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Dear ThoughFriends,itisnow mid-winter, and the days are short, the sun is shining forth at SoPAc as we rejoice in the reopening of the Jennifer and Tony leitner Performance Hall and a return to live performances. There is no way to understate what a challenging journey it’s been for the past two years. covid closure, then a devastating flood certainly made us step up to the plate and stretched our resources. we won’t be finished with our renovations until the permanent carpeting comes in and we hope it will be by the end of march or beginning of April. Blame the supply chain. For now, we will be content with our temporary carpet and an open theatre. And great artists on the stage! we have a winter-Spring season chock full of wonderful performances. You’ll see some familiar faces, but we also have lots of exciting artists new to our stage this season. check out Kindred The Family Soul, Red Baraat Festival of colors, The Bad Plus, DakhaBrakha and more. You won’t be disappointed, and you just might find a new favorite to follow. make this the season of new beginnings. Thank you to the many, many donors who sustained us, and continue to do so, through this difficult time. without support from so many our doors might be closed right now. The unflagging generosity of our community has lifted us beyond words. we are filled with excitement that we are “back in business!”
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With a heartfelt thank you, SOPAC acknowledges the generous government, foundation, and corporate support received throughout both the COVID-19 pandemic and our mainstage closure due to damage from Hurricane Ida. The following funders helped SOPAC launch virtual events, continue its Dance and Music Residencies, and ensure SOPAC may continue to truly redefine a great arts experience.








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hair we waited nearly two years (yes, it was that long) to reopen the Jennifer and Tony leitner Performance Hall at SoPAc. our intimate 439-seat mainstage theatre has superb acoustics, sight lines, and seating. Audiences remark that attending a performance in leitner Hall is like hearing their favorite artists right in their own living room. Artists who play SoPAc are thrilled with the intimate setting because it generates a powerful energy loop between artist and audience. we are So excited to welcome you back to SoPAc. our journey to reopen was only made possible by the tireless efforts of our executive Director Dee Billia and her remarkable staff. How remarkable? well, imagine this scenario. After readying the theater to reopen after being dark for 18 months due to coVID-19, we were hit by Hurricane Ida a mere 8 days before we opened our doors. The storm surge left our lobby underwater and ruined our stage. That was September 1st. Dee and the staff spent the next five months remediating and renovating the entire house so now we have a brand-new stage, new flooring, and a fresh look that we are excited to share with you. I also want to thank our sage Board of Governors for rolling up their sleeves and leading us through the crisis. During our 23 month “break” the board has brought in cinema lab to operate the movie theater. cinema lab is a phenomenal community partner bringing South orange first-run Hollywood blockbusters and the best independent films. The board and staff have also worked hand-in-hand to mastermind a new strategic plan that will act as our true north star for years to come. Finally, and most importantly, I want to thank you. we were able to reopen only through the generosity of our patrons. we are grateful to you. SoPAc is So back!

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SAturdAy, FebruAry 5 Blending Bluegrass and HipHop may seem like an unlikely recipe for success, but don’t tell that to Rench, the mastermind behind the emmy nominated outfit Gangstagrass. “There are a lot more people out there with Jay-Z and Johnny cash on their playlists than you think,” says Rench. Gangstagrass initially formed in 2006 and started to see its music reaching a wider audience when the band’s song “long Hard Times to come,” was selected to be the opening theme song of the acclaimed television show “Justified” on FX in early 2010. over the years, the group has recorded six studio albums plus a live album that was released in 2019 titled Pocket Full Of Fire: Gangstagrass Live. The group was a contestant on season 16 of “America’s Got Talent.” The AGT host Terry crews described the group’s sound as “hee-haw hip-hop.” That blend is exactly what Rench was going for when he assembled the group more than a decade ago. Rench told the AGT panel: “I wanted to create a band like this to play for America and bring a message that Americans can find common ground and get over some of the divisions that we’ve been experiencing and come together.”
