Dracula Blood Drive
2016-02-04 12:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Anacon Hall, 2nd Floor, Student Center
In conjunction with our performance of LA Theatreworks’ Dracula on Feb. 11, we are co-hosting a blood drive with the Central Jersey Blood Center. Blood donors will receive half price tickets to the February 11 performance. To schedule an appointment sign up in the student center on January 27 and 28th from 12-5 at the information booth, call the Central Jersey Blood Center at 732.842.5750 ext 241 or 264 .

National Theatre Live: Jane Eyre (Broadcast in HD)
2016-02-04 19:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
Almost 170 years on, Charlotte Brontë’s story of the trailblazing Jane is as inspiring as ever. This bold and dynamic production uncovers one woman’s fight for freedom and fulfilment on her own terms.From her beginnings as a destitute orphan, Jane Eyre’s spirited heroine faces life’s obstacles head-on, surviving poverty, injustice and the discovery of bitter betrayal before taking the ultimate decision to follow her heart. This acclaimed re-imagining of Brontë’s masterpiece was first staged by Bristol Old Vic last year, when the story was performed over two evenings. Director Sally Cookson now brings her celebrated production to the National, presented as a single, exhilarating performance.

Vivek J. Tiwary
2016-02-08

The Fifth Beatle: The Untold Story of the Jew Who Made the Beatles by Vivek J. Tiwary
2016-02-08 19:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
The Jewish Cultural Studies Program at Monmouth University presents a talk “The Fifth Beatle: The Untold Story of the Jew Who Made the Beatles” by Vivek J. Tiwary the #1 New York Times bestselling author, a Tony Award-winning Broadway producer, and the founder of multi-platform arts and entertainment company Tiwary Entertainment Group.
Vivek’s graphic novel The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story, based on the untold life story of Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein, received worldwide critical acclaim and won a number of prestigious literary awards including the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Reality-Based Work and two Harvey Awards including Best Original Graphic Novel. It is a Lambda Literary Finalist for Best LGBT Graphic Novel, an American Library Association Great Graphic Novel for Teens, and has been added to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives Permanent Collection. The Fifth Beatle is now being adapted into a feature film that has secured unprecedented access to Beatles music. Vivek is writing its screenplay and will serve as a producer. Vivek J. Tiwary is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a Tony Award-winning Broadway producer, and the founder of multi-platform arts and entertainment company Tiwary Entertainment Group.
Vivek’s graphic novel The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story, based on the untold life story of Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein, received worldwide critical acclaim and won a number of prestigious literary awards including the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Reality-Based Work and two Harvey Awards including Best Original Graphic Novel. It is a Lambda Literary Finalist for Best LGBT Graphic Novel, an American Library Association Great Graphic Novel for Teens, and has been added to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives Permanent Collection. The Fifth Beatle is now being adapted into a feature film that has secured unprecedented access to Beatles music. Vivek is writing its screenplay and will serve as a producer.
On Broadway, Vivek’s productions have won a combined 25 Tony Awards over 44 Tony nominations—every single one of his shows has been decorated. They include such groundbreaking work as Green Day’s “American Idiot,” “A Raisin In The Sun,” and Mel Brooks’ “The Producers”. Vivek is currently working with Alanis Morissette and Pulitzer and Tony Award-winner Tom Kitt to adapt Morissette’s breakthrough album “Jagged Little Pill” for Broadway.
Vivek also serves on the Board of Directors for Valiant Entertainment, a multi-platform company that boasts the third largest universe of comic book characters and has secured a 5-film deal with Sony Pictures.
Prior to founding TEG and online music education/empowerment company StarPolish, Vivek held a number of major label music-industry positions and has worked with artists covering the entire musical spectrum from Bruce Springsteen to Britney Spears.
Among many charitable pursuits, Vivek is the Co-Founder of Musicians On Call, a nonprofit organization that uses music and entertainment to complement the healing process.
Vivek is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of both the Wharton School of Business and the University of Pennsylvania’s College of Arts and Sciences, and a cum laude graduate of the Collegiate School in New York City. He also holds a filmmaking certificate from The New York Film Academy and is an acting student of Susan Batson/Black Nexxus Acting Studio.
He lives in New York with his inspiring wife Tracy, their delightful children Kavi and Nandini, and a feisty papillon named Sukhi.

