Centenary Stage Company and Centenary University present the virtuosic Americana band, Sleepy Man, on Saturday, February 3 at 8 p.m. in a special benefit concert at the Lackland Performing Arts Center to support the Centenary University Innovation Fund.
New Jersey’s Mizzone brothers, Tommy, Robbie and Jonny, and friend Josh Thomas, known as Sleepy Man, continue to drop unique and catchy songs anchored by the driving banjo of youngest brother, Jonny Mizzone.
Originally known as an instrumental YouTube sensation, the band has developed into a touring and recording phenonenom, releasing their first album in 2011. The driving banjo and harmonies produce a unique sound best characterized as a blend of Americana, folk, country, rock, pop and bluegrass. Fans say, “you find yourself needing to move and tap along because the music is too infectious and catchy not to,” and many compare their sound to Mumford & Sons or The Lumineers.
Since the release of their first album, Sleepy Man has appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, performed at the Grand Ole Opry and performed at TED Conferences. Sleepy Man just released their new single “Feeling I’m Awake” to rave fan reviews: “Sleepy Man’s best original to date… an innovative mixture of folk, country, bluegrass, pop, and rock (and even a little bit of Irish trad and punk thrown in for good measure).”
Tickets for Sleepy Man on Saturday, February 3 in the Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center are $22.50 for adults and $17.50 children in advance. Tickets increase $5.00 on the day of the performance.
All proceeds to benefit the Centenary University Innovation Fund. The Centenary University Innovation Fund was created by Centenary University’s 13th President Dr. Dave Haney. “One of my primary goals as President is for Centenary to remain as innovative as possible,” says Haney. “As a result, we are setting up a fund that faculty, staff and students can draw on to support prototypes of innovative ideas that would ultimately provide benefit to the university and its constituents.”
Founded in 1867 by the Newark Conference of the United Methodist Church, Centenary University’s academic program integrates a solid liberal arts foundation with a strong career orientation. This mix is designed to provide an educational experience that prepares students to succeed in the increasingly global and interdependent world.
Centenary University’s main campus is located in Hackettstown, NJ, with its equestrian facility in Washington Township (Morris County). The Centenary University School of Professional Studies offers degree programs in two locations: Parsippany and Edison, and at corporate sites throughout New Jersey. The School of International Programs recruits international students for study at Centenary and Centenary students for study abroad.
For more information or to purchase tickets visit www.centenarystageco.org or call the Centenary Stage Company box office at (908) 979-0900. The box office is located in the Lackland Performing Arts Center at 715 Grand Ave., Hackettstown, NJ, and is open Monday through Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. and two hours prior to each performance.
The 2017-2018 season of performing arts events at the Centenary Stage Company is made possible through the generous support of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the NJ State Council on the Arts, the Shubert Foundation, the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, the Sandra Kupperman Foundation, Zonta Morristown Chapter and CSC corporate sponsors, including Premier Season Sponsor Heath Village Retirement Community, Silver Sponsors Hackettstown Medical Center, The House of the Good Shepherd, Home Instead Senior Care (Washington), and Fulton Bank of New Jersey, and Centenary Stage Company members and supporters.
Benefit Concert: Sleepy Man
Virtuoso bluegrass musicians, Sleepy Man is performing at Centenary Stage Company to benefit the Centenary Innovative Fund. Their unique sound is best characterized as a blend of Americana, pop, and bluegrass, and they just released their new single "Feeling I'm Awake".
Centenary Stage Company
Centenary Stage Company is a performing arts center located on the campus of Centenary University. Year-round events include Professinal Theater Series, music events, dance events, a Women Playwrights Series, Young Performers Workshop, an annual holiday spectatular, and more!