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Vouchers for books and food are what our students will receive when you consider donating any amount while reserving your seat to be part of "THE TROUBLE WITH MY NAME."  ALL proceeds will be raffled and awarded at the event. Reserve and Attend.

Join Dr. Javier Ávila as he presents "The Trouble with my Name on the main stage of the Ciccone Theatre.  Dr. Avila is a professor of English as well as a poet, novelist, and public speaker.  He writes in both English and Spanish, and his work has earned him numerous awards, including his most recent honor as the recipient of the Cultural Arts Award given by the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education. In 2015, he was named Pennsylvania’s Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation. This award inspired Javier to take his classroom to the masses, using the power of poetry and storytelling to deliver a powerful message about unity and inclusion. Thus, The Trouble with My Name was born. The show has been performed across the country since 2016. Additionally, Javier is now touring with a new performance titled The Perfect Latino.  Make your reservation today!

 A Playreading

Backwards Forwards Back

By Jacqueline Goldfinger

Starring Bergen Alumni and Award-winning actor Lawrence (L James) Hickmon

Tuesday, November 12, 2024   1:45 PM

Room: S-138

 Backwards Forward Back is a powerful one-person play that delves into the profound impact of war on soldiers. It follows a soldier returning from Afghanistan, haunted by the ghosts of their tour and grappling with the decision to seek help for PTSD. Through the innovative use of virtual reality therapy, the play highlights the journey toward healing and the strength found in vulnerability.

 Admission: Free

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Based on Charles Dickens' novel

by Rupert Holmes

Directed by Prof. Jim Bumgardner

Music Directed by Prof. Jess Abrams

Dec. 6, 7, 12*, 13 & 14, 2024 at 7:30 PM

Dec. 7 & 14, 2024 at 2:00 PM

Ciccone Theatre

Based on Charles Dickens’ final unfinished novel, this hilarious whodunit invites the audience to solve its mystery by choosing the identity of the murderer. The tale is presented as a show-within-a-show, as the Music Hall Royale - a delightfully loony Victorian theatre company - presents Dickens’ brooding mystery. Musical numbers include “Perfect Strangers,” “Don’t Quit While You’re Ahead,” “Off To The Races” and “Moonfall.” Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Musical

*special post-show audience talk-back

Lysistrata

by Aristophanes

Adapted by Carolyn Balducci

Directed by Dr. Peter Campbell

Feb. 21, 22, 27*, 28 & Mar. 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM

Feb. 22 & March 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Ender Hall Lab Theatre

Lysistrata is an ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes, originally performed in Athens in 411 BC. It is a comic account of a woman's mission to unite all Greek women in an effort to end the Peloponnesian War by withholding sex from their husbands and lovers —a strategy, that ignites a fiery battle between the sexes. Carolyn Balducci describes her 1991 adaptation as "a meditation upon six translations, plus research, editing, more meditation and creative interpretation. 

*special post-show audience talk-back

Nora: A Doll's House

by Stef Smith

after Henrik Ibsen

Directed by Dr. Leigh Jonaitis

March 28, 29, April 3*, 4 & 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM

March 29 & April 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Ciccone Theatre

Nora is the perfect wife and mother. She is dutiful, beautiful and everything is always in its right place. But when a secret from her past comes back to haunt her, her life rapidly unravels. Over the course of three days, Nora must fight to protect herself and her family or risk losing everything. Henrik Ibsen's brutal portrayal of womanhood caused outrage when it was first performed in 1879. This bold new version by Stef Smith reframes the drama in three different time periods. The fight for women's suffrage, the Swinging Sixties and the modern day intertwine in this urgent, poetic play that asks how far have we really come in the past hundred years?

*special post-show audience talk-back