(WEST ORANGE, NJ) -- From June 28-30, 2024, The Theater Project presents Kaleidoscope Kabaret, its annual showcase of new work, at Luna Stage. Audiences are invited to see a variety of short plays by members of the company's Playwrights Workshop whose work has been performed in Canada, Great Britain, New York and around the US. This year's event also includes two plays by high school/college playwrights, past honorees of The Theater Project's annual Young Playwrights Competition. The Kabaret includes music performed by guest musicians, including Sandra Toll and David Tillestrand.
This year's KABARET is presented at Luna Stage (555 Valley Road) in West Orange, New Jersey as part of the Luna Stage Summer Sublet program. Performances take place Friday and Saturday at 8:00pm; Sunday at 1:00pm. Tickets are $35 with discounts for students and seniors: www.thetheaterproject.org
A live playwrights forum will cap each evening, where audiences can dialogue with some of the published/frequently produced TTP member playwrights represented in the Kabaret: Nick DeMarco of Toms River, Brigid Amos of Rahway, Jonathan Samarro of Hackensack, and Joseph Vitale of Randolph. Vitale is a recent recipient of a fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
NJ Playwrights, members of The Theater Project’s Playwrights Workshop, and past honorees of the Young Playwrights Competition showcased in 2024 Kabaret
Thanks to a grant from Lilian Schenk Foundation, two student playwrights will also see their work showcased: Delia Mullen, Wall Township, and Jaylen Mingo, Elizabeth, are both past winners of Theater Project's annual Young Playwrights Competition; their plays will be performed by professional actors at the Kabaret.
“The Kabaret is a terrific way to experience the work of several different playwrights and 16 actors and singers in a single evening,” says Theater Project artistic director Mark Spina. “We are proud of all our writers. It is great to see how well our young playwrights are doing here and in their subsequent careers – the Young Playwrights program, like the Kabaret, is more than 20 years old, so we’ve been able to watch writers develop and move on to bigger stages.”
Gaining regional recognition as an incubator for new work and as a showcase for NJ artists, The Theater Project is known for its ongoing projects during the pandemic and beyond, including its annual Young Playwrights Competition, ARK (Actors Reading with Kids) program and its podcast, “The Theater Project Thinks About…” which provides backstage insights from practitioners to patrons.
