
Red Monkey Theater Group, in residence at Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, is proud to present our 2022-2023…
Season of the Unseen
A season dedicated to exploring people, ideas, strengths, and threats that go overlooked and unseen.
FREE WORKSHOP: YOGA FOR ACTORS
RMTG offers a yoga class specially designed for actors and performers, with an emphasis on breath techniques, relaxation, and meditation in order to develop more focus, presence, and breath support onstage. The yoga poses are tailored to stretch and ground the body, and teach over-used muscles to relax. This workshop is perfect for those with stage fright and audition anxiety! All participants should wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring a mat and water.
September 10, 2022 11am at Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
FREE Reservations: https://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org/events/yoga-for-actors/
MONSTER
A new play written and directed by Amy Frey
Based on the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Shelley’s novel presaged the obsessions of the Victorian age – humanist morality, science, death, horror. Amy Frey’s new play deconstructs the novel and places it in the context of Shelley’s artistic life and the creators she shared it with: Percy Shelley, Claire Clairborne John Polidori, and George Byron. In this site-specific production, audiences will follow both Shelley and her characters through historic Bartow-Pell mansion, tracing a tale of gothic horror and the creation by a revolutionary female teenager of the world’s first science fiction story.
September-October 2022 at Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
Tickets: https://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org/events/monster/
FREE WORKSHOP: WRITING FOR THE STAGE
Playwrights meet for a discussion with aspiring writers, offering insight in advice on writing and adapting scripts from pre-existing historical or literary sources.
October 12 2022 at Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
FREE reservations: https://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org/events/writing-for-the-stage/
ON TOUR: THEN & NOW
in collaboration with M&M Performing Arts Company, Inc., Red Monkey is happy to announce an addition to our 2022-2023 Season of the Unseen.
THEN & NOW by Jessica Carmona, directed by Rachel Tamarin, which premiered last fall at Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, will be on tour this fall with a series of FREE performances at local libraries.
The spirit of an immigrant American of the past visits a family currently living in a historic mansion. What unfolds is a message of unity and solidarity, drawing attention to the common themes of humanity that unite us all.
Dates confirmed so far include:
Sunday, October 16 at 2pm at Mt Pleasant Public Library, 350 Bedford Road, Pleasantville NY 10570
Wednesday, November 9 at 7:00pm The Camille Budarz Theater at the Ossining Public Library, 53 Croton Avenue Ossining, NY 10562
Sunday, November 13 at 2:00pm Harrison Public Library, Bruce Avenue Harrison, NY 10528
…additional dates to follow!
SHERLOCK HOLMES:
THE ADVENTURE OF THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
Adapted by Tal Aviezer from the novel by Arthur Conan Doyle
co-production with M&M Performing Arts
Directed by Melinda O’Brien
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson return to Lyndhurst to confront their strangest and most exciting adventure yet when they encounter the mysterious Red-Headed League. The audience will follow Holmes and Watson room-by-room through historic Lyndhurst castle on the trail of a classic mystery adapted from one of the original Conan Doyle adventures. The powers and techniques of deductive reasoning with which Arthur Conan Doyle imbued his fictional detective were trailblazing and outlandish at the time of publication, but have proven to be both influential and predictive of the development of modern criminology in the decades that followed.
Nov-Dec 2022 at Lyndhurst in Tarrytown, NY
INSIGNIFICANT
by Sean Michael Welch
Directed by Rachel Tamarin
At Harvard University in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Cecilia Payne, Annie Jump Cannon, and the group of women known as the “Harvard Computers” overcame prejudice, denigration, and opposition to change the course of modern astronomy and developed revolutionary systems to chart and measure stars that remain in use today. Their battles for recognition, respect, and equality are still being fought by women in the 21st century.
February 2023 at Bartow-Pell Mansion-Museum
FREE WORKSHOP: ACTING SHAKESPEARE
Red Monkey Theater Group Artistic Director Tal Aviezer will work with students on Shakespearean scenes and monologues, helping participants explore Elizabethan language, make dramatic choices, and bring characters to life.
Spring 2023
FREE Reservations: https://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org/events/acting-shakespeare/
RICHARD III by William Shakespeare
Directed by Amy Frey
In Shakespeare’s classic play, a ruthlessly ambitious man embarks on a merciless campaign of conquest, disinformation, assassination, seduction, and domination fueled by fantasies of absolute power. Join us for an immersive experience throughout the beautiful rooms and grounds of Bartow-Pell Mansion-Museum as a villain carves a bloody path to power – and his subjects slowly awaken to the threat he represents.
June 2023, Bartow-Pell Mansion-Museum, Bronx, NY
Tickets: https://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org/events/richard-iii/
Available Now: OPENING NIGHT SERIES SUBSCRIPTION
Purchase an Opening Night Series subscription and join us for three opening night performances at Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum:
Monster
Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 7:30pm
Insignificant
Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 7pm
Richard III
Saturday, June 17, 2023 at 4pm
See all three shows at the discounted price of just $90 ($75 for students and seniors). A very limited number of Opening Night Series subscriptions are available; don’t wait to grab yours!
Open Night Series subscription tickets: https://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org/events/red-monkey-theater-group-season-of-the-unseen-opening-night-subscription-series/
Know Before You Go
The safety of our audience and staff is our top priority. Our 2022-2023 season programming plans are subject to change based on Covid-19 conditions. At this time, audiences must be masked at all indoor Red Monkey Theater Group performances and events. We will continue to adjust and adapt to meet challenges as they arise.