RiverArts

Imprint of Light | A Dance, Music & Video Collaboration | Recorded Event
2021-05-10 12:00 - 2021-05-23 00:00 (America/New_York) | Recorded Event
RECORDED EVENT | Imprint of Light – video livestream with post-performance Q & A with the artists

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Recorded broadcast of Saturday, May 8th event with artist Q&A.
Available from 5/10–5/23 | $10
RiverArts was proud to debut Imprint of Light, a dance, music & video collaboration that was broadcasted on May 8th via Zoom. Choreographer/Dancer Maxine Sherman and Composer/Videographer Steven Brent collaborate in this new work weaving dance, music and layered imagery to create an innovative experience at the cutting edge of performance art and film.
Imprint of Light is a magical journey within the imagination, toward the illumination of the human spirit and its relationship to the 4 elements of the earth. Sometimes mesmerizing, hypnotic and funny we all curiously travel to unknown places in the vehicle of our own body. We might land on familiar shores, but a mischievous impulse gives us a 360 degree view of new light.
There was a Zoom broadcast of the video on Saturday May 8th at 8pm followed by a live Q&A session with both artists. A recording of the broadcast and Q&A will be available to view for the two weeks following the broadcast.
FOR MORE INFORMATION EMAIL: info@riverarts.org

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Imprint of Light: A Dance, Music & Video Collaboration
2021-05-08 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual Event
Imprint of Light – video livestream with post-performance Q & A with the artists

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Saturday, May 8th 8:00 pm Zoom broadcast followed by live artist Q&A | $15 Recorded broadcast available from 5/10–5/23 | $10
Ticking for live event ends Saturday, May 8th at 12 noon. You will continue to be able to purchase the recording through May 23rd, available for viewing May10-23.
RiverArts is proud to debut Imprint of Light, a dance, music & video collaboration that will be broadcast on Zoom. Choreographer/Dancer Maxine Sherman and Composer/Videographer Steven Brent collaborate in this new work weaving dance, music and layered imagery to create an innovative experience at the cutting edge of performance art and film.
Imprint of Light is a magical journey within the imagination, toward the illumination of the human spirit and its relationship to the 4 elements of the earth. Sometimes mesmerizing, hypnotic and funny we all curiously travel to unknown places in the vehicle of our own body. We might land on familiar shores, but a mischievous impulse gives us a 360 degree view of new light.
There will be a Zoom broadcast of the video on Saturday May 8th at 8pm followed by a live Q&A session with both artists directly afterwards. A recording of the broadcast and Q&A will be available to view for the two weeks following the broadcast. Tickets to both the live broadcast and recording can be purchased at www.riverarts.org.
FOR MORE INFORMATION EMAIL: info@riverarts.org

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Virtual Salon Sundays - Artist Studio Tour with Monica Shulman
2021-05-02 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual Event
Virtual Salon Sundays

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Sunday, May 2nd 3:00-3:45 pm Livestream on RiverArts Instagram
FREE EVENT- Please register.
RiverArts’ now offers a virtual spin on this historic tradition and are featuring artists every other Sunday from 3 pm to 4 pm. Each artist will live-stream a brief studio tour and take questions from the audience in the last ten minutes. This is a great opportunity to gain insights in to their creative process, learn about techniques in a variety of media and participate in a live Q&A with these two artists.
Monica Shulman is a self-taught contemporary artist whose brand of gestural abstraction is a form of story-telling. Her intuitive work is process-oriented and she learns through experimentation. Her world is best described as colorful and rhythmic. A first generation American of Cuban and Argentinian descent, who left her career as an attorney to focus on her art practice full-time, Monica lives and works in the lower Hudson Valley with her husband and their children.
Monica has been featured in various publications including Popular Photography, Westchester Magazine, and the Huffington Post. In 2019, the Director of PULSE Art Fair in Miami invited Monica to participate in the “Next Generation” exhibit to celebrate the fair’s 15th anniversary. Her work has been shown at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York City, Photo LA, Art Market Hamptons, PULSE Art Fair, and the New York Mercantile Exchange, among others.
How to watch Instagram Live:
One watches a live broadcast on the Instagram app on your mobile device or on Instagram.com. RiverArts’ profile picture will appear at the top of Feed with a colorful ring around it and the word Live. Tap or click their profile picture to view the live broadcast.
Get a jump on the tour and check out their work on IG ahead of time!
Monica Shulman Instagram
FOR MORE INFORMATION EMAIL: info@riverarts.org

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Open Mic Night
2021-04-29 20:00 - 21:30 UTC | Virtual Event
Be part of our virtual open mic community!

