Monday, December 4, 2023
This weekend, the Berrie Center put on its first three performances of Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell’s “Ride The Cyclone,” a musical exploring life and how we choose to experience it. To begin the show, six teenagers in a Canadian chamber choir from the fictional town of Uranium, Saskatchewan, die […]
On Saturday, Oct. 7, the Calpulli Mexican Dance Company (CMDC) performed in the Sharp Theatre at the Berrie Center. Founded in 2003, CMDC’s mission is to celebrate Mexican cultural heritage through dance. The focus of their performance was to demonstrate dances from five different regions of Mexico in order to […]
Ramapo College’s theater department is traveling back to the 16th century for its second main stage production of the semester, “The Duchess of Malfi.” The production began its six-show run last Thursday, turning the Sharp Theater into a Renaissance world full of romance, tragedy and deceit. Written by English playwright […]
Every year, the Berrie Center holds a call for artists with new multidisciplinary works-in-progress to be featured in their spring showcase. This season’s theme was Rediscovering Community. Three artists took the Sharp Theater stage on Saturday evening to display work that reflects how the arts can help us come together […]
In partnership with the Women’s Center and LGBTQ+ Services, the Berrie Center welcomed Tonewall, the queer a capella band from the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus, on Dec. 1. Tonewall presented a performance titled “Standing Room Only,” which is not only a fun concert, but also a call to […]
How does anyone survive in the rubble of an angel revolt against a senile god? This question is explored in the Berrie Center’s current production of José Rivera’s “Marisol,” a play exploring chaos and each individual’s role amidst it, which opened on Nov. 11. The play follows Marisol Perez, a […]
The Kresge and Pascal Galleries introduces “Give it Back: Stage Theory,” a contemporary exhibition by New Red Order (NRO), at the Berrie Center. The exhibition opened on Nov. 2 with an opening reception from 5-7 p.m. and continues until Dec. 9. The galleries are open to all Ramapo students and […]
The first mainstage show of the school year, “The Antipodes,” started its nine-show run on Friday at the Berrie Center. The play is directed by Dara Malina, an adjunct theatre professor at Ramapo, and is written by 2014 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama, Annie Baker. “The Antipodes” centers around a […]
To close out Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month, the Berrie Center welcomed the Emilio Teubal Trio to play South American jazz live in the Sharp Theater. Teubal, the face of the trio and a successful pianist and composer, was accompanied by bassist Pablo Lanouguere and percussionist Rodrigo Recabarren. Playing in different Latin […]
On the evening of Oct. 8, the Berrie Center was gifted with a delightful, jazzy performance by esteemed Broadway actress and singer Rhonda LaChanze Sapp, who goes simply by LaChanze Known for her 2006 Tony Award winning role as Celie Harris Johnson in “The Color Purple,” LaChanze keeps busy with […]