Career Choices Roundtable - presented by the School of Science Peer Mentoring Program
2016-02-09 18:15 - 21:00 | Magill Commons

NJ MoCA Art Conversations: The Intersection of Technology and Contemporary Art
2016-02-10 19:00 - 21:00 | The Great Hall Auditorium
The world of contemporary visual art is often intimidating, challenging, and seemingly unapproachable. To help break those perceptions and barriers, New Jersey Museum of Contemporary Art will present “Art Conversations,” a series of three scholar-led panel talks that will provide context and insight into what defines contemporary art, its transformational trends, and its relevance and impact on society. The highly credentialed and charismatic United Nations journalist Alexandra King will moderate conversations with art critics, collectors, curators, technology producers, and artists. The program will target new audiences comprised of the public, students, and informed art lovers wanting a richer understanding of these topics. The series will encourage public thought and discussion with an open Q&A at the end of each panel.
This panel will focus on

the influence and
incorporation of breaking technologies on contemporary art.

Panelists:
Zachary Kaplan is Executive Director of Rhizome, the leading born-digital art institution, an affiliate of the New Museum in NYC. Rhizome commissions, presents, and preserves art engaged with digital culture. This year, the organization was awarded a historic grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to build Webrecorder, a new tool to create interactive archives of the dynamic web. Kaplan has been at Rhizome since 2013, and before that at the Renaissance Society, Chicago, and MOCA, Los Angeles.
Atif Akin (1979, Turkey) is an artist, curator, lecturer and designer. As an artist his work aims at contemplating politics through artistic practice. His work in digital media is informed by his interest in the mutational and transformational implications of the digital world. Recent projects tackle topics such as natural disasters and energy politics; radioactivity and nuclear mobility; multi-culturism within the context of war; and how society’s catastrophes turn into spectacle. Although his work can take many forms, moving fluidly between various media, he frequently employs information architecture and data visualization in his presentations, which can be site-specific or public installations as well as in screen-based formats including online works. He has curated projects including PixelIST: Festival for Electronic Arts and Its Subcultures as well as the exhibition Uncharted: User Frames in Media Arts at Santralistanbul Museum, a show of artworks employing the use of large-scale digital and interactive media. He has written numerous articles including: Creativity and Connectivity; Alice in Wonderland; Art and Politics; and Data Driven Boredom, among others. He has taught at Bilgi University and Kadir Has University both in Istanbul and is currently Assistant Professor in Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. He runs his own design studio, PaganStudio in NYC.

Andrew Demirjian is an interdisciplinary artist who creates alternative relationships between image, sound and text that challenge contemporary media conventions. He uses computer programming, surveillance, data gathering and motion tracking to twist perceptual relationships between the senses. The pieces take the form of interactive installations, generative poems, audiovisual performance and single channel videos. His work has been exhibited at The Museum of the Moving Image, Eyebeam, Rush Arts, the White Box gallery, The Newark Museum and many institutions internationally. The MacDowell Colony, Puffin Foundation, Artslink, Harvestworks and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts are among some of the organizations that have supported his work. Andrew teaches theory and production courses in emerging media in the Film and Media Department at Hunter College.

SERIES MODERATOR | ALEXANDRA KING
Alexandra King is a multimedia journalist living in New York City. Currently, Alex works as a Producer/Reporter at United Nations Television in New York. Alex began her career in journalism in her local BBC newsroom in her native England, aged 16. She studied English Literature at University College London, becoming News Editor of London Student (Europe’s largest student newspaper) where she was twice shortlisted for the prestigious Guardian student media awards. She also began interning and freelancing for local newspapers, as well as working for BBC London, Sky News and Five News. A Masters degree in Journalism at Columbia University in New York City followed. In 2008, Alex won a Columbia fellowship for young broadcast journalists at United Nations Television, a broadcasting operation set up to provide people around the world who may not have access to objective factual news coverage with unbiased and accurate reporting. UN stories and raw footage from the front lines of global conflict and crisis are distributed rights-free to global broadcasters, as well as broadcast on the UN’s own TVchannel, Channel 150. In her first year, Alex helped cover the crisis in Libya, the conflict in Darfur and the humanitarian response to the tsunami in Japan. Since then, she has covered human rights abuses, conflict, women’s issues, international justice, climate change, and humanitarian crises. She has reported from four UN General Assembly Debates, interviewed numerous celebrities like Stevie Wonder, Pharrell Williams and Steve McQueen, and produced and reported from the field in Mozambique, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda and Ethiopia. In addition, Alex has produced and co-produced a number of PSA’s, promos and official Secretary- General messages, designed to highlight pressing UN issues or events, everything from World Autism Awareness Day to Holocaust Remembrance Day. She also assists and advises other UN departments and offices on digital strategy and production, has conducted trainings in editing and shooting, and is frequently called on to help coach top UN officials and celebrities in on-camera delivery and voice overs. Her work has been featured on networks such as CNN International, MTV, NHK and Agence France Presse.