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RENEWAL. SONGS FOR LIFTING US UP!
Please join RiverArts Music Tour Producer Adam Hart for the second of three virtual open mic nights this Spring! Come to hang, listen, and perform if you are a professional or just like to play — just come to be part of this supportive and welcoming community of local musicians and music lovers!
Spectators must also register for access to this event. Bring a friend or two and enjoy some music by your creative neighbors!

Special Themes for our Spring Open Mics!
• Thursday, March 25th, 8–9:30 pm (Virtual) Musical Madness. the End of a Long Winter.
• Thursday, April 29th, 8–9:30 pm (Virtual) Renewal. Songs for lifting us up.
• Thursday, May 20th 8 – 9:30pm (Virtual) : Spring Cleaning. Finding new life in songs we have forgotten.
RULES
The registration deadline is 7:30 PM EDT on the date of the open mic of your choice.
You’ll have an opportunity to play two songs in a “circle of song” Zoom format (we’ll perform around the Zoom grid).
We welcome musicians performing all genres. Originals and covers are both welcome. Solo artists, duos, full bands — perform however you’d like! Spoken word performers are also welcome.
FOR MORE INFO EMAIL: info@riverarts.org

ABOUT ADAM HART
Adam is a folk and folk rock singer-songwriter, performer, and educator. He teaches guitar and voice privately, and he also teaches a guitar workshop at PS 75 on 96th Street in NYC. He has been active in a folk-rock group “Riverrun” for 19 years. On the political side, Adam is a Democratic District Leader in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and is committed to saving what’s left of our environment and seeking out justice for good people. Visit adamhartmusic.com for more information about Adam.

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Making a Mural for BLM - Artist Conversation with Yonkers Arts
2021-04-28 20:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual Event
Artist Conversation – Yonkers Arts BLM Mural

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Wednesday, April 28th8:00-9:30 pmEvent is free but you must register to joinvia Zoom
Join us for video tour and a live conversation with Ray Wilcox and Evan Bishop of Yonkers Arts about the organization’s Black Lives Matter Mural. In August of 2020, Yonkers Arts, together with community support, created a Black Lives Matter mural on S. Broadway outside of City Hall in Yonkers.
Hear about the inspiration for the mural, the process of getting the mural approved and created, and the plans for its future. Listen in as Ray and Evan talk about goals for Yonkers Arts, their role in community building through the arts, and what it means to serve a city of 200,000. At-home audience members will have an opportunity to ask questions in the chat.

Yonkers Arts was founded in 2007 by a group of community leaders from Yonkers who recognized the need for an all encompassing arts organization for a city the size of Yonkers. Under the guidance of these community leaders, Yonkers Arts hopes to promote a collaborative network for artists and community members. Yonkers Arts is dedicated to providing empowering resources to artists and educational resources for community members.

FOR MORE INFORMATION EMAIL: info@riverarts.org

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Up Close & Virtual: Honoring Doug Coe
2021-04-24 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual Event
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Up Close & Virtual: Honoring Doug Coe

Saturday, April 24th7:00 pm Online Event
On April 24th RiverArts celebrates the immense achievements and contributions to our community of former Executive and Artistic Director, Doug Coe. Please join us as we honor Doug’s achievements and share memories through video, performance and conversation in this special gala event.
Featuring Performances by: Kat Gang & Phil Palombi, Ursula Hansberry, Tara Linhardt & Scott Giambusso, Peter Seidenberg & Hui-Mei Lin, and more!

Admission is free • Donations are welcome • Proceeds benefit The Doug Coe Fund for Artistic Excellence.
Please register by Thursday, April 22 • All guests must register to receive link for viewing.