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Back when he was in grade school, recess was a time for breakdancing on cardboard to RUN-Dmc. But at home, his parents were playing willie Nelson and Johnny cash records on the stereo. That musical mash up made a lasting impression on Rench. After settling in Brooklyn, Rench started recording Hip-Hop mcs at Rench Audio Studios, his home studio. The rappers may have thought their sessions were finished, but Rench continued to experiment, combining the vocal tracks with samples of Bluegrass, Blues and electronic beats. The result was a genre demolishing blitz called Rench Presents: Gangstagrass. when it became available as a free download on the internet, people took notice fast. It started with a positive mention on the influential blog BoingBoing.net. The acclaim earned Gangstagrass hundreds of thousands of downloads
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at FX Network also liked what they heard and licensed a Gangstagrass track for use on a commercial for their new western crime series “Justified,” starring Timothy olyphant. eventually, they asked Rench to create an original theme song for the show. The result was “long Hard Times To come.” The song earned Gangstagrass an emmy nomination for outstanding original main Title Theme music.
From foot-stomping rockers to delicate ballads, this astonishing Gospel and Soul artist is capable of infinite emotion.
“lisa Fischer in concert is addictive,” says the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “every performance is so enriching, so exciting, so transcendent that you want more. with remarkable vocal range and vocabulary, Fischer can sing Soul, Jazz, Rock, Gospel, Pop, Folk and classical with equal facility and authority. She often mixes styles in the same song, sometimes in the same vocal line. Her approach tends to be intimate, artful and almost meditative, accompanied by her interpretive dancing, but she also can cut loose and funk with fierceness and rock with Afterabandon.”fourdecades of featured background singing with icons like luther Vandross, The Rolling Stones, chaka Khan, Tina Turner and Nine Inch Nails, Fischer set out to take center stage with her own humble, heartfelt song. The 2013 oscar-winning film “Twenty Feet from Stardom” altered the course of Fischer’s musical journey by telling her story with clips of her legendary duets with Sting or with mick Jagger on “Gimme Shelter.” The documentary left audiences eager to see and hear more, so Fischer took the chance to set out on her own, reinventing classic songs with her co-conspirators Jc maillard and Grand Baton. Their organic fusion of caribbean Psychedelic Soul and jazzy Progressive Rock ignited lisa’s flexibility and freedom of expression, awakening her lifelong desire to make music that heals but still rocks the house.
FridAy, FebruAry 11 lucy Kaplansky started out singing in chicago Folk music clubs as a teenager. Then, barely out of high school, Kaplansky took off for New York city. There she found a fertile community of songwriters and performers — Suzanne Vega, Steve Forbert, The Roches and others. with a beautiful flair for harmony, Kaplansky was everyone’s favorite singing partner, but most often she found herself singing as a duo with Shawn colvin. People envisioned big things for them; in fact, The New
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Pop matters called Fischer a “song goddess” and “sorceress.” when asked by the outlet if performing on stage takes her somewhere else, Fischer said: “It really does. It takes me within myself, but at the same time, in all spaces, in everything that exists. It just feels like a universe where you can color, and you can dream and every second is potent and every second feels like forever.” while Fischer’s range is legendary, her greatest gift is the ability to reach the hearts of her listeners. Raised in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, she emerged from New York’s fervent studio scene in the early 1980s, sang for two decades with legendary vocalist luther Vandross, and released So Intense, earning her first Best R&B Performance Grammy Award with “How can I ease The Pain.” She joined the Rolling Stones for their 1989 Steel wheels tour and continued to grace their stage for the next 26 years. Fischer’s passion for constant growth and experimentation with different styles invited recent collaborations with Jazz pianist Taylor eigsti, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, michael mcDonald, eric Krasno, Talib Kweli, Billy childs and YoYo ma, the BBc Proms / Jules Buckley and the metropole orkest, Alonzo King lINeS Ballet, Anna Deavere Smith’s “Notes from the Field” for HBo, and especially her full evening program The classic lisa Fischer with Grand Baton and Seattle Symphony, cincinnati Symphony and the National Philharmonic. with spiritual truth-telling as her compass and loving kindness as her guide, Fischer continues her creative journey — destination unknown.