LA Theatreworks: Dracula
2016-02-11 19:00 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
Bram Stoker’s novel of 1897, Dracula, was published with little popular fanfare. Critics, however, praised the author and put Stoker in the category of Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe. But audiences didn’t flock to the tale of this otherworldly being that feeds off others to preserve eternal life, until the early-mid 1900s when film versions generated enormous press for the title. Invasion stories, during the height of British colonialism, were made popular by Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle and others, but Stoker’s Dracula was like nothing the world had seen. This gothic horror is a classic for all time and has spawned hundreds of spin-offs in popular culture from Twilight to True Blood.
In Charles Morey’s acclaimed adaptation, Count Dracula slips quietly into Victorian London with a cargo of his native Transylvanian soil, necessary for rest between his victims. The city seems helpless against his frightful power, and only one man, the smart and resourceful Dr. Van Helsing, can stop the carnage. But to do this, he must uncover the vampire’s lair and pierce Dracula’s heart with a wooden stake- setting up an epic confrontation of good vs evil. Over the years, the story of Dracula has been used as commentary in modern studies of psychology, women’s issues, and colonialism, while never losing its place as one of the greatest horror stories ever told.
Under the leadership of Producing Director, Susan Albert Loewenberg, L.A. Theatre Works (LATW) has been the foremost radio theater company in the United States for more than two decades. L.A. Theatre Works is broadcast weekly in America on public radio stations, daily in China on the Radio Beijing Network, streamed online at www.latw.org and programs are aired internationally on the BBC, CBC, and many other English language networks. LATW has single-handedly brought the finest recorded dramatic literature into the homes of millions. On the road, LATW has delighted audiences with its unique live radio theater style performances in over 300 small towns and major cities, including New York, Boston, San Francisco, Washington and Chicago, Beijing and Shanghai. An L.A. Theatre Works performance is immediate, spontaneous, and features a first-rate cast, live sound effects, and a connection to the audience rarely felt in a traditional theater setting. This theater… is an event.
The cast of Dracula includes the well-known TV and film actor Nicholas Hormann who’s been seen in dozens of television hits including The West Wing, Parks & Recreation, Modern Family, and Desperate Housewives. His numerous film credits include Kramer vs Kramer and the early Oliver Stone horror film The Hand. Mr. Hormann will play Dr. Van Helsing.
Veteran horror film actor Skip Pipo will play the role of Renfield. Mr. Pipo’s long list of film and TV credits include B-movie favorites such as The Janitor, Sam Hell, and Poker Run as well as the television series The Black Dawn.
The cast also includes Michael Kirby who just wrapped the horror film Hell’s Heart, Paul Culos, Graham Outerbridge, and Alexis Jacknow, all up and coming TV actors, Summer Spiro a star of the new web series Dabsity, and Patrick Wenk-Wolff who has been seen recently on television in The Last Ship, Rizzoli & Isles, and Life on Mars.

