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Upcoming Events
June 26 The Spontaneous Regeneration of Improv Nation
June 27 Summertime and the Living is Easy - get tickets online
July 10 Woodstock Film Festival Presents The Dry Land
July 11 Dance Film Sundays Featuring Tap Dance Legend Brenda Bufalino
July 17, 31, August 7, 14, 21, 26 - Kids Summer Movie Fanclub
Saturday, June 26, 2010
The Spontaneous Regeneration of Improv Nation
Improv Nation, an intrepid troupe of improvisers led by the indomitable Denny Dillon, will present their first-ever show at the Rosendale Theatre, the new home base of Actors & Writers, on Saturday, June 26, at 8 p.m. The troupe, whose performers are all members of A&W, will once again spin comedy scenes out of nothing but the rarefied air on the stage, with nary a script in sight. This is a program of pure Midsummer madness.... a dive into madcap waters of the Great Theatrical Unconscious, without a net!!
Denny Dillon is a Tony-nominated actress and former cast member of Saturday Night Live. She won a CableACE award for HBO’s hit series Dream On, and her film credits include Saturday Night Fever, Ice Age, and United 93. She studied improv with Viola Spolin, the pioneer in this art form whose techniques changed the nature and practice of modern theatre. While on SNL she also worked with Del Close of Second City and Improv master.
Denny created Improv Nation in 2006, and the group has since performed at the Odd Fellows Theatre in Olivebridge, RAG 76 MAIN in Stamford, Unison Arts in New Paltz, and SUNY Ulster’s Quimby Theatre. Improv Nation members include Dillon, Jason Downs, Davis Hall, Mikhail Horowitz, Nicole Quinn, Sophia Raab, David Smilow, and Lori Wilner.
Admission to the Rosendale Theatre show is by donation. For more information, contact info@rosendaletheatre.org.
Sunday, June 27
Summertime and the Living is Easy
An Aftenoon of Fine Dining on Local Fare, French Wines, and Argentinean Folk Music at the Depuy Canal House to Benefit the Rosendale Theatre Collective
Sunday, June 27
3 PM - 6 PM
$100
Depuy Canal House Patio
The renowned Depuy Canal House of High Falls, New York is hosting a special fund-raising event for the Rosendale Theatre Collective. Chef John Novi and sommelier Daniel Johnnes have put together a special dinner menu with a selection of fine French wines.
John Novi is one of America's most exciting cooks. Food writers have called him “extraordinarily creative, ambitious and tenacious" (Gael Greene) and "incredibly innovative and inspired” (Craig Claiborne). Novi is an exemplar of what has come to be known as the New American Cuisine. His Depuy Canal House is a five-star restaurant with an international reputation.
Sommelier Daniel Johnnes is wine director for Daniel Boulud’s Dinex Group. In 2006 he received the highest honor awarded to a wine professional in the United States, the James Beard Wine and Spirits Professional of the Year. For this meal he will select wines from his portfolio of French country wines to pair with John Novi’s exquisite cuisine. They are handcrafted by winemakers dedicated to making natural, high-quality wines expressive of their grape varieties and region.
The meal begins with pasta frittata with fresh mozzarella cheese, then offers red wine soup with sour cream, finished with a splash of Pellegrino sparkling water. The main-course buffet features grilled vegetables and marinated, barbeque-smoked chicken and pork loin. Then there is salmon fillet on boufarette hero with asparagus, Swiss cheese and tomato chutney, all tied with gourd string; mesclun salad greens with lemon and olive oil, and ciabatta breads. Dessert is a lemon tart with fresh whipped cream.
As always, Novi uses local ingredients whenever possible.
This event runs from 3 PM to 6 PM on Sunday, June 27, on the outside patio of the Depuy Canal House. The $100 ticket price is all-inclusive.
Tickets are available HERE and at the Alternative Baker, Vision of Tibet, and the Rosendale Café, all on Main Street in Rosendale.