An evening with lucy Kaplansky/ larry campbell & Teresa williams
15 York Times said it was “easy to predict stardom for her.” But then Kaplansky dropped it all. convinced that her calling was in another direction, Kaplansky left music to pursue a doctorate in clinical Psychology. Upon completing her degree, Dr. Kaplansky took a job at a New York hospital working with chronically mentally ill adults and started a private practice. Yet she continued to sing. She harmonized on colvin’s Grammy-winning “Steady on,” and Nanci Griffith’s “lone Star State of mind” and “little love Then,Affairs.”Kaplansky’s
solo tapes got into the hands of Bob Feldman, president of Red House Records. He was blown away. She was back in the music business. Red House released The Tide in 1994 to rave reviews, and within six months she began touring. Following a string of award-winning albums, Kaplansky teamed with Dar williams and Richard Shindell in 1998 to form supergroup cry cry cry. In 2011, Kaplansky released an eP, Kaplansky Sings Kaplansky, featuring songs written by her father, famed University of chicago mathematician Irving Kaplansky, including live performances of the two of them performing together in california. As for her legacy, not only has Kaplansky been described as “a truly gifted performer with a bag full of enchanting songs” (The New Yorker) and “the troubadour laureate of modern folk” (The Boston Globe), but her cD Ten Year Night is the #1 selling album of all time at Red House Records. larry campbell & Teresa williams are Americana royalty. He’s known as a passionate songwriter and skilled multi-instrumentalist. She has a knack for clear-toned harmonies. For years, campbell was one of the most in-demand musicians and producers in Roots-Rock, backing up Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne, Paul Simon, willie Nelson and many more. His wife, country and Blues singer Teresa williams, has worked with emmylou Harris and mavis Staples. eventually, campbell and williams combined their unique talents to create a new career as a musical duo. They have recorded two acclaimed albums. Their eponymous 2015 debut — released after seven years of playing in levon Helm’s band and frequent guesting with Phil lesh, little Feat,
A broadcast journalism major in college, Hamilton worked for an ad agency following graduation before getting into stand-up.
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The Brigham Young University-Idaho alumnus first went on tour after winning Sierra mist’s America’s Next Great comic in 2005 and has since been twice named a semi-finalist on “last comic Standing.”
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“It wasn’t a conscious decision I made,” said Hamilton about being a clean comedian in an interview with The Interrobang. “But I was always naturally drawn to comedians who fall into that camp. It kind of chooses you more than you choose it.”
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Jorma Kaukonen and Jack casady — brought to the stage the crackling creative energy of a decades-long offstage union. Their 2017 release Contraband Love is a riskier slice of Americana. campbell, who produced Contraband Love, says, “I wanted this record to be a progression, bigger than the first one. That’s all I knew. I wanted the songwriting to be deeper, the arrangements more interesting, the performances more dynamic. Specifically, how to get there, I didn’t know. I did know the songs were different. The subject matter was darker than anything else I’ve written.” musically, Contraband Love revisits the Americana textures of the duo’s debut, deftly channeling memphis, chicago, the Delta and Appalachia with equal assurance. Contraband Love stands as a new, bolder chapter in a story that arose triumphantly joyous from loss. “when levon died,” williams says, “that put larry into high gear. He’d already had his head set about making a record, but then it felt like a train took off! we just said, ‘life is short.’” Beyond recording music, campbell and williams were also the subject of an Amazon docuseries called It Was the Music, which followed the couple as they hit the road in search of musical nirvana.
This comedian is known for being delightfully funny. He’s notorious for his physical comedy — moving around the stage while acting out and mimicking those in his stories. His self-deprecating jokes are his trademark as is his wide smile and clean comedic style.