On Screen In Person: The Winding Stream
2016-02-12 19:00 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
The Winding Stream tells the story of the American roots music dynasty, the Carters and the Cashes, tracing the influence of their music from the 1920s through the present day, and how a seemingly unlikely young man named Johnny Cash would be the one to lift up the Carter legacy from obscurity. An intimate account of reciprocity and love, The Winding Stream features interviews and performances with roots music practitioners, including one of the last interviews ever granted by Johnny Cash.
Beth Harrington is an independent producer, director and writer, born in Boston and transplanted to the Pacific Northwest. Harrington’s independent production Welcome to the Club – The Women of Rockabilly was honored with a 2003 Grammy nomination. This and other work reflects a long-standing love of music. She is a singer and guitarist, most noted for her years as a member of Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers on the Warner Brothers Sire Records label. Harrington has also worked with public television stations WGBH in Boston and OPB in Portland producing, researching, and developing shows for both national and local air on series such as NOVA, Frontline, Health Quarterly, History Detectives and Oregon Experience, in addition to numerous one-off specials. She is active in various film communities, having served on the board of Film Action Oregon as well as the Oregon Media Production Association. She is a past President of Women in Film/New England and a former Vice President of Women in Film/Seattle.
There will be a Q&A with director Beth Harrington following the screening.On Screen/In Person is made possible by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts’ Regional Touring Program.

Bolshoi Ballet: The Lady of the Camellias
2016-02-14 15:00 - 18:30 | Pollak Theatre
Music: Frédéric Chopin Choreography: John Neumeier
A young bourgeois, Armand Duval, falls madly in love with Marguerite Gautier, a gorgeous courtesan celebrated by the Parisian high society. Despite her infidelity, Armand will do all he can to win the beautiful woman’s heart and convince her to leave her indulgent life. The Bolshoi breathes new life into John Neumeier’s tragic masterpiece, inspired by Alexandre Dumas’ novel and accompanied by Chopin’s exquisite score. This production assumes a new emotional and dramatic texture that only the Bolshoi’s dancers can deliver. “Neumeier’s character-rich ballet has found a company that is equal to its challenges” –Financial Times

Heidi Rose Performance Artist in Mirror Image and Twin
2016-02-17 16:30 - 18:00 | Hawk TV Studios
Mirror Image: Two cousins are born five months apart to identical twin mothers. Shaped by their mothers’ careers as 1950s pop singers, these women both complement and contradict one another as their lives unfold. Mirror Image reveals a life and relationship that now exist only in dreams, memories… and on stage.
Twin: Identical twin girls each have a personality that is in some ways too big for their bodies. Too big to control. Too big to contain. They have lived their whole lives off-balance. Would they have been better proportioned had the egg not split? This performance is presented as a work in progress.
There will also be a post-show discussion following the performance.
Co-sponsored by: the Monmouth University Communication and Gender Studies Department, CommWorks: Students Committed to Performance, the MU Master’s Program in Corporate and Public Communication, and The Center for the Arts
Dr. Heidi Rose holds a B.S. in Speech/Theatre from Northwestern University, an M.A. in Communication from Emerson College, and an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Communication and Performance Studies from Arizona State University. She is currently associate professor in Communication, with an emphasis on performance studies, and director of the graduate program in Communication at Villanova University. Dr. Rose’s teaching and research focus primarily on performance, culture, and identity.
Dr. Rose’s research has been supported by grants from Villanova University, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Waterhouse Family Institute for the Study of Communication and Society. Her current projects examine Jamaican theatre and post-colonial identity, and the phenomenology of auto/biographical solo performance. Her two solo performances, Mirror Image and Good Enough, explore individual identities across generation and time periods. A third piece, Twin, is currently being workshopped and will complete the family trilogy.
Dr. Rose was Editor-in-Chief for Text and Performance Quarterly, the flagship journal of performance studies for the National Communication Association 2010-2012. She is president of the board of directors for PlayPenn, an organization dedicated to the development of new plays and is a member of the National Communication Association, PSi: Performance Studies International, and the Eastern Communication Association.

Interested in Graduate Studies at Monmouth University? Attend Our Upcoming Information Session
2016-02-17 18:30 - 22:00 | The Great Hall

World Cinema Series: When We Leave
2016-02-17 19:30 - 23:59 | Pollak Theatre
Feo Aladag’s “When We Leave” (2010) (unrated). Umay is a young woman of Turkish descent, fighting for an independent and self-determined life in Germany against the resistance of her family. Her struggle initiates a dynamic, which results in a life-threatening situation.

