Colm Toibin is the author of eight novels, including ‘The Master’ and ‘Brooklyn’, and two collections of stories. His play ‘The Testament of Mary’ was nominated for a Tony Award for best play in 2013. He is Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University.
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Visiting Writers: Colm Toibin
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SOLD OUT – A MUSICAL WINTER WONDERLAND
A Musical Winter Wonderland in Wilson Hall on December 8 is SOLD OUT!! Standing Room tickets will be available day of show only for $10.
A cavalcade of Holiday favorites featuring the Monmouth University Chamber Orchestra, The Jazz Hawks, The Concert Choir, the Chamber Choir, soloists, and a special appearance by the Colts Neck Reformed Church Exultation Ringers, all in the magisterial setting of Wilson Hall.
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SONGWRITERS BY THE SEA
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
James Maddock, a fixture on the Folk and Americana scene and expatriate Irish writer and musician Larry Kirwan.
An April 2014 review in Relix Magazine puts it this way: “James Maddock possesses the kind of lived-in craggy voice that would sound authoritative if he were singing the sports pages. Fortunately, he doesn’t need to do that because his compositional skills are a match for his delivery.” After fronting the Columbia Records band Wood, whose debut Songs From Stamford Hill was featured prominently on TV shows such as “Dawson’s Creek,” Maddock moved from England to New York City in 2003. His 2009 album Sunrise On Avenue C won a New York Music Award for Best Americana Album, while follow-up Wake Up And Dream ranked among the top albums of 2011 in WFUV’s (NYC) Listener Poll. He has performed with Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nile, Aaron Comess (Spin Doctors) and David Immergluck (Counting Crows).
Larry Kirwan
(born in Wexford, Ireland) is an expatriate Irish writer and musician, most
noted as the lead singer for the New York-based Irish rock band, Black 47 Kirwan has also written
and produced eleven plays and musicals, some of which have been performed in
the United States and Europe. The plays deal mainly with Irish history and
politics.Monmouth University Blue Hawk Records’ artists Julia Whary, Nicole Govel, and guest Isabella Rose, will open the show.
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CLASSICAL FUN
A joyous program of music by some of the greatest composers of all time – Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Wagner, and others.
The MU Chamber Orchestra, comprised of students, faculty, staff, and administrators, performs a variety of compositions from the classical repertory. This spring concert also features music for chamber ensembles from within the orchestra-solos, duos, trios, quintets.
Come join us for a celebration of the rich tapestry of classical music in all its magnificence
On the Wilson Hall Grand Staircase
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A RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN TRIBUTE: MUSIC FROM FAVORITE SHOWS
If you like Carousel, the King and I, Oklahoma, The Sound of Music, South Pacific, and other Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein favorites, you will want to attend this musical tribute. Monmouth University’s renowned Concert and
Chamber Choirs and featured soloists are guaranteed to put a spring in your step and have you whistling some of America’s greatest Broadway Musical tunes.On the Wilson Hall Grand Staircase
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Spring Awakening
November 11-13 & 16-20
All shows 8 PM except Sun. matinees at 3 PM
The winner of 8
Tony Awards, including Best Musical – told by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater
through “the most gorgeous Broadway score this decade” (Entertainment
Weekly) – Spring Awakening explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood
with poignancy and passion that is illuminating and unforgettable. The landmark
musical is an electrifying fusion of morality, sexuality and rock & roll
that is exhilarating audiences across the nation like no other musical in
years. ADULT THEMES AND LANGUAGE: CONTENT MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR YOUNG CHILDRENPresented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIshows.com
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Dancing at Lughnasa
March 1-5
All shows 8 PM
except Sun. matinees at 3 PMDancing at
Lughnasa is by Brian Friel, one of Ireland’s finest playwrights. Set in the
summer of 1936, during the Celtic harvest festival Lughnasa, the play is told
through the memories of Michael, recalling those days of growing up in the
northwest county of Donegal with his mother, her three sisters, and an uncle
priest recently returned from his missionary days in Africa. The play won Best
Play awards from both the Olivier Award in Great Britain and the Tony Award in
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On Screen/in Person: Sweet Dreams
Made up of women from both sides of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Rwanda’s first and only all women’s drum troupe, Ingoma Nshya, offers a place of support, healing and reconciliation. When the group decides to partner with two young American
entrepreneurs to open Rwanda’s first ever ice cream shop, these remarkable women embark on a journey of independence, peace and possibility. SWEET DREAMS interweaves heart-wrenching stories of tragedy with powerful examples of hope and resilience to present a moving portrait of a country in transition.There will be a Q&A with Co-Directors Lisa Fruchtman and Rob Fruchtman following the screening.
RUN TIME: 1 hour 30 minutes
On Screen/In Person is a program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation made possible through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information on the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation visit www.midatlanticarts.org.
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On Screen/in Person: ” You Belong to Me”
On August
3, 1952, Ruby McCollum, an African-American woman, shot and killed the
prominent white doctor and State Senator-elect C. L. Adams in Live Oak,
Florida. Exploring a case that has
haunted jurors and prosecutors for decades, YOU
BELONG TO ME, Sex, Race and Murder in the South unveils hidden practices,
exposing the truth of what it meant to be an African-American in the Jim Crow
South, and examining the long road to healing.There will be a post screening Q&A with the producer Jude Hagin.
On Screen/In Person is a program of Mid
Atlantic Arts Foundation made possible through the generous support of
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On Screen/in Person: Love Thy Nature
Narrated by Liam Neeson, Love Thy Nature is a cinematic journey into the beauty and intimacy of our relationship with the natural world. Neeson is the voice of Homo Sapiens – our collective humankind – who, in the past few thousand years, has come to believe that we are separate from nature. Through Sapiens’ journey, the film reveals how a connection with nature ignites a sense of meaning and wonder so profound that it touches the very core of what it means to be human. Interweaving mesmerizing imagery and interview footage, Love Thy Nature is a guided tour of our relationship with nature that proposes new approaches to a sustainable future.
There will be a post screening Q&A with the director Sylvie Rokab .
Run time: 1 hour 16 minutes
On Screen/In Person is a program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation made possible through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information on the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation visit http://www.midatlanticarts.org.