FOR MORE INFORMATION EMAIL: info@riverarts.org

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Stitch & "Complain" Copy
2021-04-22 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | HudCo, 145 Palisade Street, Dobbs Ferry, NY, 10522, United States
Stitch & “Complain,” in-person

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Thursday, April 22nd 7:30–9:00 pmIn-person and socially-distant | $5
Please join The Observatory Shop’s Amanda Hsiao and Jacqui Kessman at HudCo for a socially-distant, in-person knitting session.
Bring your own yarn, needles, questions, concerns, gripes, and commentary on the current state of our world. In addition to teaching a trick or two, Amanda and Jacqui will guide you on how to continue knitting together your best life. Show your registration receipt at The Observatory for a 10% 1-time discount!
Upcoming Sessions: Thursday May 20th and Thursday June 24th
The Observatory Shop, 5 Main St., Hastings-on-Hudson HudCo, 145 Palisade St., Dobbs Ferry
FOR MORE INFORMATION EMAIL: info@riverarts.org

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Stitch & "Complain"
2021-04-22 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | HudCo, 145 Palisade Street, Dobbs Ferry, NY, 10522, United States

Virtual Salon Sundays - Artist Studio Tours with Jane Kang Lawrence & Monica Carrier
2021-04-11 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual Event
Virtual Salon Sundays

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Sunday April 11th 3:00 pm Livestream on RiverArts Instagram
Free Event
RiverArts’ now offers a virtual spin on this historic tradition and are featuring two artist every other Sunday from 3 pm to 4 pm. Each artist will live-stream a brief studio tour and take questions from the audience in the last ten minutes.
Our first event is with artists Jane Kang Lawrence and Monica Carrier. This is a great opportunity to gain insights in to their creative process, learn about techniques in a variety of media and participate in a live Q&A with these two artists.
How to watch Instagram Live:One watches a live broadcast on the Instagram app on your mobile device or on Instagram.com. RiverArts’ profile picture will appear at the top of Feed with a colorful ring around it and the word Live. Tap or click their profile picture to view the live broadcast.
Get a jump on the tour and check out their work on IG ahead of time!
Jane Kang Lawrence Instagram
Monica Carrier Instagram
FOR MORE INFORMATION EMAIL: info@riverarts.org

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Open Mic Night
2021-03-25 20:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual Event
Be part of our virtual open mic community!

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Please join RiverArts Music Tour Producer Adam Hart for three virtual open mic nights this Spring! Come to hang, listen, and perform if you are a professional or just like to play — just come to be part of this supportive and welcoming community of local musicians and music lovers!
Spectators must also register for access to this event. Bring a friend or two and enjoy some music by your creative neighbors!
SPECIAL THEMES FOR OUR SPRING OPEN MICS
March: Musical Madness. The end of a long winter
April: Renewal. Songs for lifting us up
May: Spring Cleaning. Finding new life in songs we have forgotten
RULES
The registration deadline is 7:30 PM EDT on the date of the open mic of your choice.
You’ll have an opportunity to play two songs in a “circle of song” Zoom format (we’ll perform around the Zoom grid).
We welcome musicians performing all genres. Originals and covers are both welcome. Solo artists, duos, full bands — perform however you’d like! Spoken word performers are also welcome.
FOR MORE INFO EMAIL: info@riverarts.org

ABOUT ADAM HART
Adam is a folk and folk rock singer-songwriter, performer, and educator. He teaches guitar and voice privately, and he also teaches a guitar workshop at PS 75 on 96th Street in NYC. He has been active in a folk-rock group “Riverrun” for 19 years. On the political side, Adam is a Democratic District Leader in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and is committed to saving what’s left of our environment and seeking out justice for good people. Visit adamhartmusic.com for more information about Adam.

“The Emperor Jones” — A Conversation About Race and Film
2021-03-24 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual Event
“The Emperor Jones” — A Conversation About Race and Film

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We encourage you to join us for this important conversation on the intersectionality of race and cinema.
Wednesday, March 24th7:30-9:00 pmEvent is free but you must register to joinvia Zoom
RiverArts, in conjunction with the Hastings and the Dobbs Ferry Public Libraries is hosting a discussion of the 1933 film The Emperor Jones, based on the play by Eugene O’Neill and starring Paul Robeson.
Tanya McKinnon, Dobbs Ferry resident, literary agent and former RiverArts Board member, will moderate the conversation. You are encouraged to watch the film and two short documentaries PRIOR to the discussion here.
Presented by the The Finger Lakes Film Trail, this program is part of a Humanities New York funded project: Race Films/Race Matters. “Race films” were produced between the 1910s and the early 1940s and were created by Black film companies for Black audiences. They starred Black actors and emphasized Black-oriented issues and themes. The program uses race films as a starting point for necessary, informative, and provocative conversations about race, racial tension, and racial discrimination in America today. For more information on the Race Films/Race Matters series click here.
FOR MORE INFORMATION EMAIL: info@riverarts.org