National Theatre Live: Hamlet (Encore Screening)
2016-02-18 19:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game, Frankenstein at the National Theatre) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, National Theatre Live will broadcast this eagerly awaited production live to cinemas. As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state

Doo Wop Explosion: A Night of Acappella Harmony
2016-02-20 19:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
Born on the street corners of urban America, rhythm & blues and doo wop singing reached its peak in the 1950’s, but still has a strong following today. While doo wop singing began as an African American art form, by the late 1950’s it was enjoyed by singers of all races. Doo wop harmony in its purist form is acappella (without instrumentals). We’ve assembled six of the top acappella doo wop vocal groups from NYC to Philadelphia, plus a couple special guests. Choice hails from Jersey City and has been singing for 35 years. Their video recently went viral attracting 6 million views. The Tee-Tones formed on the streets of Brooklyn and fine tuned their harmonies in the tunnels of the NYC subway system. They’ve since appeared on Good Morning America and ABC World News Tonight. The versatile group, Quiet Storm, has developed a huge following in the Philadelphia area. Called “Storm Chasers,” their fans follow them from concert to concert. Frankie and the Fashions are a Philadelphia acappella group whose origins reach back to the 1960’s. They’ve recorded several CD’s and are well known for their popular signature song, “What Do I Have To Do”. The popular Piscataway NJ group, Re-MemberThen, has the distinction of twice winning the acappella showdowns at the Meadowlands. The Vic Donna Group is known for their tight intricate harmonies of obscure R&B and Doo Wop collectors sides and original material. Vic, himself, has been singing since 1956. Over the years, he’s been backed on record by such noted groups as the Fi-Tones, Parakeets, Cadillacs, Sharps, Compliments and Angels. The Vic Donna Group has recently added a couple new singers with a lot of previous experience. As a special guest, we welcome Larry Chance of the Earls. Larry is an internationally known doo wop star who has agreed to sing acappella for us, backed by Re-MemberThen. By way of a big screen video, we’ll have De’Sean Dooley, grandson of the Orioles Sonny Til, singing Orioles songs backed by Quiet Storm. Concert produced and emceed
by Classic Urban Harmony’s Pam & Charlie Horner for Monmouth University’s
Center for the Arts.

$45 Gold Circle seats include a meet and greet reception with some of the groups from 5:30 to 6:30 PM
*This line up is subject to change*

MET OPERA: Les Pêcheurs de Perles (Encore)
2016-02-21 13:00 - 16:00 | Pollak Theatre
Bizet’s gorgeous opera of lust and longing set in the Far East returns to the Met stage for the first time in 100 years. Soprano Diana Damrau stars as Leïla, the beautiful Hindu priestess pursued by rival pearl divers competing for her hand. Her suitors are tenor Matthew Polenzani and baritone Mariusz Kwiecien, who sing the lilting duet “Au fond du temple saint,” which opera fans know and adore. Director Penny Woolcock explores the timeless themes of pure love, betrayal, and vengeance in a production that vividly creates an undersea world on the stage of the Met. Conductor Gianandrea Noseda brings his romantic flair to the lush score from the composer of Carmen.

Tickets on sale Friday, July 24

Bolshoi Ballet: The Taming of the Shrew (Broadcast in HD)
2016-02-25 19:00 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
Music: Dmitri Shostakovich
Choreography: Jean-Christophe Maillot
Many suitors dream of marrying the lovely and docile Bianca, including Luciento. However her father will not let anyone marry her before her elder sister, the ill-tempered shrew Katharina, is herself married. French choreographer Jean-Christophe Maillot lands a coup with his adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy tailored specifically to the Bolshoi dancers, and achieves a magnetic two hours of breathtaking, nonstop dance unlike any other, portraying the Bolshoi’s audacity and energy in a completely new way. This new production was staged exclusively for the Bolshoi and cannot be seen anywhere else!

Dr. Paul Shane Annual Policy Symposium
2016-02-26 09:30 - 15:30 | Anacon Hall, 2nd Floor, Student Center
You are invited to attend the
Dr. Paul Shane Annual Policy Symposium
Themes: Race Relations & Environmental Justice
Friday, February 26, 2016
9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Monmouth University
Anacon A & B, Student Center
400 Cedar Avenue
West Long Branch, NJ 07764
Registration: 9:30 a.m.
Program begins 10 a.m.
The event is FREE

SPONSORS:
NJ Baccalaureate Social Work Education Association
Monmouth University School of Social Work
National Association of Social Workers, New Jersey Chapter

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sanjana Ragudaran
732-923-4596
sragudar@monmouth.edu

