Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre's new season brings two recent Off-Broadway successes to the stage in South Orange. As always, the theatre tells stories that reflect our shared experience of being human with heart and humor. Dreamcatcher, in its sixteenth season, is the professional theatre in residence at the Baird Center of South Orange and a senior member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance. This year, the Dreamcatcher Resident Acting Company and its guests will present two mainstage pro...

PREMIERE STAGES AND PLAYWRIGHTS THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY JOIN FORCES TO PRODUCE POWERFUL NEW PLAY

UNION, N.J. Premiere Stages at Kean University is collaborating with Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey to produce Tammy Ryan's beautiful play, Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods (September 2 trough 19) in the Zella Fry Theatre on the Kean University campus, located at 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, N.J.

In this timely new work, Gabriel, an optimistic former "lost boy" from Sudan meets Christine, a suburban mother in desperate need of attention and adventure. What begins as an unlikely ...

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CAPE MAY STAGE PRESENTS SAMUEL BECKETT'S "HAPPY DAYS"

(Cape May, NJ) - Cape May Stage, South Jersey's premier professional Equity theatre, is pleased to announce a new production of a classic of postmodern existentialist theatre: Samuel Beckett's Happy Days. Starring Lynn (Sex and the City, Munich) and Ron Cohen, Happy Days will open Thursday, August 26 at 8:00 p.m. at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse on Bank and Lafayette Streets.

In the original review for the New York Times, Howard Taubman called Happy Days "a song of rue that...

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COMMUNITY THEATER STARS SHINE BRIGHT AT THE 2010 NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY THEATERS/ PERRY AWARD NOMINATIONS

(South Amboy, NJ) Nominations in 33 competitive categories for the New Jersey Association of Community Theaters (NJACT) 37th Annual "Perry" Awards were announced today by the NJACT board of directors at the Hernandez Theater Workshop in South Amboy NJ. Nominees were determined by NJACT from reviews of 224 shows submitted by theater companies for Perry Award consideration. In total 42 theater companies were honored with nominations.

Nominees for Outstanding Production of a Play inc...

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NJ REP PRESENTS CHARACTER ASSASSINS BY CHARLIE SCHULMAN

(LONG BRANCH, NJ) -- The New Jersey Repertory Company located at 179 Broadway in Long Branch is proud to present the world premiere comedy Character Assassins by Charlie Schulman September 23 thru October 31.

Character Assassins explores what happens when a jaded theater critic with a pen as venomous as a cobra, squares off with a playwright who has reached the end of his creative rope and is now bound for vengeance. Simon Frank can make or break the career of any hapless playwright on a w...

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CAPE MAY STAGE OFFERS A SIGN-INTERPRETED PERFORMANCE FOR SAMUEL BECKETT'S PLAY, HAPPY DAYS

(Cape May, NJ) -- Cape May Stage, Cape May's premier professional Equity theatre, with the generous support of PNC Arts Alive, is proud to announce a spectacular evening of live theatre on Saturday, September 11. Theatrical interpreters for the Deaf Celeste Herse and Anne Maselli will interpret the Stage's 8:00 PM. performance of Samuel Beckett's postmodern, award-winning play Happy Days. The ASL signed performance will take place at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse at Bank and Lafay...

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CAPE MAY STAGE LETS YOU 'PAY WHAT YOU CAN' AND 'SENIOR NIGHT' FOR HAPPY DAYS

(Cape May, NJ) -- Cape May Stage, Cape May's premier professional Equity theatre, with the generous support of PNC Arts Alive, is offering big discounts this month at Cape May Stage by hosting two special evenings of theater. The theatre's stirring and compelling production of Samuel Beckett's Happy Days, which opened last week at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse, has scheduled a Pay What You Can' performance on September 2nd followed by a half-price Senior Night' on Septembe...

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THE THEATER PROJECT THROWS ITSELF A SWEET 16 BIRTHDAY BENEFIT PARTY AND FUNDRAISER

(Cranford, NJ) -- The Theater Project, Union County College's Professional Theater Company, will host a special Sweet 16th birthday celebration fundraiser on Sunday, September 12 from 3:00-7:00pm at Chatham's Cafe Beethoven, 262 Main Street. Dubbed "A Sweet 16 Destination Party", proceeds from this fundraising event will support The Theater Project's continuing efforts to produce and present provocative, quality live theater to Central New Jersey audiences.

Tickets are...

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