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Red Monkey Theater Group Opens 2015-2016 Season with Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Red-Headed League

10/5/2015

Riverdale, N.Y. – The University of Mount Saint Vincent’s resident theater company, Red Monkey Theater Group (RMTG), will present Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Red-Headed League, October 10 through October 25 in the College’s Cahill Theater. Performances will be October 10, 11, 15, 22, 23, 24, and 25, at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, and at 2 p.m. on Sundays. All shows are free for University of Mount Saint Vincent students and staff with College ID. Additionally, a special performance for the College’s alumnae/i will be offered on Sunday, October 18 for Reunion and Homecoming Weekend.

The play is an adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic story, and is directed by RMTG’s production designer, Carolyn Fuchs, with live music performed by Curtis Becraft and Viola Wang. Cast members include Tal Aviezer, Mario Fuentes, Joe Laureiro, Mike Marcou, Elizabeth Mialaret, Mark Rinis, Charles Scatamacchia, and Lisa Spielman.

The production team includes recent Mount Saint Vincent alumnae/i Christopher Hattar ’14 and Alexis Peterson ’15, as well as Andhea Karla Lopes, an exchange student studying at the Mount this semester from St. Mary’s University, in Twickenham, England.

“Our intimately-staged production of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Red-Headed League will bring the audience into 221B Baker Street to join Holmes and Watson in solving a bizarre, funny, and thrilling mystery,” says RMTG Artistic Director Tal Aviezer. “Long-time Sherlockians and new fans will love this faithful adaptation of one of Holmes’ most famous cases.”

Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Red-Headed League is the first play in Red Monkey Theater Group’s 2015-2016 “Season of Truth and Lies,” exploring the themes of betrayal and trust, and deception and revelation—from ancient Rome to Victorian England to 21st Century America. This season also includes a December 2015 production of The Red Monkey Variety Show, a February 2016 production of Becky Shaw by Gina Gionfriddo, and an April 2016 production of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare.

For tickets, directions, and additional details, please visit www.redmonkeytheater.org.

About Red Monkey Theater Group
Founded in 1999, The Red Monkey Theatre Group (RMTG) is the resident theater company of the University of Mount Saint Vincent in Riverdale, NY. A non-profit performing arts company operating out of the newly-renovated Cahill Theater, RMTG is dedicated to enriching local communities through the cultivation, creation, and presentation of live theater. Company members have trained with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, the Moscow Arts Theater, Lincoln Center Theater and other diverse institutions and programs. Recent productions include the company’s original dramatic adaptation of Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, which enjoyed a month-long run at The Mazer Theater on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The group’s Shakespearean productions have toured Westchester and the Bronx for the past several seasons, and RMTG productions have appeared regularly as part of ArtsWestchester’s acclaimed Live at the X performance series.

About the University of Mount Saint Vincent
Founded in 1847 by the Sisters of Charity, the University of Mount Saint Vincent offers nationally recognized liberal arts education and a select array of professional fields of study on a landmark campus overlooking the Hudson River. Committed to the education of the whole person, and enriched by the unparalleled cultural, educational and career opportunities of New York City, the College equips students with the knowledge, skills and experiences necessary for lives of achievement, professional accomplishment and leadership in the 21st century.