Scapino
2011-06-23 20:00 - 2011-07-03 19:00 (America/New_York) | Lauren K. Woods Theatre
Scapino, by director Frank Dunlop and actor Jim
Dale, is an outrageous comedy adapted “a long way off from Moliere” but
exhibiting the classic elements of the French master and the Italian
“commedia d’ell arte.” Scapino is the wily servant who twists the rules
to trick his master’s father into allowing him to marry the girl of his
dreams while the waiters, waitresses and customers of a seaside
restaurant sing parodies of “O Solo Mio” and the names of menu items
like “veal scallopine.”
Preview: June 23 at 8 p.m.
Opening Night: June 24 at 8 p.m.
Performances: June 25, 29 and 30, July 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 and 9 at 8 p.m.; June 26, July 3 and 10 at 7 p.m.
Cost: Preview night – Adult/Senior $20; Student $10; June 24 through July 10 – Adult $35; Senior $30; Student $15

Molly Sweeny
2011-07-14 20:00 - 2011-07-31 19:00 | Lauren K. Woods Theatre
Molly Sweeny is by the prize-winning Irish playwright, Brian Friel (Dancing at Lughnasa, Translations).
It is the story of Molly Sweeny, a woman who has been blind since
childhood, who undergoes an operation to restore her vision. Based
loosely on an essay by Oliver Saks (Awakenings), the tale is told by Molly, her husband, and the doctor.
Preview: July 14 at 8 p.m.
Opening Night: July 15 at 8 p.m.
Performances: July 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, and 30 at 8 p.m.; July 17, 24 and 31 at 7 p.m.
Cost: Preview night – Adult/Senior $15; Student $10; July 15 through July 31 – Adult $30; Senior $22; Student $15

Wiz Khalifa
2011-07-29 19:30
Location: MAC at Monmouth
WIZ KHALIFA
BIG SEAN and CHEVY WOODS
Friday, July 29, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
The MAC at Monmouth University
All tickets $38 and applicable surchargesTickets are on sale now!Limit six per person.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.The Box Office will be open at 4 p.m. on the day of the show.
The parking lot will open at 5:30 p.m. There will be a $10 parking fee per car and tailgating is prohibited.
Produced by Concerts East and AEG Live
Tickets are on sale through ticketmaster.com, phone charge at 800-745-3000, the MAC box office, and select ticketmaster retail outlets.

Eric Sambol's WILD
2011-08-15 09:00 - 2011-09-30 19:00 | Pollak Gallery
Eric Sambol’s WILD
Nature Photographs
August 15 – September 30, 2011
Monday – Friday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Eric Sambol uses the medium of photography to reawaken his childhood passion for nature. The exhibition, curated by Eric, showcases the remarkable wildlife he has had the pleasure to interact with. The show features wildlife from four different and distinct locations in New Jersey, Alaska, Manitoba, and British Columbia. www.EricSambol.com
The artist is donating all the proceeds from the sales at this exhibit to the Scholarship Fund of Monmouth University and the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey.

Languor Temperance Repose
2011-09-06 19:00 - 2011-10-14 19:00 | Rotary Ice House Gallery
An invitational photography exhibition featuring the work of eleven artists from across the United States.
The artists in this exhibition cover a great deal of photographic ground including the traditions of the still life, landscape, abstraction and the constructed or fabricated image using analog and digital practices in color and black and white. Curated by Specialist Professor, Anne Leighton Massoni.

Lecture at Wilson Hall Auditorium:
Thursday, September 22, 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Opening Reception at Gallery:
Thursday, September 22, 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

TRUST: Second Acts In Young Lives
2011-09-12 19:30
Location: Pollak Theater
TRUST: Second Acts In Young Lives
Director: Nancy Kelly
Monday, September 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Pollak Theatre
Admission courtesy of Monmouth University
TRUST tells the story of eighteen-year-old Marlin, a struggling Honduran immigrant to the United States who has lived through some of the harshest cruelties imaginable. Committed to a psychiatric hospital, Marlin reveals her secrets to a counselor who recommends she join the Albany Park Theater Project, a teen theater company that makes original plays from company members’ life stories. Propelled by her experience with the company, Marlin transitions from a traumatized to empowered young woman.

Shara McCallum
2011-09-15 16:30
Originally from Kingston, Jamaica, Shara McCallum is the author of three collections of poetry, This Strange Land(Alice James Books, April 2011), Song of Thieves (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003), and The Water Between Us (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1999). A fourth book, New & Selected Poems, will be published in the UK by Peepal Tree Press in 2012. Her poems have been widely published in the US, the UK, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Israel, have been reprinted in textbooks and anthologies of American, African American, Caribbean, and world literatures, and have been translated into Spanish and Romanian. Her personal essays appear in The Antioch Review, Creative Nonfiction, Witness, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, individual artist grants from the Tennessee Arts Commission and the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize, and an Academy of American Poets Prize, and has been a Cave Canem Fellow and a Walter E. Dakin Fellow at the Sewanee Writers’ Conference.