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Quilling with Vicky Youngman
2021-03-21 15:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Virtual Event
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Quilling is an ancient art where paper is rolled, twisted, shaped, and pinched into infinite stunning and unexpected shapes. Shapes like spirals, S curves, stars, tear drops, and more are combined to form larger images and environments. Artist Vicky Youngman will lead the class. Quilling is fun, addicting, relaxing, and easy to learn.
Before you know it, you’ll be creating all sorts of crafts for your friends and family. Great as gifts for Mother’s Day, Easter or “Just thinking of you!” Come see what you can create!
SUPPLIES

Several sheets of colorful construction paper, medium or heavy weight OR pre-cut quilling paper strips
Scissors
Tweezers
Either a tooth pick, skewer, thin handled paint brush OR a quilling needle (to roll the paper strips around)
Pencil and ruler if you are going to cut your own strips
White glue, a plastic lid to hold a small amount at a time and small paint brush to apply it OR a glue applicator with a narrow tip

ABOUT VICKY YOUNGMAN
Vicky Youngman has a Master of Professional Studies in Creative Arts Therapy from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, and worked as an Art Therapist and administrator in healthcare settings for 23 years. She taught art therapy for seven of those years at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan and for a short time at College of New Rochelle. Her second career as a ceramic artist has enable her to exhibit and sell her work and continue her love of teaching. As a Professional Teaching Artist through ArtsWestchester since 2008 she has conducted ceramic arts residencies in schools and community sites and most recently Teen Tuesdays, Family Arts Bash and Arts Mobile workshops. Youngman is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Pace University, Pleasantville campus, where she has taught ceramics since 2011. In addition she enjoys teaching a variety of pottery classes at Senior Centers, preschools, afterschool programs and summer camps throughout the region, including The Clay Art Center in Port Chester, NY.

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Open Mic Night
2021-02-18 20:00 - 21:30, 2021-01-21 20:00 - 21:30 UTC
January 21, February 188-9:30 PMSuggested $10 donation
Be part of our virtual open mic community!

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Please join RiverArts Music Tour Producer Adam Hart for three virtual open mic nights this fall! Come to hang, listen, and perform if you are a professional or just like to play — just come to be part of this supportive and welcoming community of local musicians and music lovers!
Spectators must also register for access to this event. Bring a friend or two and enjoy some music by your creative neighbors!
SPECIAL THEMES FOR OUR OPEN MICS
January 21 – New beginningsFebruary 18 – Love and warmth
RULES
The registration deadline is 7:30 PM EDT on the date of the open mic of your choice.
You’ll have an opportunity to play two songs in a “circle of song” Zoom format (we’ll perform around the Zoom grid).
We welcome musicians performing all genres. Originals and covers are both welcome. Solo artists, duos, full bands — perform however you’d like! Spoken word performers are also welcome.

ABOUT ADAM HART
Adam is a folk and folk rock singer-songwriter, performer, and educator. He teaches guitar and voice privately, and he also teaches a guitar workshop at PS 75 on 96th Street in NYC. He has been active in a folk-rock group “Riverrun” for 19 years. On the political side, Adam is a Democratic District Leader in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and is committed to saving what’s left of our environment and seeking out justice for good people. Visit adamhartmusic.com for more information about Adam.

Open Mic Night
2020-11-19 20:00 - 21:30 UTC
September 24, October 29, November 198-9:30 PMSuggested $10 donation
Be part of our virtual open mic community!

Register for Open Mic Night

Please join RiverArts Music Tour Producer Adam Hart for three virtual open mic nights this fall! Come to hang, listen, and perform if you are a professional or just like to play — just come to be part of this supportive and welcoming community of local musicians and music lovers!
Spectators must also register for access to this event. Bring a friend or two and enjoy some music by your creative neighbors!
RULES
The registration deadline is 7:30 PM EDT on the date of the open mic of your choice.
You’ll have an opportunity to play two songs in a “circle of song” Zoom format (we’ll perform around the Zoom grid).
We welcome musicians performing all genres. Originals and covers are both welcome. Solo artists, duos, full bands — perform however you’d like! Spoken word performers are also welcome.

ABOUT ADAM HART
Adam is a folk and folk rock singer-songwriter, performer, and educator. He teaches guitar and voice privately, and he also teaches a guitar workshop at PS 75 on 96th Street in NYC. He has been active in a folk-rock group “Riverrun” for 19 years. On the political side, Adam is a Democratic District Leader in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and is committed to saving what’s left of our environment and seeking out justice for good people. Visit adamhartmusic.com for more information about Adam.