July 10, 2010
Woodstock Film Festival Presents The Dry Land at the Rosendale Theater, 8pm
Nominated for the 2010 Sundance Grand Jury Prize,The Dry Land delivers a sensitive portrayal of James - an Iraq war veteran who after returning stateside cannot reconcile his traumatic experience abroad with the home life he once cherished.
Director Ryan Piers Williams, Academy Award® nominated actor and Hudson Valley native Melissa Leo (Frozen River) and emerging star Ryan O'Nan, will be in attendance to participate in a Q&A following the screening. Also in attendance will be long-time film editor, Sabine Hoffman (The Private Lives of Pippa Lee) and Academy Award® nominated producer Heather Ray (Frozen River).
For more information about the film visit http://www.thedrylandmovie.com/
Saturday, July 10 at 8PM
General Admission $10
Tickets at 845.810.0131 or online at www.woodstockfilmfestival.com/cart/dryland.php
Sunday, July 11; 2pm
Inaugural Dance Film Sundays Featuring Tap Dance Legend Brenda Bufalino
The Rosendale Theatre Collective is rolling out the red carpet for Ulster County’s Brenda Bufalino, America’s reigning queen of tap dance. She will be the featured artist at the inaugural Dance Film Sundays at the Rosendale Theatre on July 11. The film Legends of Tap and excerpts from the award-winning film Great Feats of Feet: Documentary of a Jazz Tap Dancer, both directed and produced by Bufalino, will be shown. The films will be followed by a performance by Bufalino with bassist Charlie Kniceley.
Legends of Tap (1973) and Great Feats of Feet (1975) offer a rare and intimate look into the artistry and masterful individual performance styles of the Copasetics, a club of African-America dancers and musicians. Honi Coles, Bubba Gaines, Buster Brown, and Cookie Cooke were all members of the group. The films were instrumental in launching an international renaissance in tap dance and restored recognition to the Copasetics, some of whom had been living in obscurity. Great Feats of Feet was filmed in New Paltz and captures the creative atmosphere of 1970s New Paltz.
Brenda Bufalino is a choreographer and tap dancer who also sings, tells stories, writes books, and works clay into shapes that “dance”. She has performed her one-person shows internationally and has appeared as a guest soloist at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, the Apollo Theater, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Kennedy Center. Her American Tap Dance Orchestra appeared on PBS’s Great Performances: Tap Dance in America with Gregory Hines. She has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and is a NYFA fellow. She is the recipient of numerous awards for outstanding achievement and contributions to the field of tap dance.
Bassist Charlie Kniceley is known as a consummate side-man and has worked as a musician in the Hudson Valley for 30 years. He has performed at the Edinburgh International Arts Fringe Festival and will appear there this summer.
Dance Film Sundays is a programming initiative by the RTC that will feature a dance-themed film followed by a live dance performance or demonstration. On August 8 the film will be Streets of Encounter, the documentary of a Brazilian choreographer’s work with teenagers in São Paulo’s slums. Gustavo Campos dos Santos Caldas of the Vanaver Caravan will give a live performance of capoeira, a Brazilian art form that combines martial arts, music, and dance.
Tickets for Dance Film Sundays are $10 for adults, $6 for children 12 and under.
Kids Summer Movie Fanclub - July 17, 31, August 7, 14, 21, 26, 2010
What’s better than an air-conditioned movie theater on a hot and humid summer afternoon? Join the Rosendale Theatre Summer Fan Club for Kids and escape the heat while enjoying great movies! The Fan Club will run for 6 Saturdays this summer. There will be a different children's film each week, with live performances before each movie.
Membership in the Summer Fan Club entitles each child to a Summer Fan Club membership card, a newsletter, a commemorative t-shirt, a free pass to the Rosendale pool, and entrance to all six shows!
Dates: July 17 and 31, August 7, 14, 21 and 28
Showtime: 2 - 4:30 PM
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Tickets for adults are $5. Children without memberships pay $4 per show.
Movies are aimed at children in grades K-5.
The Summer Fan Club is produced by the Rosendale Theatre Collective (RTC), with support from the ofice of Assemblymember Kevin A. Cahill.
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