Taylor 2 Dance
2011-09-24 20:00
Cost: $30/25

Nick Flynn
2011-10-06 16:30
Nick Flynn is the author of two memoirs, The Ticking is the Bomb: A Memoir of Bewilderment (Norton, 2010) and Another Bullshit Night in Suck City (Norton, 2004), which won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir and has been translated into 13 languages. Another Bullshit Night in Suck City is currently being made into a film, entitled Welcome to Suck City, starring Robert DeNiro as Flynn’s father, due for release in 2011. Flynn is also the author of three books of poetry, The Captain Asks For a Show of Hands(Graywolf, 2011), Some Ether(Graywolf, 2000), which won the PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award, and Blind Huber (Graywolf, 2002). He has been awarded fellowships from The Guggenheim Foundation and The Library of Congress. His poems, essays, and non-fiction have appeared in The New Yorker, the Paris Review, National Public Radio’s “This American Life,” and The New York Times Book Review.

19th Century Maritime Art
2011-10-13 09:00 - 2011-10-23 19:00 | Pollak Gallery
19th Century Maritime Art
Our History in Paintings
October 13 – 23, 2011
Pollak Gallery
Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Guest Lecture:
Thursday, October 13, 2011, at 7:30 p.m., Pollak Theatre
Alan Granby, noted Maritime Art Historian and Author
45 exquisite paintings by famed 19th century marine artists such as James Butterworth, Antonio Jacobsen, James Bard, Francis Silva, E.T. Baker, William Yorke, and others. Also, prints and photographs will be on display including scenes from New York Harbor and the Jersey Shore.

Indigo Girls
2011-10-14 20:00
Cost: $75/50
For more than two decades, Indigo Girls Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have presented some of their best music in front of cheering crowds – sometimes in the cramped confines of a small club, sometimes in a vast arena packed with thousands. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriters celebrate their long-standing passion for live performances on their latest release, Staring Down the Brilliant Dreamon IG Recordings/Vanguard Records. This two-disc CD features 31 songs, each hand-selected by the duo to capture the most memorable moments of their 2006-2009 amazing run of concerts. The Indigos still consider live shows the most vibrant part of what they do and there is no place better than Pollak Theatre to see them do it up close and personal.

Henry and Mudge
2011-10-18 10:30
Moving from the city to a new
house in the country can be tough. Just ask Henry, who can’t find a
playmate in his new neighborhood! Luckily, he’s got Mudge, a great big,
182-pound canine buddy, with whom he can share all kinds of adventures!
Henry discovers that having a
pet is a big responsibility — they need to be fed, they need to be
taken out for walks, and of course they need lots of love and playtime!
And when the dog is as big as Mudge is, they also need good training.
Henry teaches his new friend to sit, heel, and shake his hand, but
rolling over is one trick Henry just can’t seem to teach Mudge, no
matter how hard he tries.
When Henry’s cousin Annie comes
for a visit, Mudge is so charmed by her that he finally rolls over at
her command! Henry thinks Mudge must love Annie more than him, because
the dog only does the trick for her. Very upset, Henry runs away into
the cold dark woods to find adventures on his own. Mudge follow’s the
boy’s scent into the forest—he really does love Henry and doesn’t want
to be without him.
Will the two friends be
reunited? Find out in this Theatreworks musical, based on the
best-selling series of books by Cynthia Rylant.

One Diva, One Legend, One Woman
2011-10-22 20:00
Jody Joseph transforms herself physically and vocally in this live nostalgic show as the mystical, ethereal Stevie Nicks and the rebellious hard rocker Janis Joplin.
VIP/meet and greet available! Check with the box office for more information.
Produced by Concerts East, Inc
Cost: $48/32.50/23

Puzzle Project
2011-10-25 - 2011-11-23 | Pollak Gallery
Puzzle Project
October 25 – November 23, 2011
Puzzle Pieces are $10 each
Pollak Gallery
We invite you to be part of the Monmouth University Puzzle Project, a collaborative group art exhibition. Participants purchase a 24″ x 24″ universal puzzle piece and then turn it into a unique work of art. When the piece is complete it is inserted into the puzzle, which will continue to grow over time on the walls of the Pollak Gallery. The University’s puzzle will eventually be added to over 5,000 other pieces for an exhibition in New York City. This project is co-sponsored by the Student Activities Board and the Center for the Arts.
The Puzzle Installation & Collaborative Project is a growing & traveling, group art exhibition. It was initially sponsored by the Monmouth County Arts Council and was created and developed by the artists Tim Kelly & Sandy Taylor (MCAC) and Marie Maber (Brookdale Community College) for the 2009 Teen Arts Festival at Brookdale. Click here for more information about the project.
To purchase a puzzle piece please come to the Pollak Theatre Box Office or email at SAB@monmouth.edu.
*All proceeds from the Monmouth University Puzzle Project go to Autism Awareness*
Use this link for updates on the puzzle project.

