Upcoming Events Events

Ciccone Theatre
March 31, April 1, 6, 7 & 8, 2023

In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage—until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Her chief adversary is her former employer, Arthur Roeder, an idealistic man who cannot bring himself to believe that the same element that shrinks tumors could have anything to do with the terrifying rash of illnesses among his employees. As the case goes on, however, Grace finds herself battling not just with the U.S. Radium Corporation, but with her own family and friends, who fear that her campaign for justice will backfire. 

The Seas Are Rising is a concert experience calling attention to the urgency of the climate crisis, with the goal of spreading awareness through entertaining music, lyrics, visuals, and discussion on the need for immediate action to fend off a worst case scenario for the planet.  Songs about people around the world already facing consequences of climate change, from floods to droughts, from fires to intensified hurricanes, from the Americas to Europe, Asia, and Africa tell the story that the time for climate action is NOW, combined with a message of hope that we can come together and demand action from our leaders.

The Seas Are Rising is written by BCC music professor Dan Sheehan, and is performed by a band featuring various faculty and area musicians playing a variety of instruments from Western and non-Western traditions.

Join us for a special gala event honoring the legendary, transformative artist Faith Ringgold. This evening will feature the premiere of a jazz suite dedicated to Faith, composed and performed by renowned jazz great and Guggenheim composition fellow Rufus Reid and his quintet. A prolific composer and award-winning band leader, Rufus Reid received two Grammy nominations for his CD, "Quiet Pride - the Elizabeth Catlett Project."

The suite will be interposed with verbatim theater, read by BCC theater students. The verbatim theater, written and directed by BCC professors Christine Eubank and Leigh Jonaitis, is drawn from the Ancestor Journeys Oral History Project associated with the Faith Ringgold: Coming to Jones Road exhibition on view at BCC's Gallery Bergen until April 28. For more information about the exhibition, Ancestors Journeys Oral History Project and the Coming to Jones Road Children's Makerspace, please go to comingtojonesroad.com.

A reception will follow at Gallery Bergen with food and refreshments by BCC Culinary Arts Program.

The jazz suite commission was made possible by a Challenge America grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Faith Ringgold: Coming to Jones Road and Ancestors Journeys Oral History Project were made possible by generous grants from the Puffin Foundation Ltd. and the Bergen County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs. 

The BCC Theatre Production Workshop presents

"Poor Fellas"

Playwright Marc Palmieri

April 27, 28 & 29 at 7:30 PM

Ender Hall Lab Theatre

Admission is Free/Reservations requested

POOR FELLAS consists of six short plays. the PROLOGUE introduces Frank, a high-school sophomore who's just witnessed his first episode of humiliation at the local multiplex. In ROCKS, an aging minor-league baseball player has his superstitions and his hopes ridiculed by the team's hot young prospect. TOUGH GUYS presents two men facing their failure to achieve the lives about which they've always dreamed. the DEPARTURE OF BRIAN O'CALLAHAN finds a lost soul on the brink of suicide and in pursuit of understanding from the one person who may be able to save him. In MAKIN' SENSE OF NOTHIN', two construction workers accidentally discover a horrible truth at a coworker's funeral. In the title play, POOR FELLAS, two recently jilted buddies learn a stunning fact of life when they come face to face with utter abandonment. Using minimal sets and a cast that can double and triple throughout, the comic pieces come to hilarious and unexpected crises and finish on somber, thoughtful notes.

Paul Marshall Scholarship concert 

Directed by Dr. Andy Krikun

Featuring songs and music performed by the BCC Pop/Rock Ensemble as well as the Chorus.

Tickets are $15, with discounts offered to senior citizens, Bergen faculty/staff ($10) and students ($5). To purchase tickets, call (201) 447-7428 or visit tickets.bergen.edu.

All profits from the event will be donated to the Paul Marshall Memorial Scholarship.