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(SUMMIT, NJ) -- Vivid Stage, in residence at Oakes Center at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit, will present the New Jersey premiere of Kodachrome, a play about love, nostalgia, the seasons and how we learn to say goodbye, written by Adam Szymkowicz, from April 18-28, 2024. During the run of the production, there will be a lobby art exhibit, free talkbacks, and a Friends and Family Night, in addition to other special events.

Deborah Guzman Meyer, whose series New Americans will be exhibiting in the Oakes Center lobby during the run of Kodachrome, is a Montclair-based artist by way of Chicago, NYC, and the Dominican Republic. She has a hybrid name because she's Latina but married a gringo. She earned her BA at Pace University and MFA at Columbia College in Chicago. She’s a full-time art teacher at Bloomfield Middle School, and a ceramics instructor at the Montclair Art Museum. Her work has been featured in exhibitions and collected internationally, including in Miami, Chicago, New York, and France. She likes to think of herself as a modern renaissance woman, curious about all art forms and willing to try her hand at it. Art is why she gets up in the morning. The exhibit will be open an hour before and after each performance, and by appointment.

Special discounts are offered throughout the run. Thursday, April 18, is a preview performance; all tickets are $28. Sunday, April 21, is Senior Sunday; seniors age 65+ pay $28. There will be free talkbacks with the creative team after both Sunday matinees, April 21 and April 28. Before the Saturday, April 27th performance, Vivid Stage will host a Family and Friends Night event in the lobby at 6:30pm. For a $20 add-on to the show ticket, this popular event features a buffet dinner catered by the Village Trattoria (BYOB).

Kodachrome will appear at Vivid Stage at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit from April 18-28. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 8:00pm, and Sundays at 2:00pm. Tickets range from $25 to $42, with special rates for subscribers and groups. For touchless advance ticket purchases, go to our website. For more information, call 908-514-9654. The theatre at Oakes Center is wheelchair accessible. Assisted listening devices are available at all performances. The parking lot is accessible from Ashwood Avenue, behind the theatre.

Vivid Stage was founded in 1994 as Dreamcatcher Rep, and is a non-profit professional ensemble of actors who build community with the audience by sharing contemporary, life-affirming stories that challenge, energize and entertain. Their work has at its heart a belief in the essential goodness of people and the power of live performance to connect people through our shared humanity. They expose theatregoers to ideas and lives like and unlike their own with the intention of awakening their imaginations and creating empathy for others. They deepen the experience of all their patrons with personal contact through receptions, talkbacks, and interactive programs.

The company’s activities include mainstage productions, improvisational comedy and cabarets, new play readings and a variety of educational and senior outreach programs.

Vivid Stage’s programs are funded by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Union County Department of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, and many other corporations, foundations and individuals.  Vivid Stage is an Equity Producing member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance.

Vivid Stage, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) corporation, incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey.