February 2019
It was roughly a decade ago that Pert Near Sandstone first gathered around a microphone in a Minneapolis basement to record their debut album, Up And Down The River. So much has happened since then: highs and lows, personal struggles and artistic triumphs, new faces and new sounds. The winding road they’ve traveled over the years makes it all the more meaningful for the band to come full circle on their dazzling new release, Discovery Of Honey, which finds them once again recording in a basement and reuniting with founding member Ryan Young, who’s spent the past seven years touring the world playing fiddle with bluegrass stars Trampled By Turtles.
Save 10% on this show when you bundle it with two more. Your Series lets you create your own package. Purchases tickets for THREE or more unique Reif shows at a time and save 10 percent on each ticket by using the code YOURSERIES at check out.
SPONSORED BY
Purchase Tickets
Ragamala Dance Company – Sacred Earth
Sacred Earth explores the interconnectedness between human emotions and the environment that shapes them. Performed with live music, the dancers create a sacred space to honor the divinity in the natural world and the sustenance we derive from it. Inspired by the philosophies behind the ephemeral arts of kolam and Warli painting and the Tamil Sangam literature of India, Sacred Earth is Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy’s singular vision of the beautiful, fragile relationship between nature and man.
Save 10% on this show when you bundle it with two more. Your Series lets you create your own package. Purchases tickets for THREE or more unique Reif shows at a time and save 10 percent on each ticket by using the code YOURSERIES at check out.
Take A Trip To The Emerald Isle
This two-hour dance and music extravaganza contains a wealth of talent derived from all areas of Irish life. Using the traditional and modern arts of dance (ballet, modern dance, jazz) and music, this richly costumed show marries the contemporary and the ancient.
Save 10% on this show when you bundle it with two more. Your Series lets you create your own package. Purchases tickets for THREE or more unique Reif shows at a time and save 10 percent on each ticket by using the code YOURSERIES at check out.
THANK YOU TO SPONSOR
March 2019
Bluegrass Band
Formed in the Chicago area in 1975, The Special Consensus is a four-person acoustic bluegrass band with a repertoire that features traditional bluegrass standards, original compositions by band members and professional songwriters, and songs from other musical genres performed in the bluegrass format.
Save 10% on this show when you bundle it with two more. Your Series lets you create your own package. Purchases tickets for THREE or more unique Reif shows at a time and save 10 percent on each ticket by using the code YOURSERIES at check out.
Thank you to our sponsor:
The Tony Award winning Best Musical, Monty Python’s Spamalot, begins its search for the Holy Grail. This outrageous musical comedy is lovingly ripped off from the film classic “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.”
With a book by Eric Idle and music and lyrics by the Grammy Award winning team of Mr. Idle and John Du Prez, Spamalot tells the tale of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table as they embark on their quest for the Holy Grail. Flying cows, killer rabbits, taunting Frenchmen, and show-stopping musical numbers are just a few of the reasons audiences worldwide are eating up SPAMALOT!
Save 10% on this show when you bundle it with two more. Your Series lets you create your own package. Purchases tickets for THREE or more unique Reif shows at a time and save 10 percent on each ticket by using the code YOURSERIES at check out.
Thanks to our sponsor:
The coolest ever rock-n-roll romp in a bug’s world, capturing all the droll humor and whimsy of the wildly popular books! Insects rule in the diaries of unlikely best friends: Worm, Spider and Fly. Worm eats his homework, Fly believes she has superpowers, and Spider can’t wait to grow up and molt. Promoting eco-consciousness, earth science and tolerance of others.
Most enjoyed by ages 5 through adult
Adults $20, children/students $10. FREE student ticket with paid adult. Use the code FREESTUDENT for the online discount code at checkout.
Thanks to our sponsor:
Reif Dance Company is made up of the most dedicated and talented dancers who audition for a place in the company, or, for the younger students, the Jr. Company. The Company Show brings together original, classical, contemporary, and modern dance, presenting works by professional choreographers as well as student choreography. It also features solos from our senior students who have been with us many years and are going off to college next year. This year we will have choreography by Deirdre Murnane (Reif Dance Director), Julia Sutton, Stephanie Karr Smith, Christina Anderson, Arimee Gambill (one of our alumni who is now apprenticing with James Sewell Ballet in Minneapolis), as well as many of the Dancers themselves. It is a wonderful opportunity for our students to branch out and have the opportunity to work with each other as choreographers as well as dancers.
Adult tickets $16, child/student ticket $9
Two Shows:
Saturday, March 9 @ 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 10 @ 2 p.m.
Save 10% on this show when you bundle it with two more. Your Series lets you create your own package. Purchases tickets for THREE or more unique Reif shows at a time and save 10 percent on each ticket by using the code YOURSERIES at check out.
Thanks to our sponsors:
Mamma Mia! Presented by Grand Rapids Players
“Mamma Mia!” tells the story of Sophia Sheridan, a 20-year-old who lives with her mother on an idyllic Greek island. She is about to be married and wishes for only one thing: That her dad could walk her down the aisle. The only problem is that she doesn’t know who her dad is! And her mother, the former lead singer of the 1970s pop group Donna and the Dynamos, refuses to talk about it.
Left with no other options, Sophie decides to take matters into her own hands. Sneaking a peek in her mother’s old diaries, she discovers three possibilities: Sam, Bill and Harry; an American architect, an Australian adventurer, and a British banker. She secretly invites all three to the wedding, convinced that she will know him as soon as she sees him.
The gentlemen arrive and Sophia soon realizes that she hasn’t a clue. Told through the 1970s legendary music of ABBA, “Mamma Mia!” has become a worldwide sensation that has audiences everywhere dancing in the aisles. Watching “Mamma Mia!,” audiences will be completely engaged by the songs, dance, music, laughter, tears and the story that takes us through life’s good friendships and struggles even relevant today.
The Grand Rapids Players are especially excited to be collaborating with the Itasca Community Chorus, directed by Sam Evans, who will provide the vocal accompaniment and will be included on stage in at least two of the dance numbers.
This production is produced with permission from MTI, Music Theatre International, NY, N.Y.. “Mamma Mia!” is underwritten by Dr. Lee and Mary Jo Jess and Woodland Bank-Brian and Jeanne Nicklason along with support from the Blandin Foundation.
Please be aware this play has adult themes, not recommended for youth. Recommended rating is PG13.
Mamma Mia! will be showing Live@TheReif for six performances:
Friday, March 15 @ 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 16 @ 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 17 @ 2 p.m.
Friday, March 22 @ 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 23 @ 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 24 @ 2 p.m.