Open Mic Night
2020-10-29 20:00 - 21:30 UTC
September 24, October 29, November 19
8-9:30 PM
Suggested $10 donation
Be part of our virtual open mic community!
Register for Open Mic Night
Please join RiverArts Music Tour Producer Adam Hart for three virtual open mic nights this fall! Come to hang, listen, and perform if you are a professional or just like to play — just come to be part of this supportive and welcoming community of local musicians and music lovers!
Spectators must also register for access to this event. Bring a friend or two and enjoy some music by your creative neighbors!
RULES
The registration deadline is 7:30 PM EDT on the date of the open mic of your choice.
You’ll have an opportunity to play two songs in a “circle of song” Zoom format (we’ll perform around the Zoom grid).
We welcome musicians performing all genres. Originals and covers are both welcome. Solo artists, duos, full bands — perform however you’d like! Spoken word performers are also welcome.
ABOUT ADAM HART
Adam is a folk and folk rock singer-songwriter, performer, and educator. He teaches guitar and voice privately, and he also teaches a guitar workshop at PS 75 on 96th Street in NYC. He has been active in a folk-rock group “Riverrun” for 19 years. On the political side, Adam is a Democratic District Leader in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and is committed to saving what’s left of our environment and seeking out justice for good people. Visit adamhartmusic.com for more information about Adam.

Mindfulness & Art for Adults – Virtual
2020-10-27 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
Relax in this peaceful workshop focused on mindfulness and art.
Tuesdays8-9 PMCost: $20/sessionLimit six people per class
OCTOBER 20 — Weave a paper basketSupplies: Construction paper (at least 2 different colors), white copier paper, pen or pencil, scissors, colored markers, glue, ruler (optional)
OCTOBER 27 — Self-care practice with “Past and Future Hands”Supplies: 9×12” drawing paper, color markers, color pencils, crayons, or any of your favorite drawing/painting materials

ABOUT MISUK CHOE
Misuk Choe recently completed her M.A. degree in art therapy from NYU. She is currently facilitating a Mindfulness and Art program at a Westchester hospice. She is also devoting her time on various sewing projects to help our frontline healthcare workers. When she is not working with clients or sewing, Misuk devotes her time to creating paintings and sculptures. She studied sculpture and oil painting at SVA. Misuk enjoyed a successful career in the fashion industry prior to her art therapy profession. She hopes to share her passion for learning, transforming, and evolving as a person through the creative process.
CONTACT US:
DIRECTOR: 914.412.5120 to leave a message
EMAIL: info@riverarts.org

Mindfulness & Art for Adults – Virual
2020-10-20 08:00 - 17:00 UTC

Six Feet by Melanie Hoopes
2020-10-17 20:00 - 22:00 UTC
Saturday, October 17
8 PM EDT
ZOOM link will be provided to registrants the day before the performance
Doctor, caterer, therapist, lover. It’s been 217 days since the virus changed their lives. At 6 PM (Hawaii time), they’ll meet on ZOOM to discuss a tragic event that connects them all. But will this call tear them apart?
RiverArts has commissioned an original, innovative play to be performed live on ZOOM. Written and directed by Melanie Hoopes (Netflix’s Bloodline, Here’s the Thing hosted by Alec Baldwin), SIX FEET is full of tension, intimacy, and a cathartic, biting clarity. It’s a play about confronting emotions that are made more raw, volatile, and intense the more they are confined. It shows us what happens when we rely on flat, 2D interactions to communicate things that are so much bigger than the spaces we inhabit.
Written and Directed by Melanie Hoopes. Starring Jenny Bacon, Anitra Brooks, Kelly Coffield Park, Ed Herbstman, Stephen Park, Nick Wyman, and Jean Villepique. Original music by Steve Horelick. Technical Director Jeremy dePrisco and Assistant Technical Director Josh Govier will orchestrate a smooth and clear transmission of the performance. Lauren Orkus is the Producer. Special thanks to Marie-Louise Miller, Consulting Producer.