Annual Symposium on Influencing Government Policy
Call for Papers
This year the annual Symposium on Influencing Government Policy will be held on Friday, February 26, 2016 at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey. The annual Symposium on Influencing Government Policy is sponsored by the New Jersey Baccalaureate Social Work Education Association (NJBSWEA), and the National Association of Social Workers –New Jersey Chapter (NASW-NJ). The focus of this year’s symposium will be on Race Relations and Environmental Justice, and will include a Keynote speaker followed by a series of workshops that explore related policy issues.
BSW and MSW students are encouraged to participate in this year’s symposium by developing poster presentations. These posters must be related to the policy arena. Student’s posters may involve:

a discussion of the policy advocacy efforts students have participated in
a discussion of student research findings that have direct relevance to the policy arena
a discussion of a practice experience that has direct relevance to the policy arena
a theoretical analysis of an ethical dilemmas faced in the policy arena,
a discussion of a special events the student has participated in that have direct relevance to the policy arena
a policy analysis
another focus that is of direct relevance to the topic of social justice in the policy arena

Students interested in presenting posters should submit a title for their presentation, the names of presenting students, and an abstract to their school’s NJBSWEA representative. Abstracts should be no more than 250 words and should provide a concise overview of the content of the poster presentation. Proposals will be reviewed based upon their clarity and focus, relevance to the topic of social justice in the policy arena, and strength of design. Students whose poster presentation proposals are accepted will be required to develop a mounted poster, and informally discuss their content with those who visit their poster station during the symposium.
Abstract Submission Due Date: Feb 12, 2016

Cherish the Ladies
2016-02-27 20:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
“It is simply impossible to imagine an audience that wouldn’t enjoy what they do,” says the Boston Globe speaking of Cherish the Ladies, the long-running, Grammy-nominated, Irish-American super group that formed in New York City in 1985 to celebrate the rise of extraordinary women in what had been a male-dominated Irish music scene and has
since toured the world, played the White House and the Olympics, recorded 15 outstanding albums including their latest, An Irish Homecoming which was also videotaped for an Emmy-winning Public Television Special that is airing across America.
Under the leadership of the dynamic and irrepressible flute and whistle champion Joanie Madden, these ladies create an evening that includes a spectacular blend of virtuoso instrumental talents, beautiful vocals, captivating arrangements, and stunning
step dancing. Their continued success as one of the top Celtic groups in the world is due to the ensembles ability to take the best of Irish traditional music and dance and put it forth in an immensely entertaining show.

MET OPERA: Turandot (Encore)
2016-02-28 13:00 - 16:00 | Pollak Theatre
Nina Stemme, one of opera’s greatest dramatic sopranos, takes on the title role of the proud princess of legendary China. Tenor Marco Berti is Calàf, the brave prince who sings “Nessun dorma” and wins her hand. Franco Zeffirelli’s golden production is conducted by Paolo Carignani.
Tickets on sale Friday, July 24

Music & Madness at Monmouth University
2016-03-01 18:00 - 19:30 | The Great Hall Auditorium
Join the Monmouth University Department of Professional Counseling for Music & Madness on Tuesday, March 1 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Wilson Hall Auditorium on the campus of Monmouth University. The event will take attendees on a journey through bipolar disorder in music and stories. It is produced and performed by saxophonist and Mental Health Counseling graduate student Rob Chaseman. Admission is free and open to the public For more information call 732-571-3570.

Bus Stop by William Inge
2016-03-02 20:00 - 2016-03-10 22:30 | Lauren K. Woods Theatre
March 2, 3, 4, 5 (at 8 p.m.)
March 6 (Sunday at 3 p.m.)
March 8, 9, 10 (at 8 p.m.)
Bus Stop is a romance drama written by one of the great, if underappreciated, playwrights of the 20th century: William Inge. Inge won the Pulitzer Prize for Picnic and his Come Back, Little Sheba won a Tony Award as a play and two Academy Awards for its film version. Bus Stop tells the story of Cherie, an aspiring nightclub singer, and her brash young cowboy suitor, stuck in a Kansas diner during a snowstorm. Its original production in 1955 was nominated for 4 Tony Awards. The film version starred Marilyn Monroe as Cherie.