As St. Louis magazine puts it “comedian Ryan Hamilton didn’t need to clean up his act. It’s just who he is.”
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This Soul-Blues band from essex, england has been touring and recording together for more than a decade. Their immediate, gritty sound provides the backing for their songwriter/guitar slinger namesake, whose weathered yet buttery smooth voice has made the group a critical favorite and a touring sensation. Given their intensity and virtuosity, no less than Allen Toussaint, Sharon Jones and Van morrison have been counted as fans and shared stages with them. over the span of 30 years, James Hunter has worked on the railway, busked in the streets of london, provided backup vocals and guitar for Van morrison, written scores of original songs and recorded some of the most honest Rhythm & Soul albums of the last two decades. He’s also opened shows for Aretha Franklin, etta James, willie Nelson and Tom Petty. By 2006, Hunter was recognized with nominations for a Grammy Award (Best Traditional Blues Album) and an American music Award (Best New/emerging Artist). He and his band then hit the road for a decade of extensive touring and recorded critically-acclaimed studio albums
Hamilton’s Netflix comedy special, Happy Face, has been reviewed as “the special you can’t watch enough times.” Its release in 2017 was followed by a wealth of television appearances and touring. Armed with the unique perspective of growing up in rural Idaho and then pivoting to become a favorite in the New York stand-up comedy scene, he’s one-of-a-kind. He’s been named one of Rolling Stone’s Five comics to watch and his recent appearances include “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “The late Show with Stephen colbert,” and “conan,” as well as opening spots for Jerry Seinfeld and Jim Gaffigan.
The New York Times says of Hamilton “[he’s] one of the most reliably funny regulars at the comedy cellar, an observational comic who often riffs on the absurdity of his own wholesomeness.”
The band’s newest sublime offering, Nick of Time is a shining example of how a master songsmith can continually draw fresh water from a
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— The Hard Way, Minute by Minute, Hold On!, and Whatever it Takes. By 2016, moJo magazine had crowned him “The United Kingdom’s Greatest Soul Singer.”
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SundAy, FebruAry 19 marcia Ball, the 2018 Texas State musician of The Year, has won worldwide fame and countless fans for her ability to ignite a full-scale roadhouse Rhythm and Blues party every time she takes the stage. Her rollicking Texas boogies, swampy New orleans ballads and grooveladen Gulf coast Blues have made her a one-of-a-kind favorite. The New York Times says, “marcia Ball plays two-fisted New orleans barrelhouse piano and sings in a husky, knowing voice about all the trouble men and women can get into on the way to a good time.” The Houston Chronicle says simply, “she’s as perfect as an artist can be.” with her new album, Shine Bright, Ball put together the most musically substantial, hopeful, and uplifting set of songs of her five-decade career.
Born in orange, Texas in 1949 to a family whose female members all played piano, Ball grew up in the small town of Vinton, louisiana. She began taking piano lessons at age five, playing old Tin Pan Alley and popular music tunes from her grandmother’s collection. But it wasn’t until she was 13 that Ball discovered the power of Soul music. one day in New orleans in 1962, she sat amazed as Irma Thomas delivered the most spirited and moving performance the young teenager had ever seen. A few years later she attended louisiana State University, where she played some of her very first gigs with a Blues-based rock band called Gum. In 1970, Ball set out for San Francisco. Her car broke down in Austin, and while waiting for repairs she fell in love with the city and decided to stay. It wasn’t long before she was performing in local clubs with a progressive country band called Freda And The Firedogs. Around this time, she delved into the music of the great New orleans piano players,
Hunter has been called “as funky and soulful as Jackie wilson or as silky smooth as Sam cooke” (American Songwriter). The band has been praised for producing “tough old-school R&B with a bracing modernday kick” (Mother Jones) and for making listeners feel “like 60s Soul never stopped” (Daily News).