CAST

JENNY BACON
Jenny Bacon has brought characters to life alongside some of the masters of the American Theater, including Sam Shepard, Tony Kushner, Sarah Ruhl, Theresa Rebeck, Lisa Kron, and David Rabe. She has worked with groundbreaking directors Ivo van Hove, JoAnne Akalaitis, Daniel Aukin, Walter Bobbie, Robert Falls, Mary Zimmerman, Daniel Fish, and others, garnering awards across America and a Herald Angel Award from the Edinburgh Festival. She has appeared on American television playing a variety of unfortunate souls in horrific circumstances, and has had an absolutely wonderful time doing it.

ANITRA BROOKS
A graduate of Brown University and The Integrative Sound and Music Institute, Anitra Brooks has toured the U.S. and world with Drama Desk Award-nominated puppet performers and masked musicians Big Nazo, Drama Desk Award-nominated “bad-ass masters of vocalogy” Hotmouth, and with Grisha Coleman’s dance and live music performance installation echo::system. In her 20+ years in New York City, she has performed at the Public Theater, Belasco Theater, LaMama, HERE Arts Center, Kraine Theater, Ohio Theatre, National Black Theatre, and other venues. She has also been featured in numerous television and radio commercials, television shows, and soap operas. As a recording artist, she has released two albums of original music: Flood in 2008 and I Walk in Your Light in 2015. She is the co-producer of the community ensemble project and play Where Are We Now?: Race, Pride, Class & Inequity, and teaches Music & Movement at the Greenwich Country Day School. She lives in Cos Cob, CT with her husband and sons. www.anitrabrooks.com

KELLY COFFIELD PARK
Kelly Coffield Park started her acting career in 1978 at the Emelin Theater in New Rochelle, New York. She is thrilled to be back (virtually) in Westchester County! She is currently Zooming from Los Angeles, where her husband Stephen Park and she are holding down the fort for their kids in college. She is thrilled to be working with Melanie Hoopes again, after being part of Laurie Stanton’s Sound Diet.

ED HERBSTMAN
Ed Herbstman is an actor and writer originally from Chicago, and is married to writer/director Melanie Hoopes. Acting credits include Film: Hustlers, The Big Sick, Ode To Joy, Arthur. TV: Manifest, Search Party, Alpha House, Pinkalicious. Theater: Magnet Theater (co-founder) Second City TourCo, Laurie Stanton’s Sound Diet, Mantzoukas Brothers, Armando Diaz Experience. Writing credits include Da Ali G Show, The Truth Podcast. Ed is also a faculty member of the Syracuse University Tepper Semester, and a volunteer firefighter in the Hastings-on-Hudson Fire Department. He is very excited and grateful to be both involved in this show and married to Melanie.

STEPHEN PARK
Stephen Park was born in Brooklyn, NY to Korean immigrant parents. He began his career as a stand-up comedian in New York City and soon after started acting in the theater. His first film role was as the market owner in Do the Right Thing which led to his next role in Quick Change. Upon moving to Los Angeles, he became a cast member of the sketch comedy television series In Living Color during the 1991-1992 season where he met fellow cast member Kelly Coffield, who eventually became his wife. (And his castmate again in this show!) Stephen has been is such iconic movies as the Coen Brothers’ Fargo and A Serious Man, as well as Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer. He is in Wes Anderson’s soon-to-be released movie The French Dispatch.

JEAN VILLEPIQUE
Jean Villepique left New Jersey to study theater and improvisation at Northwestern University. She stayed in Chicago, pursuing improv at the former ImprovOlympic theater, studying with Del Close, and then was hired by The Second City, Chicago. She wrote and performed in five reviews there before moving to New York. There she performed at the UCB and Magnet theaters before moving again to LA. TV/Film credits include The Office, 30 Rock, Sharp Objects, Better Call Saul, and Jean can currently be seen as Michelle Jones on AP Bio, streaming on the Peacock platform.

NICK WYMAN
Nick Wyman is an award-winning actor who has acted in a dozen feature films and sixteen Broadway shows, most recently Network with Bryan Cranston. He was part of the original cast of The Phantom of the Opera, spent six years as Thenardier in Les Miserables, and performed in many other on-stage roles. Film credits include Die Hard With a Vengeance, Maid in Manhattan, and Planes, Trains and Automobiles. He has also appeared in television in Boardwalk Empire, VEEP, Elementary, and The Good Wife, among others. He served as President of Actors’ Equity for five years and his show-business how-to-book, Climbing Rejection Mountain was just published this summer.

