DCC Stage Spotlights Students in Performing Arts and Communications Programs

Release Date February 14, 2007

Throughout the Spring Semester, Dutchess Community College spotlights the talents of students in its Performing Arts (including dance, theater, and music), and Communications and Media Arts Programs in a variety of performances and events on stage in the James and Betty Hall Theater and other venues at the main campus. To reach the James and Betty Hall Theatre and the Ritz Lounge in Dutchess Hall, park in any College lot and walk toward the center of campus. Dutchess Hall is handicapped accessible from the north through the Center for Business and Industry (CBI) Building or from the south through the main campus walkway via the Hudson Hall elevator. For updated information on performing arts and other public events at Dutchess Community College, visit www.sunydutchess.edu/campusevents.

Thursday, February 22, 2007, 12:30 p.m., Ritz Lounge, Dutchess Hall

Thursday, March 1 through Sunday, March 4, James and Betty Hall Theatre, Dutchess Hall

8:00 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and 2:00 p.m. matinee Sunday.

Laughing Stock: The Masquer’sGuild presents this hilarious comedy by Charles Morey directed by adjunct instructor Rita Carver. The uproariously funny script explores the antics of summer-stock theater complete with a wild cast of characters, backstage snafus, and of course the romances that inevitably spring up during tense times where an old barn serves as performing space, rehearsal hall, and scene shop rolled into one. Admission is $5, free for DCC students. For information visit www.masquersguild.com

Tuesday, March Thursday, March 22, 7:30 p.m., James and Betty Hall Theater,

XM Radio Show Live On Stage: The DCC Communications and Media Arts Program COM250 class with Dana Dorrity presents Radio personalities and voice impressionists, Joe Bevilacqua and Lorie Kellogg of XM radio’s Comedy-O-Rama. The pair will be recording “Fibber McGee and Molly in The House of Wax” and “Duffy’s Tavern,” two half hour episodes for their “New Old-Time Radio Hour” which will air as a special on Laugh USA and as well as on their Comedy-O-Rama show. The shows, with material appropriate for all ages, will feature a full sound effects table and a live band on stage as well as five radio actors. Bevilacqua and Kellogg have worked in radio for many years and recently gained the rights to recreate old-time style radio shows using well-known radio characters like Jack Benny and Fibber McGee. Younger audiences will recognize many of these voices, because the radio voice actors eventually went to work creating the voices for Warner Brothers cartoon characters like Bugs Bunny, Droopy Dog, Rocky the Squirrel and Foghorn Leghorn. Students at Dutchess Community College will be shooting this live-style recording for broadcast on Channel 42. Admission is free. For information, contact Dana Dorrity at (845) 431-8612.

March Thursday, March 22, 8:00 p.m., James and Betty Hall Theater,

Jenny Scheinman Live On Stage: The DCC Communications and Media Arts Program COM250 class under the direction of Camilo Rojas presents jazz violinist Jenny Scheinman in celebration of Women’s History Month. Jenny Scheinman, violinist/composer, was voted the #1 Rising Star Violinist in the 2005, 2004 and 2003 Downbeat Critics' Polls, has performed and recorded extensively with Bill Frisell as well as Norah Jones, Madeleine Peyroux, Nels Cline, Vinicius Cantuaria, Marc Ribot and Myra Melford. She grew up playing folk music with her family in northern California, studied at Oberlin Conservatory, and has been performing as a jazz violinist since she was a teenager. In the last several years she has released four recordings of original music. The program will be video-taped by DCC students. Admission is free. For information, contact Professor Camilo Rojas at rojas@sunydutchess.edu.

Thursday through Sunday, April 12 through 15, James and Betty Hall Theatre

8:00 p.m. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and 2:00 p.m. matinee Sunday.

Sherlock Holmes or The Strange Case of Alice Faulkner: The Performing Arts Program presents the only Sherlock Holmes story that has the famous sleuth fall in love with one of the most intriguing women in all literature – the incomparable Alice Faulkner. The adaptation by master playwright William Gillette still remains controversial. Even the creator of the original Sherlock Holmes stories, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, was upset as Ms. Alice wrapped the stalwart Holmes around her little finger. In Sherlock Holmes you will get a great mystery to solve, dynamic characters like Dr. Watson, Professor Moriarty, “Lightfoot” McTague and Count Van Stalburg, plus the one and only Alice Faulkner. Directed by Professor Steve Press. Admission is $10, $5 for DCC students, seniors and DCC staff. Tickets for open seating will be sold at the theater one half hour before show times. For information, call 431-8696.

Thursday, April 26, 12:30 p.m. and

Saturday, April 28 , Dance Concert 8:00 p.m., James and Betty Hall Theater, Dutchess Hall

DCC Spring Dance Concert under the direction of Adjunct Instructor of Dance and Choreographer Anne-Marie Zanchetti featuring students of DCC’s fall and spring semester Applied Dance classes. The program features both professional and student-choreographed works in a variety of dance techniques, including ballet, modern, tap, and jazz, as well as ethnic and cultural dance ranging from belly dance to hip hop. Both concerts are Free. For information, contact the Department of Health, Physical Education, Athletics, and Dance at (845) 431-8460.

Tuesday, May 1, 7:00 p.m., Dutchess Hall Theater

Spring Instrumental Concert: featuring the Guitar Consort under the direction of Jeff Armstrong, the Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Lou Pappas, plus instrumental soloists. Admission is free. For information, contact the DCC Music Program at (845) 431-8625.

Wednesday, May 2, COM Show 7:30 p.m., Dutchess Hall Theater

DCC COM Show, featuring the finest work from of DCC’s Communications Media Arts Students in the spring semester, including short fictional pieces produced by both basic and advanced video production classes, special effects, audio production, and trailers for the half-hour broadcast-quality documentaries produced by the students in “Learning in Progress.” Admission is free. For information, contact Dana Dorrity at (845) 431-8612 or email Camilo Rojas at rojas@sunydutchess.edu

Thursday, May 3, 12:30, James and Betty Hall Theatre, Dutchess Hall

Spring Choral Concert: The DCC Chorus and Madrigal Singers under the direction of Dr. Laura Ramsey Russell in a concert featuring Paul Winter’s Earth Mass, portions of Requiem by John Rutter, and African American Spirituals. Admission is free. For information contact Dr. Laura Ramsey Russell at (845) 431-8625 or email to lrussell@sunydutchess.edu.

Friday, May 11 at 7:30 p.m., James and Betty Hall Theatre, Dutchess Hall.

Mid-Hudson Community Orchestra - Spring Concert: This College-Community ensemble under the direction of Dr. Laura Ramsey Russell presents a varied program of orchestral works including highlights from Musical Theater hits Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables; a piano concerto and symphony by Mozart; Beethoven Egmont Overture; and Holst’s The Planets. Admission is free. For information contact Dr. Laura Ramsey Russell at (845) 431-8625 or email to lrussell@sunydutchess.edu

Wednesday, May 30, 4:00 p.m., Handel Family Dining Room, Drumlin Hall

High School Tony Awards: DCC’s annual high school theater awards for school productions in the Hudson Valley. Deadline for submissions is Tuesday, May 1. Schools may submit multiple entries for consideration in 15 categories. For information, contact Performing Arts Program Chair Joe Cosentino at (845) 431-8618 or visit the High School Tony Awards Web Site.

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