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East Gipsy Band

Sharp Theater 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Sharp Theater Star group, EAST GIPSY BAND, presents an exciting fusion of unique and captivating music from Hungary. Their debut album, “Ageless Message,” was released in May 2011 and featured the great saxophone player Tim Ries (The Rolling Stones). The album spurred two successful American-Canadian tours, providing an opportunity for these exceptional musicians to bring their […]

John Pizzarelli

Sharp Theater 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Sharp Theater John Pizzarelli has been called “Hip with a wink” by Town & Country, “madly creative” by the Los Angeles Times and “the genial genius of the guitar” by The Toronto Star. Pizzarelli has established himself as one of the prime interpreters of the Great American Songbook and beyond, bringing to his work the […]

Dr. Paul Wichansky: “Taking the ‘Dis’ Out of Disability”

Alumni Lounges SC 137/138

Dr. Paul Wichansky’s keynote provides an insightful and deeply personal introspective of his own experiences growing up with cerebral palsy, while allowing audiences to immediately bridge the gap that seems to separate “normal” from “disabled” within their own lives. His life story remains an important reminder of the possibilities when one learns to focus their […]

Pushing The Limits In Sports

Alumni Lounges SC 137/138

Dan Monzo, Team USA – Sochi 2014 Paralympic Snowboarder & Darren Templeton, Wheelchair Rugby – New York Warriors Dan Monzo lost his left leg in a dirtbike accident when he was 15-years-old. His first thought after the accident was, “Can I still snowboard?” Six months after he got his prosthetic Dan decided it was time […]

Bottle House

Adler Theater 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Adapted from the short stories and poetry of Sam Shepard, Bottle House is the story of a young woman whose last act of kindness to her mother – driving her ashes across the desert – becomes an emotional and comic battle between a conniving hawk she rescues along the way and the forgotten memories he […]

Well-Strung

Sharp Theater 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Well-Strung is made up by Edmund Bagnell (first violin), Christopher Marchant (second violin), Daniel Shevlin (cello) and Trevor Wadleigh (viola). The foursome features classical musicians who sing, putting their own spin on the music of Mozart, Vivaldi, Pink, Lorde, Kesha, Madonna, Kelly Clarkson and more. They have quickly gained national and international attention for their […]

Bottle House

Adler Theater 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, United States

Adapted from the short stories and poetry of Sam Shepard, Bottle House is the story of a young woman whose last act of kindness to her mother – driving her ashes across the desert – becomes an emotional and comic battle between a conniving hawk she rescues along the way and the forgotten memories he […]