WRITER & DIRECTOR

MELANIE HOOPES
Melanie Hoopes writes for screen, radio/podcast and stage. Her credits include Lethal Lit (IHeartRadio/EEP), Bloodline (Netflix), One Giant Leap: The Apollo Moon Landing 50 Years On (New York Times),This American Life, Alec Baldwin’s Here’s the Thing and Unfictional. She is the creator of the long-running New York-based live episodic stage show, Laurie Stanton’s Sound Diet, a dark, modern twist on Prairie Home Companion.

COMPOSER
STEVE HORELICK

A musical adventurer and educator, Steve Horelick’s career encompasses a wide spectrum of the music universe. He performs live electronic SurroundScape™ concerts. He is a founding member of the Electric Art Ensemble whom Bob Moog christened as “virtuosic sonic sculptors”. His TV credits include more than 350 episodes, encompassing such award-winning children productions as PBS’s Reading Rainbow for which he composed the iconic, Buchla-generated “Butterfly in the Sky” theme song. Other credits include Shining Time Station, The Puzzle Place, and The Magic Adventures of Mumfie. His film score credits include everything from an 80’s cult-horror classic to HBO’s legendary baseball documentary series “When It Was a Game,” which earned him his first EMMY nomination. He has also won many other awards, including the prestigious Gold at New York Film Festival, for his many TV and advertising soundtracks.
His original songs have been recorded by Bobby McFerrin, John Sebastion, Phoebe Snow, Peabo Bryson, LeVar Burton, and Kermit the Frog.
As an educator and lecturer he has taught songwriting, synthesis and film scoring at Queens College and City College in New York City. He is currently the publisher and Executive VP at NonLinear Educating, Inc. overseeing the production of over 2,000 courses for their MacProVideo.com and Ask.Video online education websites.

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

JEREMY DEPRISCO

Jeremy dePrisco has worked with children’s programming (Rainbow’s End Theatre Co.) and continued a decade’s long collaboration as sound designer/composer for director/writer Dr. Stephen Schrum (Penn State University, University of Charleston, Pitt-Greensburg Theatre Co.). Throughout the 2000s, Jeremy worked with the Bloomsburg University Alumni Players as sound designer for their summer murder mysteries with director James Slusser. Jeremy also contributed original music for Compassion Moves, a combined dance/poetry/music performance directed by Anthony Ferro. Jeremy has written grants, and supported organizations with live events (Noboborsho, Philadelphia Maker Faire 2019, Electro-Music.com). As a producer/engineer, Jeremy has recorded bands/soloists and released his own music as an independent artist. Most recently has ventured into the world of video synthesis and now offers his talents for streaming events.

ASSISTANT TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

JOSH GOVIER
Josh Govier is an audio video tech from Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. He has a strong passion for technology, the arts and all of the places that they intersect. He is a longstanding friend of RiverArts, first starting as a student, he has gone on to serve as a Videographer, Sound Recordist, and Music Tour Associate Producer.

PRODUCER
LAUREN ORKUS

Lauren Orkus (Producer) is an actor and producer, as well as a Board Member of RiverArts. She has performed in New York and regionally with companies including The Lookingglass Theatre, Arena Stage, Weston Playhouse, Berkshire Theatre Group, and the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, among others. Lauren co-produced the 2017 Future is Female Festival, a national theatre festival of short plays by diverse female playwrights. She is the Director of Operations of Barnicle Brothers, a documentary film production company and holds an MFA in Acting from the FSU/Asolo Theatre Conservatory.

CONSULTING PRODUCER

MARIE-LOUISE MILLER
In September 2018, Marie-Louise directed the interdisciplinary art performance project, Braiding. The show took two years to develop, was a RiverArts production and supported by an NEA grant. Braiding included 15 artists from 5 disciplines. Marie-Louise has studied directing and acting at the British American Drama Academy, the Royal Court, and Northwestern University where she earned her MFA. Ms. Miller worked as an assistant director with several theaters in West Germany. After the Wall fell, she was the first American with The Staatstheater in Dresden, Germany. She went on to do experimental work in East Berlin, and study directing at Ernst Busch Academy in East Berlin. In the US, she worked with playwright/ director Craig Lucas at NYC’s Rattlestick Theater and NY Theater Workshops, and for the renowned Romanian director Liviu Ciulei at the Seattle Repertory Theater. She has directed 24-hour musicals and been part of the SoHo director’s lab and Lincoln Center’s Director’s Lab. She has taught improvisation, acting/writing for the camera, character development, scene study, and movement. She has also created dynamic classes exploring inner voice through story writing, performance, and drawing.

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