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The Berrie Center Performing Arts Series is Now Arch Performances!

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The Berrie Center Performing Artist Series is Now Arch Performances

A Message from Our Director, Lisa A. Campbell

For twenty-four seasons Ramapo College of NJ has been bringing outstanding guest artists to perform at the Berrie Center for the Arts on our campus.  As we look to the future in anticipation of our silver anniversary, we are thrilled to announce our new brand Arch Performances!  Arch Performances replaces what has been affectionately known as the Berrie Center Performances.  

Why the change? Over our twenty-four-year history, so much has changed on our campus.  The Berrie Center for the Arts is now home to a wide variety of programs and users and we are looking to distinguish our performing artist series.  Our series has always had the vision of being a community resource welcoming 85% of our audiences from the greater Mahwah region.  

Why Arch Performances?  The Ramapo College Arch is perhaps its most distinguishing feature and we like the idea of relating a key icon as an identifier with our series.  In addition, the true meaning of arch is to serve as a support – something we strive to do everyday for both our campus community and our neighboring citizens.

What does this mean to you, our patrons? Watch for our new logo and recognize that when you see it on our marketing materials, you are getting quality performing arts opportunities by our guest artists at an affordable price.

Arch Performances. Same great events. Same great location.

Ramapo

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Prefer to write a check?  Make it payable to Ramapo Foundation and mail it to:

ATTN: Lisa Campbell
Berrie Center for the Arts
Ramapo College of NJ
505 Ramapo Valley Road
Mahwah NJ 07430

Upcoming Performances

*Note: All ticket sales are final, no refunds or exchanges

December 2024
Dec. 07
08:00 pm - 10:00 pm

The Classics IV, one of the most popular and influential pop groups of the 60s and 70s, achieved phenomenal success with hits “Spooky,” “Stormy,” “Traces,” and “Everyday With You Girl”, all of which sold well over a million copies and were awarded gold and platinum discs by the Recording Industry of America.

By the 1970s The Classics IV accumulated a total of 16 Billboard chart hits, solidifying them as a hit-making pop group and crediting The Classics IV with the development of “Southern Soft Rock.” 

Adults: $50/45, Children Under 17, $20, RCNJ Faculty/Staff: $40*, RCNJ Students: $8*, Retired Employees of Ramapo College: $40*

Purchase Tickets

NOTE: Everyone entering the auditorium must have a ticket, including infants and young children. Strollers are not permitted in the theaters. Due to fire code capacity limits, no lap seating of any kind is allowed.

*Ticket limits apply. In order to receive a RCNJ Student, Faculty/Staff discount, you MUST purchase your ticket at the Berrie Center Box Office with ID. Discounted tickets cannot be purchased over the phone. 

To purchase wheelchair accessible seating or for questions regarding alternative formats, please contact the Box Office at (201) 684-7844 or tickets@ramapo.edu

February 2025
Kalanidhi Dance performance at the Berrie Center at Ramapo College
Feb. 02
02:00 pm - 03:30 pm

Kalanidhi Dance, an ensemble rooted in the classical Indian style of Kuchipudi, will present their exquisite piece, Bhoomi. Connection and balance play a central role in Bhoomi, which means “earth” in Sanskrit. Framed by the portrayal of the five natural elements – space, air, fire, water, and earth – the work depicts the evolution of humanity’s connection to these fundamental aspects of the earth’s existence. It asks why and how have we gotten to this point and what might we do to slow this course we have laid for ourselves?

The work unfolds in front of projected images of paintings by award-winning artist Shanthi Chandrasekhar and lush designs from Dylan Uremovich. India-based music composer Praveen Rao provides a sweeping and innovative original score.

Adults: $35/30, Children Under 17, $20, RCNJ Faculty/Staff: $28*, RCNJ Students: $8*, Retired Employees of Ramapo College: $28*

Purchase Tickets 

NOTE: Everyone entering the auditorium must have a ticket, including infants and young children. Strollers are not permitted in the theaters. Due to fire code capacity limits, no lap seating of any kind is allowed.

*Ticket limits apply. In order to receive a RCNJ Student, Faculty/Staff discount, you MUST purchase your ticket at the Berrie Center Box Office with ID. Discounted tickets cannot be purchased over the phone. 

To purchase wheelchair accessible seating or for questions regarding alternative formats, please contact the Box Office at (201) 684-7844 or tickets@ramapo.edu

Feb. 22
02:00 pm - 03:30 pm

Imagine some of the world’s most talented 4-legged performers in an uproariously funny, comedy dog spectacular that is leaving audiences everywhere howling for more! The all-star lineup includes a 2 time World Champion Frisbee dog, a hilarious six pound Pomeranian Pikachu mix, and a host of previously discarded dogs that will dance, prance, flip, and skip their way right into your heart. Deemed “A must see!” by the Washington Post, Mutts Gone Nuts is sure to win Best in Show!

Adults: $30, Children Under 17, $20, RCNJ Faculty/Staff: $24*, RCNJ Students: $8*, Retired Employees of Ramapo College: $24*

NOTE: Everyone entering the auditorium must have a ticket, including infants and young children. Strollers are not permitted in the theaters. Due to fire code capacity limits, no lap seating of any kind is allowed.

Purchase Tickets

*Ticket limits apply. In order to receive a RCNJ Student, Faculty/Staff discount, you MUST purchase your ticket at the Berrie Center Box Office with ID. Discounted tickets cannot be purchased over the phone. 

To purchase wheelchair accessible seating or for questions regarding alternative formats, please contact the Box Office at (201) 684-7844 or tickets@ramapo.edu

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The Box Office is currently closed for the semester and will reopen in early September. If you need to contact the staff, please email tickets@ramapo.edu

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Arch Performances programming is made possible in part by generous funding support from the following organizations.

The Carolyn Jane Scott Charitable Trust