May 2010 Events Announced For The Emelin Theatre

The Emelin Theatre, located in Mamaroneck, New York, and founded in 1972, is the oldest continuously operating performing arts theater in Westchester County. Its mission is to bring the best in live performing arts to Westchester and other nearby communities and to promote a cultural life that entertains, educates, and invigorates. The Emelin, well-known for its high-quality and affordable programs, is one of the few performing arts venues in this region which offers a broad mix of entertainment appealing to all ages and tastes, produces its own theater performances, and attracts diverse audiences throughout Westchester County and beyond. Due to its strategic location in centrAl Westchester, the Emelin also attracts theatergoers from New York City, New Jersey, and lower Connecticut.

The Emelin Theatre Performance Schedule May 2010

Le Vent du Nord | $25
May 1 @ 8 pm
Part of the Great Traditions series
Since its founding in 2002, Le Vent du Nord has quickly become one of the most recognizable and esteemed bands of the Québec traditional music world. A direct predecessor of Cajun music, this lush genre blends fiddle, accordion and step dancing. Singing in their native French, the band's dynamic stage presence has delighted audiences across Canada, the US and Europe. http://emelin.org/great_traditions.html#vent

This tour engagement of Le Vent du Nord is funded through Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation's Mid Atlantic Tours program, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program.

Le Vent du Nord Workshop | Free!
May 1 @ 6 pm (length: 1 hour)
Join us before the performance for a free workshop on the Québécois music style featuring select instruments such as the fiddle and hurdy-gurdy (hand-made by band member Nicolas Boulerice) and the unique Québec foot-tapping technique. Participants will not only learn the history of this distinctive music form but also how to play a traditional Québécois song!
Please RSVP to info@emelin.org if you would like to attend.

Hell Meets Henry Halfway | $40; $20 student (available at the box office)
May 6, 7 & 8 @ 8 pm
Part of the Theatre series
By Witold Gombrowicz. Text by Adriano Shaplin.
Philadelphia's famed Pig Iron Theatre Company's Hell Meets Henry Halfway is a heady cocktail of florid insults and absurd cruelties, dressed in tennis whites. Based on Polish literary provocateur Witold Gombrowicz's Gothic horror novel Possessed, Henry is set amid a decaying Eastern European aristocracy. It's a pitch-black comedy, set in a poisonous atmosphere of contempt and self-pity. http://emelin.org/theatre.html#hell

Hell Meets Henry Halfway is partially supported by a grant from Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour, a program developed and funded by The Heinz Endowment; the William Penn Foundation; the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency; and The Pew Charitable Trusts; and administered by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation.

Björn Again | $55
May 15 @ 8 pm
Björn Again is the ABBA-endorsed concert that celebrates the music of a generation. Experience the glitter-laden fun that has crowds singing and dancing all night to ABBA's greatest hits! If you liked Mamma Mia!, you'll love Björn Again! http://emelin.org/special.html#bjorn

Judy Gold | $30
May 21 @ 8 pm
Part of the Comedy series
Emmy Award winning actress and comedian Judy Gold is best known as the star of the critically acclaimed, long-running Off-Broadway hit show, 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother, for which she was nominated for a 2006 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance. You've seen her on The View, Ugly Betty, HBO's At the Multiplex with Judy Gold, Tru TV's The Smoking Gun and hosting Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time, and now you can see her on the Emelin stage! http://emelin.org/comedy.html#judy

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing | $18 adults, $13 children
May 22 @ 11 am & 1:30 pm
Part of the Family series
Nine-year-old Peter Hatcher's life would be sweet if it weren't for Fudge, his toddler terror of a brother. Two Beans Productions captures all the humor, sibling rivalry and elementary school angst of Judy Blume's book in their play Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing! Ages 4+ http://emelin.org/family.html#4th

JoNathan Edwards | $35
May 22 @ 8 pm
Part of the Folk series
During his 37-year career, JoNathan Edwards has recorded 15 albums and penned such notable hits as "Shanty" and "Sunshine," one of the most recognizable folk protest songs of the early '70s. His natural ability to sing and compose as well as produce has garnered him a reputation as a "musician's musician" who has shared the stage with B. B. King, Emmylou Harris, Rod Stewart, Willie Nelson, The Allman Brothers, The Judds, James Taylor, Roger Miller, Mary Chapin Carpenter, The Seldom Scene and many more! http://emelin.org/folk.html#edwards

Emelin Theatre
153 Library Lane
Mamaroneck, NY 10543
Box office: 914.698.0098
www.emelin.org