18 bottomless well. In addition to the up-tempo, swinging R&B that has put The James Hunter Six on the map, Nick of Time explores so much more.
colin Quinn: The last Best Hope Tour
FridAy, FebruAry 25 comedian, actor and author colin Quinn has become one of the most beloved voices in comedy, with a focus often on the roller coaster ride that American politics and culture has historically been. His beloved commentary on news headlines dates back to his popular 1990s run hosting weekend Update on NBc’s iconic “Saturday Night live” and as host of comedy central’s classic fan favorite series “Tough crowd with colin QuinnQuinn.”isastand-up comedian from Brooklyn (okay, Park Slope). He’s been on Broadway with “colin Quinn: An Irish wake” and “colin Quinn:
19 especially Professor longhair. In 1974, Ball launched her solo career, playing clubs around Austin, Houston and louisiana. She signed with capitol Records in 1978, debuting with the country-Rock album circuit Queen. creating and honing her own sound, she released six critically acclaimed titles during the 1980s and 1990s. In 1990, Ball — collaborating with Angela Strehli and lou Ann Barton — recorded the hugely successful Dreams Come True. At the end of 1997, marcia finished work on a similar “three divas of the Blues” project, this time in the distinguished company of Tracy Nelson and her longtime inspiration, Irma Thomas. The cD, Sing It!, was released in 1998 and was nominated for a Grammy Award. marcia Ball has appeared many times on national television, including the PBS special In Performance At The white House along with B.B. King and Della Reese, Austin city limits and HBo’s “Treme.” marcia also appeared on “The late Show with David letterman” with The New orleans Social club, where she helped to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina. Altogether she holds ten Blues music Awards, ten living Blues Awards, and five Grammy Award nominations. She has been inducted into both the Gulf coast music Hall of Fame and the louisiana music Hall of Fame. Her songs paint vibrant musical pictures richly detailed with recognizable characters, regional flavors, universal themes, and colorful scenes. As her hometown Austin Chronicle says, “what’s not to like about marcia Ball?”
20 long Story Short” (which garnered a Drama Desk Award nomination and is also an HBo special) and off-Broadway with his show “colin Quinn: Unconstitutional” (available on Netflix) and “colin Quinn: The New York Story,” directed by Jerry Seinfeld (also available on Netflix). Recent credits include “Trainwreck,” “Girls,” and his web series “cop Show,” streaming now on lStudio.com.
Quinn’s HBo max special Colin Quinn & Friends: A Parking Lot Comedy Show premiered on November 12, 2020. Part documentary and part stand-up showcase, Quinn headlines and directs the hour, which was shot at a repurposed drive-in theater in Brooklyn during the pandemic with a socially distanced audience and a lineup of NYc comedy community staples. A time capsule of stand-up during the first year of the pandemic, Colin Quinn & Friends documents what live entertainment was like at that moment and how those conditions affected the art form. In addition to his special, Quinn released his new book Overstated: A Coast-to-Coast Roast of the Fifty States on St martin’s Press in September 2020. The book was included in NPR’s Favorite Books of 2020. Publishers Weekly writes “Quinn’s sardonic portrait of America in decline will resonate with readers suspicious of ideological stalwarts on both the right and the left.” And Booklist raved “For all 50 states Quinn pulls off the remarkable feat of being both very informative and thoroughly entertaining. This delightful read is highly recommended.”
Overstated comes on the heels of his most recent one-man show, “Red State Blue State,” which premiered in January 2019 to rave reviews at The minetta lane Theatre in New York city. The New Yorker lauded the hour as “among Quinn’s funniest so far” and the New York Times lovingly described Quinn as a “barstool philosopher.” The show aired on cNN as the network’s first comedy special in may 2019 and is currently streaming on Netflix.
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The Brit Pack is the most authentic British Invasion experience this side of the Atlantic. They are a supergroup of sorts, with an extensive repertoire spanning all the greatest decades of British musical output. They take their audiences on a journey through a dynamic blend of British classics known and loved by all, including The Beatles, Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Queen, The Police, The who, elton John, led Zeppelin, oasis, eric clapton, The Kinks, The cure, Genesis, Fleetwood mac, Radiohead, The clash, eurythmics, modern english, George michael, Adele, coldplay, Thin lizzy and The Proclaimers.
