such as Yo-Yo Ma and Wynton Marsalis, who will share his experience on the power of collaboration and his own work with Brandon Korn on Beyoncé’s violinist Ezinma’s debut project
• Receive direct mentorship and feedback from Brandon Korn himself

Workshops will be offered on a first come, first served basis.

Bobby Previte’s Bitches Brew, Sharp Theater 10/8/25 7:00pm, Free and Open to the Public

One of the greatest works of the twentieth century, Bitches Brew, released in 1970, changed the entire landscape of not only Jazz, but Rock, Funk, Soul, and Pop as well. Hailed as a masterpiece upon release, it has become even more influential in the fullness of time. Previte and musicians begin at the point Bitches Brew left off, and using it as a springboard, point towards new directions.

Bobby Previte – Trap Drums, Conductor Zach Layton – Guitar, Electronics Michael Kammers – Saxophone and Keyboards Adriana Tampasis – Flute, Bass Clarinet Justin Geyer – Keyboards, Moog David Lizmi – Electric Bass, Electronics

Gilad Cohen and Friends (featuring Alejandro Aviles and Ruben Rengel), Adler Theater 10/16/25 11:20am-1pm, Free and Open to the Public

Gilad Cohen (bass, piano), Prof. Alejandro Aviles (saxophone, clarinet, flute) and guest musician Ruben Rengel (violin) will present a concert of originals and covers, written and improvised music influenced by klezmer, rock, jazz, Venezuelan music, and avant-garde.

Alejandro Avilés is a first generation Cuban-American who comes from a long lineage of musicians. In fact, Mr. Avilés’ family has been considered by the Guiness Book of World Records for having the longest, continuous musical group in the world. The Orquesta Hermanos Avilés was started by his great-grandfather, Manuel Avilés, in 1882 in Holguin, Cuba, and remarkably is still in existence today. Based in the Bronx, Alejandro Avilés directs the Jazz ensembles at Ramapo College, Hofstra University and Hunter College while performing as a versatile musician in genres ranging from “Contemporary Jazz”, “Brazilian” and “Afro-Cuban” music. Recently, Alejandro has recorded on numerous Grammy and Latin Grammy winning albums and is nominated this year for another award with Afro-Bop Alliance project.

Venezuelan violinist Rubén Rengel has appeared as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Houston Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Venezuela Symphony, and New York String Orchestra. Winner of the 2018 Sphinx Competition, he has collaborated with conductors such as Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Xian Zhang, Elim Chan, and Theodore Kuchar. As a chamber musician, he has performed with Joseph Silverstein, Mitsuko Uchida, Pamela Frank, Jonathan Biss, Anthony McGill, Peter Wiley, David Shifrin, and Gilbert Kalish. Rubén’s chamber music appearances include performances at Caramoor, Moab Music Festival, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Bridgehampton Chamber Music, Music@Menlo, Ravinia, and Marlboro. As a versatile performer, Rubén also explores Venezuelan and Latin American folk genres, and his arrangement of Beethoven’s “Kreutzer” Sonata has been featured on the Deutsche Grammophon label. Rubén was recently in residence at Carnegie Hall as a member of Ensemble Connect.

Gilad Cohen is an active composer, performer, and theorist in various genres including concert music, rock, and music for theater. Highlighted engagements include commissions by Barlow Endowment, Concert Artists Guild, Chamber Music America, and Composers Guild of New Jersey; awards including the Barlow Prize, the Israeli Prime Minister Award for Composers, and top prizes in international competitions in the US, Europe, Asia and the Middle-East; and releases on Albany Records, Naxos/Delos and Navona Records. In the 24-25 season, Gilad’s music was played in more than 60 concerts in nine countries. Gilad performs regularly with various ensembles around the US, playing piano, bass guitar and guitar. An Associate Professor of Music at Ramapo College of New Jersey, Gilad holds a Ph.D. in composition from Princeton University. His research about the music of Pink Floyd has resulted in publications in academic journals and in producing the first-ever academic conference devoted to the band at Princeton University.  www.giladcohen.com

Music Capstone Showcase, 12/4/2025 1-2:15pm, Adler Theater Free and open to the Public

Students of Music Capstone Seminar will showcase their Final Projects, which function as their portfolio and bridge to their professional careers.

Exponential Ensemble, 12/8/25 2:30 pm, Adler Theater, Free and open to the Public

Celebrated New York-based Exponential Ensemble (flute, clarinet, violin, cello) will perform a concert of works written by Ramapo students as part of Prof. Gilad Cohen’s course Acoustic Composition.

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Filmmaking at Ramapo

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Communication Arts

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Art Gallery Events

The Art Galleries are aligned with the School of Contemporary Arts and serve as a fertile resource for the College and area communities. In addition to faculty and senior thesis exhibitions, galleries present a vibrant, international contemporary exhibition schedule.

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Arch Performances

Arch Performances builds opportunities for discovery, learning, and engagement in creative processes, driven by the contemporary, interdisciplinary interpretation of the arts for the purpose of enhancing the human experience and transforming lives.

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