BENEFIT STAGE PERFORMANCE AT WAC

PURCHASE TICKETS NOW FOR THIS SPECTACULAR ONE WOMEN PERFORMANCE! ALL TICKETS PURCHASED FOR THE FEBRUARY SHOW WILL BE HONORED ON JUNE 11 at 8 PM

KRISTIN ACE in "You CAN get there from here..."

RESCHEDULED - FRIDAY, JUNE 11, AT 8 PM

A night for friends, family, or that special someone!

Kristin Ace was a professional actress since obtaining her BFA in college and a member of Actors Equity. After the birth of her first child she walked away from her acting career to be a stay at home mother. At that time, stories began circulating in her head and with the birth of her second child, and great encouragement from her husband, she wrote those stories down. Thus, began her new career as storyteller, a gift that she honed through the years of life's ups and downs. She performed her first one-woman storytelling show for several years in many different venues along the East Coast.

"You CAN get there from here..." is Ace's second one-woman storytelling show and she is delighted to present it at the Watchung Arts Center as a benefit.

You CAN get there from here...

"Look out, there are man-eating pygmies in those woods!" With a warning like that from her older brothers when she was five, it's no wonder Kristin Ace fears getting lost. Coupled with being directionally challenged, getting from here to there rarely follows a straight line. But then, as Kristin explains through her journey of one hilarious mishap after another, guidance comes from unlikely and unexpected sources. So that even when you are lost on a wooded mountain at night, with pygmies possibly lurking behind every tree, you will always be able to get here from here.

Tickets are $15. Call about our group rates for 15 or more...visit http://www.watchungarts.org/ or call 908-753-0190 for more information.

The Watchung Arts Center serves not only Watchung, Long Hill Township, Berkeley Heights, New Providence, Warren, Green Brook, North Plainfield but sister communities and beyond....."Keeping the Arts Alive in New Jersey!"

Idgy Vaughn takes the Stage for Powerful Women of Song Series

IDGY VAUGHN AT WAC ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 at 8 PM

Idgy Vaughn's life sounds like a Soap Opera, "stirring and unbelievable". A single mother, she was a truck stop waitress in Buda, Texas when she met a customer who had won the lottery; he loaned her the money to record her full-length debut, Origin Story.

Vaughn is a singer-songwriter who doesn't fit into one mold but manages to stack "folk," "country," and "rock" into a mountain of sound to showcase her sad songs laced with humor, her catchy, silly songs, and her gut-wrenching songs that pull at your heart - all delivered by a beautiful voice and a personality that will throw the audience off their guard and knock them flat.

Tickets are $18 online and $21 at the door. Follow the link at http://www.watchungarts.org/ to purchase them online or for more information.

The Watchung Arts Center Performing Arts Center (WAC PAC) BEGINS SECOND SESSION

The Watchung Arts Center Performing Arts Company (WAC PAC) is accepting registration for students in grades 3 - 12. The Company will begin rehearsal on Sunday, January 24 at 6 - please check the schedule as times will alternate. The registration form and schedule may be found on at http://www.watchungarts.org/.

The second season of WAC PAC will take acting, dancing and performing to new heights as the cast performs the musical, "It's Saturday!" by Jacobson/Huff. The entire audience is sure to join in the celebration of a day off in the life of a kid. WAC PACers will continue to learn from the experience team of Director Laurie Wood, Watchung, and Musical Director Neal Acito of New Providence.

The performance will take place on March 21st and tickets for the performance will be $8.00 each.

There is potential for the Company to participate in community outreach performances to nursing homes, schools, and other facilities. Parents would be responsible for providing transportation to and from these performances.

THE BISHOP OF JAZZ RIO CLEMENTE IS BACK AT WAC!

The Watchung Arts Center is pleased to welcome back The Bishop of Jazz - Rio Clemente this Friday, January 22 at 8:00 p.m.

Rio Clemente will perform in WAC's intimate Upper Gallery while inspiring passion and awe as he plays on the Center's new Boston Grand Piano.

Clemente, a master pianist, mixes a strong classical background with a knowledge of jazz history and then adds an amazing sense of creativity and interpretation.

Tickets can be purchased in advance for $16 at www.watchugnarts.org or with reservations can be purchased at the door for $20.

Don't miss this smorgasbord of jazz by the brilliant Clemente!