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Wharton Arts Announces Auditions for The Moors

Published by New Jersey Stage

originally published: 09/11/2024

(BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ) -- The Wharton Community Players (WCP) will hold auditions for The Moors by Jen Silverman on Sunday, September 22, 2024 from 6:00pm-9:00pm and Tuesday, September 24, 2024 from 7:00pm-9:00pm at 60 Locust Avenue in Berkeley Heights.

Directed by Jenna Burke and produced by Timothy Maureen Cole, The Moors is a riveting dark comedy harking back to Victorian England, where two sisters dream about what life can be. The arrival of their new governess takes all the characters on a path they couldn’t have anticipated in this satirical play full of feeling and wit. WCP is seeking adult actors for multiple roles.

To sign up for an audition, go to WhartonArts.org. For more information, call (908) 790-0700 or email [email protected]

The first and only community theater program in Berkeley Heights, Wharton Community Players (WCP) is a tuition-free program of Wharton Arts. An audition is required to join the cast. WCP strives to foster a space of creativity, expression, and inclusion, and Wharton’s black box theater is the perfect setting to explore the artistry of acting and experiment with performing in an intimate setting.

The Moors is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.




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The mission of Wharton Arts is to offer accessible, high quality performing arts education that sparks personal growth and builds inclusive communities. Wharton Arts’ vision is for a transformative performing arts education in an inclusive community to be accessible for everyone.

Wharton Arts is New Jersey’s largest independent non-profit community performing arts education center serving over 2,000 students through a range of classes and ensembles. The 5 ensembles of the New Jersey Youth Chorus, an auditioned choral ensemble program for students in grades 3–12, encourage a love and appreciation of choral music while nurturing personal growth and creative development. The 15 ensembles of the New Jersey Youth Symphony, which serve nearly 550 students in grades 3–12 by audition, inspire young people to achieve musical excellence through high-level ensemble training and performance opportunities. Based in Paterson, the Paterson Music Project is an El Sistema-inspired program of Wharton Arts that uses music education as a vehicle for social action by empowering and inspiring young people to achieve their full potential through the community experience of ensemble learning and playing. From Pathways classes for young children to Lifelong Learning programs for adults, the Wharton Performing Arts School has a robust musical theater and drama program and offers both private and group classes for instruments and voice for all ages and all abilities. With the belief in the positive and unifying influence of music and that performing arts education should be accessible to all people regardless of their ability to pay, Wharton Arts offers need-based scholarships. 

Wharton Arts is located in Berkeley Heights, New Providence, and Paterson, NJ and reaches students from 12 counties. All of Wharton Arts’ extraordinary teaching artists, faculty members, and conductors hold degrees in their teaching specialty and have been vetted and trained to enable our students to achieve their personal best.




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