Learn about Vincent Van Gogh and his Impact on the Art World
By Mel Fabrikant Thursday, August 26, 2010, 10:59 AM EDT
Brendan Walsh
A Eulogy for Vincent,” a one-act play that depicts the life of impressionist artist Vincent Van Gogh, will be performed in the Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre at Bergen Community College’s main campus at 400 Paramus Road in Paramus at 12:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 22, 2010. Admission is free. A question and answer session will follow both performances. The play showcases Van Gogh as a tormented genius through a series of letters he and his brother Theo wrote to one another throughout the last 20 years of their lives. The performance features a slide show of Van Gogh’s works and pictures of important people who influenced his life.
For ticket information, please call (201) 493-3615 or email Jim Bumgardner, producer of Bergenstages, the College’s student theatre productions, at jbumgardner@bergen.edu.
“This production is a theatrical work in which the personalities of two brothers come to life through their passion, battles, joys and underlying appreciation of art,” said Ed Schiff, actor, director, playwright and founding artistic director of Apples & Oranges Productions, which is co-producing the play with the College. “The struggle of Van Gogh is presented in a fast-paced drama with humor.”
Bergen Community College student Brendan Walsh, of Lyndhurst, will star in the one-person play. Mr. Walsh has performed in other productions at the College including “War in Paramus,” “Kiss Me Kate” and “The 1940s Musical Comedy Murders.” A member of the United States Marine Corps, Mr. Walsh is enrolled at Bergen through the Post 9/11 Bill which provides up to 100 percent reimbursement of tuition and fees at public colleges and universities for eligible veterans.
Mr. Walsh won the Outstanding Actor Award at the Aery Theatre Play Festival at the Phillipstown Depot Theatre in Garrison, NY and starred in the performance “The Au Pair Man” at Shadow Lawn Summer Stage on the campus of Monmouth University this summer.
Bergen Community College (www.bergen.edu) based in Paramus is a public two-year coeducational college, enrolling nearly 17,000 students at locations in Paramus, the Philip J. Ciarco Jr. Learning Center in Hackensack and Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands in Lyndhurst. The College offers associate degree, certificate and continuing education programs in a variety of fields.
