IACC Americas Knowledge Exchange 2024 IACC’s flagship annual members conference is heading to Basking Ridge, New Jersey in 2024 IACC members in North America and beyond will come back together to continue the journey of rebooting and reinventing live meetings and it starts with knowledge exchange being the best way to outgrow the competition for IACC venues. The conference takes place at Verizon’s Conference Center at Basking Ridge. The Ridge is an exclusive conference center tailor-made to help Verizon teams strategize, challenge convention, and develop transformational solutions that build our business. Here, we’re accelerating the future of leadership, strategy and growth through experiential learning and problem-solving. Looking forward to the IACC family coming together again to develop leaders in our business to re-imagine the IACC Venue Difference! Join fellow venue operators, meeting professionals, and vendors who are shaping the future for exceptional meetings. It’s going to be epic.

The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 The creative team responsible for a recent Broadway flop (during which three chorus girls were murdered by the mysterious “Stage Door Slasher”) assemble for a backer’s audition of their new show at the Westchester estate of a wealthy “angel.” Comic mayhem ensues when the infamous “Slasher” makes his reappearance and strikes again — and again. As the composer, lyricist, actors and director prepare their performance and a blizzard cuts off any possible retreat, bodies start to drop in plain sight and accusing fingers point in all directions. An ingenious and wildly comic romp poking fun at the more ridiculous aspects of “show biz” and the corny thrillers of Hollywood’s heyday, the play is a non-stop barrage of laughter as those assembled (or at least those who aren’t killed off) untangle the mystery of the “Stage Door Slasher.” “…a kind of crossbreeding of Charles Ludlam (The Mystery of Irma Vep) and Terrence McNally, seasoned with a soupçon of Noises Off.” —The New York Times. “…enormous fun…Its strength comes in part from the sheer diamond wit and diamante showbiz glitter of Bishop’s writing. Even his corn is succulently served.” —New York Post. “…Bishop gives us a nakedly silly

"Ripcord" by Somerset Valley Players Come out and See Ripcord by David Lindsay-Abaire - Directed by Elaine Wallace at Somerset Valley Players Abby Binder makes life so miserable for her roommates at the Bristol Place Senior Living Facility that they change rooms when a bed becomes available. But not Marilyn Dunne, a relentlessly cheerful woman who grinds on Abby's nerves! The women make a bet to determine whether Marilyn stays or goes. Which one in this "odd couple" will win?