Civil War Voices
2011-10-30 15:00
Cost: $40/32

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
2011-11-06 19:00
Since their arrival on the music scene in 1993 in a legendary residency at Los Angeles’ Brown Derby nightclub, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s irresistible live show and aggressive, musically perceptive approach has proven them over time to be the singular standout among the numerous bands that launched the Nineties swing revival. The seven-man group forged a massively successful fusion of classic American sounds from jazz, swing, Dixieland, and big-band music, building their own songbook of original dance tunes, and, sixteen years later, BBVD is a veteran force that to this day adds new fans by the roomful every time they play.
Cost: $42/32

BENTON-C BAINBRIDGE AND BROOKE BROUSSAR
2011-11-07 16:30
Artist Lecture & Dance/Video Demonstration
Benton-C Bainbridge and Brooke Broussard
Dancer/choreographer Brooke Broussard and video artist
Benton-C Bainbridge will present a lecture demonstration with a live
dancing element. Brooke and Benton most recently collaborated on
“Infinite Light,” a multi-media event in China that combined modern
dance performance with custom-designed media art. “Infinite Light”
blends dance and video projections in visual manifestations of
choreographed “flowers,” “trees” and even a “Big Bang.”
Artist bios:
Bainbridge, based in the Bronx and Nashville, works with video as a
painterly and performable medium. Bainbridge has presented video in
immersive environments, screenings, installations and live performances
across 5 continents, collaborating with artists around the world,
including The Beastie Boys.
Broussard is a native of Louisiana, where she began to
grow into modern dance. She has toured and performed her own
choreography extensively within the US and internationally. Her work
incorporates neuroscience, emotional states, and inventive,
improvisational movement, culminating in groundbreaking multi-media
performance art. Collaborating with musicians, visual artists, and
advancing technologies, her visions venture away from the typical dance
performance into a new generation of tech savvy performance.
For more information visit: http://softwareandart.com/?p=472; http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1735749443/infinite-light-limited-edition

Michael Waters
2011-11-08 16:30
Michael Waters’ ten books of poetry include Gospel Night (2011); Darling Vulgarity (2006—finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize); Parthenopi: New and Selected Poems (2001—finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize)—these titles from BOA Editions—Bountiful(1992); The Burden Lifters (1989); and Anniversary of the Air(1985)—these titles from Carnegie Mellon UP. In 2011, Shoestring Press (UK) published Selected Poems. His co-edited volumes include Contemporary American Poetry (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) and Perfect in Their Art: Poems on Boxing from Homer to Ali (Southern Illinois UP, 2003). The recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Fulbright Foundation, he has published poems in numerous journals and anthologies, including Poetry, The Paris Review, The Yale Review, The American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, The Southern Review, The Gettysburg Review, The Georgia Review, Rolling Stone, and The Pushcart Prize,and has chaired the Poetry Panel for the National Book Award. Waters is Professor of English at Monmouth University.

CANCELLED: The Miles Davis Experience: 1949 - 1959
2011-11-12 20:00
CANCELLED
Cost: $42/32
The Miles Davis Experience: 1949-1959 recaptures the sound, and the historical and cultural context of this critical period of American history through the lens of jazz music and its most iconic innovator, Miles Davis. The tour will provide a good opportunity to reintroduce Miles to a younger audience and those unfamiliar with his legacy. It will also give the large base of his fans a chance to experience and celebrate his music in a new live setting

Paul Byrom
2011-11-20 19:00
Paul Byrom
This Is The Moment Tour
Cost: $30/25
Paul Byrom is often hailed as Ireland’s premier young tenor and with good reason. From an early age his special vocal talent brought him the attention of music coaches and talent spotters. His talent as a tenor has taken him far and wide, and some of the many highlights of his career to date include performing for many dignitaries such as Irish President Mary McAleese, Emperor Akihito of Japan, Former Irish President and UN Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson and most recently for United States President, Barack Obama. In 2007 Paul was invited to join Celtic Thunder as one of the five soloists. Fans call Byrom “The Swanky Tenor” for his suave and romantic style in performing, which is stamped on such numbers in Celtic Thunder as “Remember Me Recuerde Me” and “She”.

