Twelve extraordinarily talented students will be honored at The Theater Project's eighteenth annual Young Playwrights Competition Performance and Awards Ceremony on Monday, October 19 at 7:00pm. The event also celebrates the launch of the 2021 Competition.... READ ON

(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- New Jersey Theatre Alliance (“the Alliance”) has announced a series of upcoming events showcasing the diversity and excellence of New Jersey’s professional theatre community. All events will be ASL-interpreted and open-captioned. ... READ ON

(JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- Palesa Mazamisa’s biting satire, “Shoes and Coups,” is one of several shows in the 2nd annual Voices International Theatre Festival that look courageously and compassionately at the fractured state of the world, showing the human, psychological and spiritual tolls of systemic injustice.  Having premiered at the Market Theater in Johannesburg in 2018, “Shoes and Coups” opens the Festival, which is produced by the Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC), on Friday, October 16 in a live Zoom performance at 10:00am EST.... READ ON

(HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company’s Fringe Festival continues October 22 through October 25 with Tevye Served Raw: Garnished with Jews. See the Tevye stories performed as the man who wrote them intended!  Discover what’s not in Fiddler On The Roof -- plus hilarious stories and sketches by the man they called “the Jewish Mark Twain”. Tevye Served Raw gives you a real picture of Jewish life in Eastern Europe, as described by a man who was actually there -- the Greatest (and funniest) Jewish Writer Ever, Sholem Aleichem. Featuring a cast of Broadway / Off-Broadway / movie / television /Yiddish theater veterans -- and Hackettstown favorites.... READ ON

(CAPE MAY, NJ) -- In May of 2020, Cape May Stage launched the Virtual Lecture Series discussing and exploring nearly every facet of the theatre. On Wednesday, September 16th, Cape May Stage premiered the expansion of those discussions in the form of a new Virtual Talk-Show, Cape May Arts Today, hosted by Cape May Stage’s Producing Artistic Director Roy Steinberg. Cape May Arts Today will cover arts related topics in Cape May and around the world. New Episodes will stream every other Wednesday at 12:00pm and will be available to watch on Cape May Stage’s Facebook page and through Cape May Stage’s Virtual Theater page.... READ ON

(UNION, NJ) --  Premiere Stages at Kean University will present Cheryl L. West’s new play Fannie Lou Hamer, Speak On It!, directed by Marshall Jones III, at the outdoor tent at Liberty Hall Museum at Kean University in Union, New Jersey, October 15-18, 2020. Part battle cry, part spiritual, Fannie Lou Hamer, Speak On It! is a powerful and timely play, with arrangements by Felton Offard, that brings to life civil rights activist Fannie Lou as she leads a rally to fight for voting and racial equality. Her call to action was one that all Americans committed to change needed to hear in the sixties and still resonates today. The two-person Actors' Equity Association cast for Fannie Lou Hamer, Speak On It! will be announced shortly.... READ ON

(RED BANK, NJ) -- Two River Theater concludes its online benefit reading series with Shakespeare’s classic story of two young star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. This modern verse translation by Hansol Jung will be live on Wed, September 30 with Act 1. Act 2, followed by a Q&A with the artists, will take place on Thurs, October 1 at 7:00pm EDT.... READ ON

(MILLBURN, NJ) -- To aid students and parents in college selection and admittance, Paper Mill Playhouse will offer its College Discovery Seminars on September 29 and October 1 at 6:30pm to 9pm and again on October 20  and 22, 2020 at 6:30pm to 9:00pm.  Paper Mill’s College Discovery Seminars are workshops in how to navigate the college application and audition process for applicants studying musical theater. The theater will offer the informational course online via Zoom on two separate sets of dates this fall.  Registration information can be found here.... READ ON

(HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company’s Young Audience Series brings its touring productions to the Lackland Performing Arts Center. October 3 through October 5, CSC will present a different children’s show each day including: Miss Nelson is Missing, School House Rock Jr., Live!, and Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical. The Centenary Stage Company's Young Audience Series (YAS) is part of the professional Centenary Stage Company's mission to serve the region's youth with dynamic performances and workshops throughout the year offering stage adaptations of beloved classic children's literature.... READ ON

(HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company’s Fringe Festival kicks off October 8 through October 11 with Rent Control. Written & Performed by Evan Zes, an actor/writer born and raised in the Bay Area, who portrays some 30 different characters in this wild-but TRUE one-man-play that recounts a period in his life as he struggled to survive, live and pursue his acting career in New York City. ... READ ON