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Black Box Studios and Liberty Arts present January's Open Mic Night

Published by New Jersey Stage

originally published: 01/19/2024

(TEANECK, NJ) -- Black Box Studios and Liberty Arts presents their monthly Open Mic Night for music, comedy, and more on Thursday, January 25, 2024 at Debonair Music Hall.  Doors open at 7:00pm; showtime is 7:30pm. Tickets are $20 and available now at www.blackboxpac.com. A cash bar is open throughout.

For questions or early sign-ups, please email [email protected].

Debonair Music Hall, located at 1409 Queen Anne Road between Walraven and State Street in Teaneck, is a live music venue that brings the best national touring acts and local bands to Teaneck, NJ. Enjoy delicious food and drinks while you experience the electrifying energy of live music.

Black Box is the home of Black Box Studios, event producer and the area's only collaborative performing arts school est. 2007, as well as Black Box PAC, Northern NJ's incubator for new and under produced works by world-class writers.  Starting in Fall 2021, the company has produced and developed new and under-produced plays by Broadway and Hollywood artists such as Eric Bogosian, Paul Schrader, Beth Henley, Craig Lucas, Neil Labute, and John Guare. New collaborations are in progress with The Estates of Edward Albee, Sam Shepard, and IB Singer, as well as with artists including Craig Lucas & Craig Carnelia, Nicky Silver, Migdalia Cruz, John Lahr, Daniel Handler, Ken Levine, Ishmael Reed, Billy Martin, Halley Feiffer, and more.

Alison Miller and Michael Wurl Larson formed Liberty Arts Theatre in Leonia during the height of Covid in 2022. Liberty Arts is committed to creating space and opportunity for people of all backgrounds to experience art in fresh and exciting ways.




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