National Theatre Live: Hangmen (Broadcast in HD)
2016-03-03 19:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
Following a sell-out run at London’s Royal Court Theatre, Olivier and Academy Award® winner Martin McDonagh (The Pillowman, The Cripple of Inishmaan, In Bruges) returns to the West End with Matthew Dunster’s award-winning production of his deeply funny new play Hangmen, broadcast live to cinemas by National Theatre Live.
In his small pub in the northern English town of Oldham, Harry (David Morrissey – The Walking Dead, State of Play) is something of a local celebrity. But what’s the second-best hangman in England to do on the day they’ve abolished hanging?
Amongst the cub reporters and pub regulars dying to hear Harry’s reaction to the news, his old assistant Syd (Andy Nyman – Peaky Blinders, Death at a Funeral) and the peculiar Mooney (Johnny Flynn – Clouds of Sils Maria) lurk with very different motives for their visit.
Run time: 180 minutesContent appropriate for 15 years old and up.

Ethel with Robert Mirabal
2016-03-04 20:00 - 23:00 | Pollak Theatre
Continuing a deeply successful six-year collaboration inspired by ceremonies dedicated to the Sun, ETHEL and Robert Mirabal, Native American musician, instrument builder and three time GRAMMY® Award winner present their next evolution of the cross-cultural concert experience. The inspiration this time is Water as the embodiment of Spirit, and its essential role in Life on Earth. The audience is immersed in a flow of music, narrative, and ritual, that evokes timeless Native American traditions through contemporary musical artistry. As delivered by these master performers, the effect is breathtaking, even ecstatic. To complement the music created by ETHEL and Mirabal exclusively for this program, ETHEL will also perform part of Gabriela Lena Frank’s epic Andean Walkabout and Phil Kline’s gorgeous The River.
“Indefatigable and eclectic” (The New York Times), “vital and brilliant” (The New Yorker), at the heart of ETHEL is a collaborative ethos—a quest for a common creative expression forged in the celebration of community.
A Native American “Renaissance man”—musician, composer, painter, master craftsman, poet, actor, screenwriter, horseman and farmer—Mirabal travels extensively throughout the world, offering “exquisitely nuanced flute playing” (The New York Times) and creating music that honors the spirits of the earth.
More information at: http://www.ethelcentral.org/

Met Opera: Manon Lescaut (Broadcast in HD)
2016-03-05 13:00 - 17:00 | Pollak Theatre
The Met stage ignites when soprano Kristine Opolais and tenor Roberto Alagna join forces in Puccini’s obsessive love story. Opolais sings the title role of the country girl who transforms herself into a Parisian temptress, while Roberto Alagnais the dashing student who desperately woos her. Director Richard Eyre places the action in occupied France in a film noir setting. “Desperate passion” is the phrase Puccini himself used to describe the opera that confirmed his position as the preeminent Italian opera composer of his day. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads the stirring score.

Imago Theatre’s ZooZoo
2016-03-06 14:00 - 16:00 | Pollak Theatre
Imago Theatre, best known for FROGZ is proud to announce its latest family hit ZooZoo, a whimsical, terrifically silly family show that has delighted audiences nationwide with its giggle-inducing short vignettes performed without words to an original score—a perfect theatre experience for children. ZooZoo is a circus, a zoo, and a world all its own, where penguins play musical chairs, a cat becomes trapped in a giant paper bag, hippos have insomnia, and anteaters work as waiters—all resulting in a madcap revue of illusion, comedy, and fun. Imago’s shows have been described as Cirque Du Soleil-evoking acrobatics mixed with Mummenschanz-like mime, set in a unique, yet accessible, French-influenced, avant-garde playground. Recommended for ages 3 and older.
Children’s Tickets Half Price
More information: http://imagotheatre.com/

