MAY 2011


Freedom Summer WARNER LIBRARY Tarrytown Thursday, May 19, 7pm


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Junie B. Jones EMELIN THEATRE Mamaroneck Saturday, May 14, 11am & 1:30pm


Whose Live Anyway? With Ryan Stiles & Greg Proops TARRYTOWN MUSIC HALL Tarrytown Thursday, May 12, 8pm


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Junie B. Jones Freedom Summer


The Warner Library will present a free dramatic reading of Freedom Summer by Bill Tucker. The play focuses on the writer’s reminiscences and experiences in Mississippi in the summer of 1964, a summer in which an attempt was made to register as many African American voters as possible in MS where they had never had the right to vote previously. According to the author this summer was “when the sixties really began.” For more information, call 914-631-7734 or visit www.warnerlibrary.org.


Laughter on the 23rd Floor SCHOOLHOUSE THEATRE Croton Falls Thursday, May 12 - Sunday, June 5


Junie B. Jones and her first grade antics take to the stage in this Theatreworks USA production presented at the Emelin. The production, based on the book series by Barbara Park, takes you through the life of Junie B. Jones, a young girl with a whole lot of spunk and imagination. When Junie stubs her toe playing kickball, she devises a clever way to help out her team. This show is recommended for ages 4 and up, and with shows at 11am and 3:30pm, there will be a music, dance, and fun-filled afternoon for the entire family. Tickets $18 adults/ $13 children. For more information, call 914-698-0098 or visit www.emelin.org


Aardvark Improv HENDRICK HUDSON FREE LIBRARY Montrose Sunday, June 12, 2pm


Join this comedy improvisation group for a free performance in Montrose. The troupe uses the style of the popular tele- vision show Who’s Line is it Anyway? so make sure you are prepared to shout out ideas to aid in the hilarity and drama of the afternoon. With no script, just the wit and intellect of the actors, Aardvark Improv’s performance is sure to be full of surprising, side-splitting comedy. For more information, call 914-962-3431 or visit www.MMPACI.com.


Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT PUR-


Laughter on the 23rd Floor Thursday-Saturday, 8pm; Sunday, 4pm


It isn’t titled Laughter for nothing. Loosely based on his days as a writer on Sid Caesars Your Show of Shows, this Neil Simon comedy tells the story of the motley crew of characters it takes to produce 90 minutes of television gold. The quirky and loveable cast of characters in this beyond riotous play will surely have your sides aching. Tickets are $30 on Thursday and Friday and $32 on Saturday and Sunday. For more information, call 914-277-8477 or visit www.schoolhousetheatre.org.


CHASE COLLEGE Presented by Purchase Repertory Theatre Presents Apr. 26 - May 1, call for times


Purchase Repertory Theatre presents Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children directed by Dennis Reid at the Per- forming Arts Center at Purchase College on April 26-May 1.


Set against the Civil War, a black woman tries to profit from selling goods to both sides to protect her adult children from their own heroic impulses. This bold translation of Brecht’s classic was commissioned by the Public Theatre and this ad- aptation was created by the author of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered When the Rainbow is Enuf. Tickets $20. Call 914-251-6200 or www.artscenter.org.


Whose Live Anyway?


For what is sure to be a hysterical night of comedy, Tarrytown Music Hall presents Whose Live Anyway? featur- ing two fixtures from the original Whose Line Is It Anyway television series hosted by Drew Carey, Ryan Stiles and Greg Proops. For an hour and a half, Proops, Stiles, and Chip Esten (also featured many times on the Carey show), along with Bob Derkach on keyboard, will perform your favorite improvisation games. Ticket prices range from $48-$85. For more information, call 877-840-0457 or visit www.tarrytownmusichall.org.


BID Family Day: "Casey at Bat" and Other Great Baseball Stories NEW ROCHELLE PUBLIC LIBRARY New Rochelle Saturday, May 21, 12:30PM


The students of Concordia College Conservatory take the stage at the New Rochelle Public Library presenting a free musical production celebrating the all American sport of baseball.


For more information, call (914) 632-8254 or visit www.nrpl.org


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