OFFSEASON: Winter Words From the Jersey Shore, featuring Chris Rockwell and James Dalton, is a two man show full of stories, poems and songs celebrating life in our beach towns after the tourists have left and the boardwalks have shut down. Two Ocean County natives pull from their own lives growing up in the offseason exploring themes such as life, loneliness and love. A perfect Valentines weekend date.
February 13, 2016
Showtime: 8pm
Tickets: $20
James Dalton is a performer. He is a storyteller and a poet, a musician and a giver. He's huffed it around, reaching audiences the hard way:one person at a time, on stages and subway platforms, in living rooms and radio studios. Stomping his feet, hootin and hollerin, banging on guitars, strumming autoharps and making mandolins weep. Sharing secrets and laughs, mixing breathtaking vocals with exciting harmonica playing.
On theatre stages around the world, James has appeared in Hair (Claude) in Edinburgh; the off-off Broadway musical Mirror, Mirror; and his own tour-de-force one man show Shanghai to Memphis. James has been featured in several books on New Jersey music, has appeared on tv and radio shows across North America and Europe as well as in Asia. Numerous Asbury Music Award nominations, support from the critics towards his albums, and the responses from audiences at live performances that are overwhelmingly positive make James an asset on any theatre or clubs schedule...
Since 2005, award winning Jersey Shore hip-hop artist and spoken word poet Chris Rockwell has been performing his poetry and music to audiences across the country. In that time, he has released two full length spoken word albums, three solo hip-hop records, and one EP with his band Chris Rockwell and the Stickball Social Club.
Since the release of his first full length hip-hop record, Buildings Will Collapse, Rockwell has performed at CBGB'S Festival in New York, Ballyhoo Festival in Ohio, the Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia, the Soulsational Music & Wellness Festival in New Jersey, and the New York City marathon. He has also shared the bill with Bootsy Collins, Das EFX, Keith Murray, and Alien Ant Farm. For the release of their debut full band effort, Home Team Animals, Chris Rockwell & the Stickball Social Club headlined the legendary Stone Pony in Asbury Park, and the record later went on to be nominated for "Top Album Release of 2014" at the Asbury Music Awards.