On Screen In Person: REBEL
2016-03-07 19:00 - 22:00 | Pollak Theatre
One of the thousand women said to have fought in the Civil War, Loreta Janeta Velazquez altered her sex, ethnicity, and identity in order to become a Confederate soldier spy and double agent for the Union, only to be dismissed as a hoax after revealing her story in her scandalous 1876 memoir, The Woman in Battle. REBEL is a detective story about a woman, a myth, and the politics of national memory.
Maria Agui Carter immigrated to the U.S. from Ecuador, grew up an undocumented “Dreamer,” and graduated from Harvard University. She been a grantee of, and has served as a panelist and juror for institutions including film festivals and organizations such as ITVS, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. She has won a George Peabody Gardner, a Warren, a Corporation for Public Broadcasting/PBS fellowship, and a Rockefeller Fellowship, among others, and has served as a visiting scholar/artist at Harvard, Tulane and Brandeis universities. She is a trustee of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers and on the Advisory Board of the Filmmaker’s Collaborative. Agui Carter has been a working member of the Writer’s Guild since 2000. Her new play 14 Freight Trains opened to excellent reviews at Arena Stage in Washington, DC in fall of 2014. Her new script about an undocumented teen code-writer enamored of the Monarch butterfly called The Secret Life of La Mariposa, was a Sundance Screenwriter’s Lab finalist. She is currently developing a documentary on immigration called Mother Land.
There will be a Q&A with director Maria Agui Carter following the screening.
On Screen/In Person is made possible by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts’ Regional Touring Program.

Michael Malpass Retrospective
2016-03-08 09:00 - 2016-08-18 19:00 | Pollak Gallery
Exhibition extended through August 18
Pollak Gallery and outdoor locations on campus
Documentary Screening: May 18, 10 AM at Wilson Hall
Michael Malpass’ (1946-1991) artistic legacy consists of sculpture, drawings , collage, paintings, and assemblages. He is best known for his spheres, which revitalize found industrial objects using bandsaw and traditional blacksmithing techniques. He described his sculpture, overall, as “a blend of artistry, collage, craftsmanship and movement,” terms that could be applied to his work in other media, as well. His vast, stimulating and powerful body of work has established him as one of the most respected sculptors of the 20th century.
The opening reception will include a premiere screening of a new documentary “Michael Malpass – A Great Circle” created by Monmouth University Communication students under the direction of Erin Fleming,
director of Production Services at 7:30 pm in Pollak Theatre.

GUERRILLA GIRLS ON TOUR: Act Like A Feminist Artist
2016-03-09 13:15 - 15:00 | Pollak Theatre
Aphra Behn shares her experiences as a feminist activist and artist for almost 20 years as a member of Guerrilla Girls (1997-2001) and Guerrilla Girl On Tour! (2001 – present). Revealing the inside workings of the grassroots groups, she discusses the successes (protests; fax blitzes; speak-outs and street theatre); the struggles (hate mail; death threats; backlash) and the downright defeats (sabotage; infighting). Act Like a Feminist Artist  is a 60 to 90 minute interactive talk, audience members will be challenged to rethink the concepts of what it means to be an “activist,” “artist,” and “feminist.” The talk is framed with readings from Aphra’s upcoming memoir, “UN/MASKED, My Secret Identity Revealed” (Skyhorse Publications, October 2016.) A lively Q and A will follow the talk.

Spring Holiday
2016-03-18

Songwriters By The Sea
2016-03-19 20:00 - 23:00 | Lauren K. Woods Theatre
Distinguished NJ Songwriters Joe Rapolla and Joe D’Urso are back this year hosting the celebrated Songwriters by the Sea series at the Lauren K. Woods Theatre. What once started in a small coffee shop as an area for local songwriters has
now grown into a series that features some of the top songwriters in the country.
This year, the show features a twist of rock music and country music. The rock music
is courtesy of Eric Bazilian, founding member of the rock band Hooters. Bazilian is also known internationally for his efforts as a Grammy nominated songwriter, as well as being an arranger, multi-instrumentalist, and producer.
Singing-songwriting duo Williams Honor will bring a bit of the country to Woods Theatre. The duo have exploded in Asbury Park’s music scene, and features producer and multi-instrumentalist Gordon Brown and performer powerhouse Reagan Richards. The two previously have worked and toured with many national acts before coming together to form the Jersey Shore’s first ever country duo. They’re about to release their first single to country radio “Send It To Me” from their debut album.
Opening the show will be Monmouth University students Daniel Amato and Brittany Cannarozzi.
The net proceeds will support Monmouth University’s Endowed Music Industry Scholarship.
There will be a pre-show hospitality reception at 7 p.m. and post-show reception (included with ticket price)!
Sponsored by the Monmouth University Leon Hess Business School and Business Council.
