In our 21st season, Red Monkey Theater Group, in residence at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, explores plays about women who do not conform to social, professional, and political expectations.
Bartow-Pell Mansion-Museum, Bronx, NY
DUNGEONS AND MONKEYS: A Charity Gaming Event
Saturday, November 9
Cahill Theater, College of Mount Saint Vincent
SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE ADVENTURE OF THE DYING DETECTIVE
Adapted by Tal Aviezer from the story by Arthur Conan Doyle Directed by Melinda O’Brien
Co-production with M&M Performing Arts Company
November 15 – December 8
Lyndhurst Mansion, Tarrytown NY
by Henrik Ibsen
January 26 – February 2
Cahill Theater, College of Mount Saint Vincent
Join us for Ibsen’s masterpiece of realism – a story that permanently changed the face of world drama. After returning from her honeymoon, Hedda discovers that her marriage will not be the life of wealth and excitement she anticipated. Her own desires seemingly thwarted, she sets out to change to change the course of another person’s destiny.
Up to seven guests will join Dungeon Master Tal Aviezer for an original site-specific adventure in a historic mansion; the experience will include gourmet tavern fare, drinks, live music, live actor NPCs, custom-crafted props, take-home gifts, and much more.
The original Dungeons & Dragons adventure will be filled with mystery, discovery, choices that matter, engaging role-playing, and exciting combat. The adventure is inspired in part by the poem The Haunted Palace by Edgar Allen Poe, and by the novels Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and The Shining by Stephen King, and by the Evil Dead movies.
Through a mixture of live role-playing and dice-driven tabletop gameplay guided by the Dungeon Master, guests will explore the mansion to unravel a mystery, defeat monsters and other foes, and discover magical treasure.
Dungeons & Dragons at Bartow-Pell tickets are $295. Your five-hour experience will include:
-Gourmet tavern fare, beer, and wine by Bella Cucina Maria
-Live music performed by Janette Beham & Steve Sabet
-Interactive Dungeons & Dragons adventure with DM Tal Aviezer which will move through Bartow-Pell Mansion
-Live actors portraying important Non-Player Characters
-Custom-made handouts, props, and playing aids
-Take-home gifts to commemorate your adventure
For players age 21 & up.
Tickets & more info: https://cast-party.com/live-events/
GOOD PEOPLE
by David Lindsay-Abaire
directed by Ed Friedman
Co-production with GoJo Clan
February 22 – March 8
Cahill Theater, College of Mount Saint Vincent
Red Monkey Theater Group partners with GoJo Clan to present a tough and tender play by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire. Welcome to Southie, a Boston neighborhood where a night on the town means a few rounds of bingo, where this month’s paycheck covers last month’s bills, and where Margie Walsh has just been let go from yet another job. Facing eviction and scrambling to catch a break, Margie thinks an old fling who’s made it out of Southie might be her ticket to a fresh new start. But is this apparently self-made man secure enough to face his humble beginnings? Margie is about to risk what little she has left to find out. With his signature humorous glow, Lindsay-Abaire explores the struggles, shifting loyalties, and unshakeable hopes that come with having next to nothing in America.
SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES Adapted by Tal Aviezer from the story by Arthur Conan Doyle Directed by Tal Aviezer
Co-production with M&M Performing Arts Company
June 6-14
Bartow-Pell Mansion-Museum, Bronx, NY
Join Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on a trip to the sinister Copper Beeches (played by the inimitable Bartow-Pell Mansion-Museum), where a desperate young governess finds herself at the center of a baffling mystery. Together with the famous detectives, we’ll explore the mansion room-by-room as we’re drawn deeper into the secrets of the Rucastle family – their threatening hound, menacingly enthusiastic patriarch, strange requests and rules, the locked and forbidden room on the top floor, and the mysterious stranger who keeps appearing at the windows.
