Calendar
Art & Design events are free and open to the public. Click on individual event listings for the Mason Gross Galleries schedule.
Theater
Rutgers Theater Company presents “The Little Green Birdie”
Mastrobuono Theater 85 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesIn this fantastical comedic satire of philosophic pretension, we meet a powerful fairy, a couple of flaneurs, a wicked queen duped by a dishonest soothsayer, a prince and princess cursed with forgetfulness and isolation, two young people who think they know everything, a hapless prime minister, a sausage maker and his big-hearted wife, a wise statue and statue that wishes she could weep, apples that sing, waters that dance, lions and tigers and bears, oh, and a little green birdie.
Rutgers Theater Company Presents “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
Levin Theater 85 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesThe classic story by William Shakespeare of order and disorder, reality and appearance, and love and marriage. The Duke of Athens and the Queen of the Amazons are to be married and the celebrations are planned. Citizens hoping to create a play for the celebration and a quartet of lovers enter a fairy-filled wood. Magic, madness, and mix-ups pile up and must be set right before sunrise.
Rutgers Theater Company Presents: Three Sisters
Mastrobuono Theater 85 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesThe Prozorov sisters have lived in the provinces for 11 years, wishing for a life that they once felt was theirs, the great emblem of which is Moscow. They are surrounded by military men who […]
Mothermotherland
Shindell Choral Hall 85 George Street, New Brunswick, United StatesMothermotherland, created this summer by Slovo. Theater Group, is an original devised theater performance developed over five weeks by Ukrainians in exile with playwright Audrey Rose Dégez. The performance is based on the artists’ personal […]
Rutgers Theater Company Presents: Men on Boats – SOLD OUT
Levin Theater 85 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesTen explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. Men on Boats is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers set out to chart the course of the Colorado River. By Jaclyn Backhaus.
To Begin the World Over Again: The Life of Thomas Paine
Mastrobuono Theater 85 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United States"To Begin the World Over Again: The Life of Thomas Paine" is the very personal story of one of history’s most misunderstood men, living in a world throwing off dogma and superstitions as it embraced the Age of Enlightenment. And it was Paine’s writings, in short, simple sentences, that opened people’s eyes to these new ideas and, in the process, changed the world.
From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks: The Life and Times of Harry Bridges
Mastrobuono Theater 85 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United States"From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks" is a 65-minute multimedia one-man play that tells the story of union leader Harry Bridges and his life’s work, through his passions, struggles, and his wicked sense of humor.
Rutgers Theater Company Presents: Playwrights Festival
Mastrobuono Theater 85 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesRutgers Theater Company performs original works "And Yet the Moves" by alum Sam Hankins, "Angela Davis’s School For Girls With Big Eyes" by alum Thalia Sablom, and The Wolf and the King by student Sam Giberga along with a performance trailer screening of "How To Get Rid of Yourself" by student Amanda Horowitz.
MLK Celebration: The Birth of An Activist
Nicholas Music Center 85 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesPerformances centered around the origins of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s role as a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, featuring the Rutgers Chamber Jazz Ensemble performing Herbie Hancock's "I Have A Dream" with excerpted narration from King's speech; staged scenes from the life of Rosa Parks; a short dance film honoring King, with choreography and performance by alum Kyle Marshall and costumes by alum Meagan Woods; an art exhibit; and more.
Movement Project: Saudade
Mastrobuono Theater 85 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesRutgers Theater Company uses movement to explore text, storytelling, and the Portuguese term for a kind of nostalgic melancholy.