RED BANK: A LENS ON A LITTLE SHAKESPEARE

Aug 2, 2022

A scene from the Little Shakespeare staging of ‘Much Ado About Nothing.’ (Photo by Steve Rogers. Click to enlarge.)

Press release from ‘Here’s the Story‘

“A Little Shakespeare” at the Two River Theater in Red Bank introduces the work of the Bard to young actors. The program produces one of his plays with a full cast and crew of teens directed by a seasoned professional.

The result is anything but unripened. The process and production is extensive, inspiring and life-changing for the participants and the audiences for the play.

Led by video documentarian Steve Rogers, ‘Here’s the Story‘ explores the programs’s creation of ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ in a film to be premiered by NJ PBS August 10.

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August 2, 2022 - 7:20 am |

TINTON FALLS: DRIVING A GREAT PEOPLE STORY

Oct 2, 2015

Besides sharing his name with the always civic-minded Captain America, videographer Steve Rogers maintains a not-so secret identity as the creator, producer, host and high-mileage guy behind the wheel of Driving Jersey, the hyperlocal public television series that rolls into its fifth season on New Jersey Public Television this fall.

Like Vic Rallo’s Eat! Drink! Italy and other independently produced regional PBS programming, Driving Jersey depends entirely on the support of regional sponsors, with a much greater emphasis on contributions from “viewers like you” than what commonly funds nationally broadcast fare like Masterpiece and Nova. And, at the start of a season that promises a portrait of “an extraordinary public music teacher from Tinton and the amazing results she gets from her students using a ‘unique’ teaching style that emphasizes courage, love and inspiration,” captain Rogers is giving a curbside call-out to area residents who appreciate the opportunity to see themselves and their neighbors in a setting that reclaims the concept of “reality TV” in a way that’s refreshingly devoid of scripting, manipulative editing and the studio-bound same-old.

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October 2, 2015 - 6:01 am |

RED BANK: ‘DRIVING JERSEY’ REELS ‘EM IN

Sep 23, 2014

‘Driving Jersey,’ a television series that mines the Garden State for its culture, kicks off a new season Wednesday night with footage shot in Red Bank, where producer (and borough resident) Steve Rogers cornered locals for thoughts on their favorite movies.

The season premiere episode, which takes “a sweet look at New Jersey’s place in the history of the silver screen,” airs on NJTV at 8:30 p.m.

September 23, 2014 - 1:24 pm |

DRIVING JERSEY SERIES RUNS LOW ON FUEL

Oct 24, 2012

Filmed in June before a Count Basie Theatre screening of the blockbuster summer hit “Jaws,” the above video is an example of Driving Jersey’s storytelling style. Steve Rogers at work, below.

By DANIELLE TEPPER

In the hands of mainstream media, New Jersey has been not been treated kindly. With shows like Real Housewives and Jersey Shore purporting to offer sneak peeks into the Garden State of mind, residents are rarely seen as they really are, and are instead depicted as “pornographic cartoon characters, in the words of Red Bank videographer Steve Rogers.

That was the injustice Rogers set out to rectify when he embarked on his Driving Jersey video series in 2007.

After losing a media industry job in New York, Rogers stepped into the roles of writer, producer, and director to start telling true-to-life Jersey stories through raw interviews with real residents. Driving Jersey, he says on the program’s website, “represents and reflects the most misunderstood and misrepresented place and people in all of America.”

Since the show started, Rogers and his partner, Ryan Bott of Manahawkin, have dipped into their own pockets for funding. But now, after four years of creative success, theyre asking for help. Via Kickstarter, theyre hoping to raise $10,000 by November 1.

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October 24, 2012 - 9:19 am |

IN oRBit: PINK IS IN, AND ‘BIFF IS BACK

Apr 30, 2009

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Two days ago on redbankgreen, we gave you a “you Are there” early morning perspective on
the painting of a pink line down the middle of Broad Street.

The
occasion, of course, was the anticipated start of the third annual Paint the Town Pink promotion. Today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit has the rundown on all of the “Pink
Bank” activities in store over the next week, all of them here in town and
all dedicated to early detection and awareness of breast cancer.

With a big
benefit concert, merchant tie-ins, cocktail parties and even a free
screening of Pretty in Pink, there’s enough going on to strike you
positively fuschia.

Also today, another reminder we simply can’t deal out enough of them
about the Red Bank International Film Festival program, going on Sunday at
Monmouth University.

Our coverage of the ‘BIFF continues with a look at Red
Bank filmmaker Steve Rogers, and the first in this “driven” director’s
ambitious series of portraits of favorite Jersey towns.

Just follow the line, from here into oRBit.

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April 30, 2009 - 7:26 am |

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