Sunday, December 3, 2023
Photo courtesy of Chris Reali. The Berrie Center’s annual Les Paul Festival Concert on Feb. 5 featured experimental musical artists Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe and Susie Ibarra performing as a duo. The performance was advertised as exploring “contemporary artists who represent Paul’s innovative and progressive spirit” and showcased Lowe and […]
Photo Courtesy of Matthew Wikfors The Berrie Center invited Puerto Rican performance group The Combat Hippies to perform their provocative theater piece “Amal” on Nov. 16 in celebration of Puerto Rican Heritage Month and Veterans and Military Families Month. The show explores the search for purpose and identity through the […]
Photo by Jenn French Oscar Wilde’s most popular play has made its way to Ramapo College, its energetic absurdity shaking Adler Theater to its core. “The Importance of Being Earnest” was met with roars of laughter and applause on its opening night of Friday, Nov. 12. Directed by Maria Vail, […]
Photo by Kate Gavin If COVID-19 has taught me anything, it is that theatre as an art form can persevere through even the darkest of times. During quarantine and the peak days of the coronavirus pandemic, we as theatre artists had to make a switch to the world of virtual […]
Photo courtesy of Jennifer French. Ramapo College’s theater department has been exclusively making virtual theater productions since the fall of 2020, and the school has not put on a live student production since March 2020. This is why “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” directed by Joe Kiely, is […]
Photo courtesy of Tori D'Amico. This year's first gallery opening in the Berrie Center is the Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, available through Nov. 19 in the Kresge and Pascal Galleries. The 13 professors featured work in all ranges of visual arts, including sculpture, ceramics and animation. When entering the gallery, […]
Photo by Emily Melvin. Squonk Opera is a music group based out of Pittsburgh, Pa. that combines progressive rock music with uniquely absurd performance visuals. On Tuesday, Oct. 5 and Wednesday, Oct. 6, Ramapo College and the Berrie Center welcomed them to perform at the Bandshell Lawn. What makes Squonk […]
Photo by Tori D'Amico To celebrate the hard work of Ramapo’s senior art students, the Kresge and Pascal Galleries in the Berrie Center is hosting “COLLECTIVE DISTANCE,” an exhibition of senior thesis projects. Works featured range across mediums, from photography and acrylic paintings, to sculptures and animations. The works featured […]
Photo courtesy of Ramapo College of New Jersey After a particularly challenging year for Ramapo College’s theater program, which (quite successfully) had to turn into virtual productions and the plays that should be performed live on stage in fall 2021 and spring 2022 have been officially announced. First up will […]
Photo courtesy of Hanna Allison Common areas and individual dorm rooms were transformed into stages last weekend when Ramapo’s theater department live-streamed a virtual production of “Stop Kiss” by Diana Son. The play tells the story of finding love in unlikely places and dips into topics like homophobia and […]
