(PISCATAWAY, NJ) -- Circle Players has announced auditions for the second show of its 2019 – 2020 season, Seminar by Theresa Rebeck. Audition dates are Monday, August 19 and Wednesday, August 21 from 7:30 – 9:30 with callbacks by invitation on Thursday, August 22. Show dates are November 22 – December 8. There is no performance on Friday, November 29.... READ ON

(LONG BRANCH, NJ) -- Long before "fake news" entered our lexicon, it was called propaganda. And in the Soviet Union, circa 1938, it was the grease that kept Stalin’s machinery of terror in motion. Memoirs of a Forgotten Man by D.W. Gregory is a play that takes us to a world where justice is arbitrary and freedom as we know it does not exist. It involves a Soviet journalist with the gift of total recall. A psychologist seeking to rehabilitate herself.  A government censor with a secret past. Over two decades their fates become entwined as victims and collaborators in Stalin’s campaign to rewrite public memory. ... READ ON

(CAPE MAY, NJ) -- "I tried to tell a simple story about droughts that happen to people, and about faith," wrote N. Richard Nash (1913-2000) in regards to his own profoundly beautiful play, "The Rainmaker."... READ ON

​​​​​​​(LONG BRANCH, NJ) -- New Jersey Repertory Company presents the National New Play Network Rolling world premiere of Memoirs of a Forgotten Man by D.W. Gregory from August 15-September 15, 2019. A Soviet journalist with the gift of total recall. A psychologist seeking to rehabilitate herself. A government censor with a secret past. Their fates become entwined as victims and collaborators in Stalin’s campaign to rewrite public memory. ... READ ON

(CAPE MAY, NJ) -- Cape May Stage presents Sidekicked by Kim Powers now through September 20th. The play takes place on the last night of filming "I Love Lucy" and America's favorite sidekick - Ethel Mertz, played by Vivian Vance - has a lot to get off her chest.... READ ON

(RED BANK, NJ) -- The Count Basie Center for the Arts presents The Simon & Garfunkel Story on January 23, 2020. Using huge projection photos and original film footage, featuring a full live band performing all the hits including "Mrs Robinson", "Cecilia", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "Homeward Bound" and many more.  **NOTE: this show was originally scheduled for January 30, 2019 but had to be postponed due to a winter storm.  Tickets for the original date will be honored on January 23, 2020.  For those unable to make the new date, refunds will be honored at the original point of purchase through August 1, 2019. ... READ ON