Formed in 2011 by British session musicians based in New York city, the group features the amazing talents of matt Nakoa (vocals, guitar, keys), mark Johnson (guitar, vocals), Bryan Percivall (bass) and will Haywood Smith (drums). The accomplished band members have performed with artists such as Paul mccartney, elton John, Britney Spears, chet Faker, Tom Rush and mark Hudson, among many others. They have performed for company events at Google and YouTube and even arranged music for major television events like the oscars. The Brit Pack delivers a show full of music from major names across the pond that’s at the same time familiar enough to make audiences feel right at home and high-energy enough to get the crowd on their feet. The Dublin Arts council says, “the Brit Pack was FANTASTIc…they received more than one standing ovation, and [we] are still getting calls about how amazing they were. They were beyond expectations and were such nice people/easy to work with on top of everything. Such great vocals and musicianship, a great set list and audience engagement. Highly recommended, all the way around!”
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This 26-year-old musical phenom is a guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and composer. He started playing guitar at just six years old. Solomon won the 2021 Blues music Awards for Best emerging Artist for his 2020 cD release, Harlem on Provogue Records. He was wXPN’s “Artist To watch” for August 2020. His original song “421 South main” made the Top 20 Blues songs of 2020 on Spotify and the song “what the Devil loves” gets daily spins on Sirius Bluesville Radio.
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Alex Tea is a Roots/Reggae songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. In addition to various original musical projects, Alex Tea has done backup vocal arrangement and recording with producers Pat Van Dyke, Victor Rice, curumin, Klaus Sena, Jim the Boss, and esteban Descalzo, and appeared on recordings by Saulo Duarte e a Unidade, elliot martin, Paula cavalciuk, and Kika (Brazil), in addition to many others. of his latest single Away, NJ.com says, “put this on your next mixtape with Beach House, lana Del Rey and low and you’ll lower your blood pressure by 30 points.”
The 2022 Jazz & Blues in the loft series are dedicated to lee Boswell-may, longtime curator of Jazz in the loft. lee will always be affectionately remembered for helping to “keep the music alive” in South orange. Jazz in the Loft is curated and hosted by John Lee. Blues in the Loft is curated and hosted by Mike Griot.
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Freddie Hendrix has become one of the most in demand trumpeters in Jazz, and beyond. This accomplished composer, arranger and educator has worked with everyone from the count Basie orchestra to Alicia Keys. He also shares his knowledge and passion for the music having served as a faculty member at the Hartt School of music at The University of Hartford, The New School and Jazz House Kids.
This Grammy-nominated artist is a world-renowned vocalist specializing in Jazz. In 2021, Roseanna announced her latest musical adventure, “Sing a Song of Bird,” featuring the music of alto saxophone icon, charlie Parker. It is her 15th release, and it showcases her passion for expanding the Jazz repertoire with newly crafted lyrics, appealing to all audiences, rising to #20 in the USA and around the world on Jazz radio.
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This “musichameleon” is an award-winning singer-songwriter, entertainer and recording artist. Stephens and his SoulJaazz bandmates show off their cooler side with Standard Tyme, focusing on songs that resonate in the form of retooled, re-grooved Standard favorites along with some originals. The SoulJaazz is currently made up of vocalist Ty Stephens, pianist Richard cummings, Jr, guitarist Robert “R.T.” Taylor, drummer Tony lewis and bassist leo Traversa.
SundAy, FebruAry 6 mark Gross credits his prolific sound to the rich appreciation for Gospel music that resounded through his parent’s home in Baltimore, maryland. currently mark is the Director of Jazz Instruction at the NJPAc, a professor at Prins claus conservatoire in Groningen, Holland, and a part-time lecturer at the Rutgers University mason Gross School of the Arts.
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