Simple Gifts
2011-11-21 19:30
Three women plus twelve instruments equals one good time when Simple Gifts takes the stage. Drawing on an impressive variety of ethnic folk styles, this award-winning trio plays everything from lively Irish jigs and down-home American reels to hard-driving Klezmer frailachs and haunting Gypsy melodies, spicing the mix with the distinctive rhythms of Balkan dance music, the lush sounds of Scandinavian twin fiddling, and original compositions written in a traditional style.
Cost: $22

December Senior Exhibition
2011-12-02 19:00 - 2011-12-09 21:00 | Rotary Ice House Gallery
December Senior Show
December 2 – 9, 2011
Opening Reception:
Friday, December 2, 7 – 9 p.m.
Featuring the work of Monmouth University graduate seniors who will receive their degrees in graphic design or fine art.

Father Alphonse Stephenson and the Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea
2011-12-02 20:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
There’s simply no better way to start the holiday season than to spend this special evening with Father Alphonse Stephenson and the Orchestra of Saint Peter by the Sea as they perform a concert of carols and holiday favorites. This well-established Christmas tradition is celebrating its 21st year at Monmouth University. Call the box office today to see if tickets are available for this annual sell-out.
Cost: $39

Rodelinda - Handel
2011-12-03 12:30
Encore Date:Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 7 p.m.
Sensational in the 2004 Met premiere of Stephen Wadsworth’s much-heralded production, Renée Fleming reprises the title role. She’s joined by Stephanie Blythe and countertenor Andreas Scholl, and Baroque specialist Harry Bicket conducts. (4 hours 15 minutes, 2 intermissions)
For more information visit The Metropolitan Opera online.

Psychic Medium John Edward
2011-12-07 20:00
PSYCHIC MEDIUM JOHN EDWARD

An evening with John Edward and special guests!!
Join John and internationally acclaimed psychic mediums
Char Margolis and Jonathan Louis
Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets go on sale Friday, April, 29, 2011 at 10 a.m.
Ticket Prices
Standard tickets: $60, $85, and $135
Special Pre-Show Reception Tickets: $300 Limited quantity available
Reception from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Includes a Meet And Greet, Book Signing With John Edward and Char, Appetizers, and Refreshments. Seats will be within the first six rows of the stage.
Tickets will be on sale through Ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster phone charge 800-745-3000 and select Ticketmaster outlets.
John Edward is an internationally renowned psychic medium whose ability to contact the dead has kept him on cable television since the late 1990s. His show “Crossing Over with John Edward” appeared on the Sci-Fi Channel from1999-2004 and “John Edward Cross Country” has appeared on We TV since 2006. Edward concluded he was a medium when he was a teenager, and feels he is able to communicate with people who have died and “crossed over.” He has written numerous books on the subject including “Crossing Over” (2001), “After Life” (2003) and “Infinite Quest” (2010).
All proceeds will benefit Joan Dancy and Pals – ALS Organization www.joandancyandpals.com
For More Information, please call 732-571-3512.
Produced by Concerts East
www.concertseast.com

Season's Greetings
2011-12-08 | The Great Hall
The Department of Music and Theatre Arts presents
Holiday Concert

Martin Sexton
2011-12-09 20:00
A Winter Night:
An Intimate Solo Acoustic Performance
Cost: prices vary

The New York Times wrote that this artist” jumps beyond standard fare on the strength of his voice, a blue-eyed soul man’s supple instrument,” adding that “his unpretentious heartiness helps him focus on every soul singer’s goal: to amplify the sound of the ordinary heart.“Martin Sexton is ripe with raw, expansive talent.His voice comes in a hundred impossible shades. His songs are sweet and spirited and soulful. His repertoire is like a cross country tour of the American musical vernacular.” — Boston Globe
VIP/meet and greet available!Check with the box office for more information.
Produced by Concerts East, Inc

Faust - Gounod (Broadcast in HD)
2011-12-10 13:00
Faust – Gounod (New Production)
Encore Date: Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 7 p.m.
With Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, René Pape as the devil, and Marina Poplavskaya as Marguerite, Gounod’s classic retelling of the Faust legend couldn’t be better served. Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff updates the story to the first half of the 20th century with a production that won praise in London last season. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts on the heels of his Don Carlo success. (4 hours 20 minutes, 2 intermissions)
Broadcast in HD

Deck The Halls
2011-12-11 16:00
From the company that brought you the hit Sing, Sing Sing! comes their new seasonal musical marvel,Deck The Halls!. With a company of more than 40 singers, tap dancers, and musicians, your favorite family holiday songs will come reeling to life at the Pollak Theatre. Resplendent with magnificent Dickens costumes, as well as a myriad of theatrical delights, this musical extravaganza is sure to delight the entire family.
Guinness Book record holder in Tap Dancing, David J.V. Meenan, will lead his company of Broadway friends through an evening that you will talk about for years!
Cost: $38/30
