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(MADISON, NJ) -- The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ) presents Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, written by David Catlin, from October 22 through November 16, 2025 at the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre. On a stormy night in 1816, Mary Shelley gave birth to one of literature's most haunting and enduring legends...
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Frankenweenie, Poor Things... the story of Frankenstein has been adapted many times over and continues to find new relevance with each interpretation. Playwright David Catlin's version, called Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, does double duty by presenting a story within a story.
Jay Wade is starring as The Creature and Lord Byron in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey now through November 16, 2025. These are roles he's very familiar with having portrayed them at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and Merrimack Repertory Theatre as well.
(UNION, NJ) -- American Theater Group (ATG) presents the Pulitzer Prize-winning Our Town by Thornton Wilder as the company's 2025-26 Season Opener. The production runs October 23 through November 9, 2025 at the DMK Theater in Union and at the Sieminski Theater in Basking Ridge.
(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- Crossroads Theatre Company (CTC) opens their season with Lynn Nottage's Crumbs from the Table of Joy from October 24 – November 23, 2025. The production is directed by Nataki Garrett, a brilliant educator, artistic leader and winner of the prestigious Doris Duke Artist Award. The play follows the Crump family after the passing of their beloved matriarch.
(ORADELL, NJ) -- Bergen County Players is thrilled to continue its 93rd season with Tony Award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig's uproarious whodunnit The Game's Afoot: Or Holmes for the Holidays. The limited run opens October 25 and runs through November 15, 2025. It takes place Christmas Eve 1936 and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, invites his fellow Broadway cast members to his lavish Connecticut mansion for an elegant weekend of revelry.
Now running at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ) is a stunning production of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The play comes from author Mary Shelley's original 1818 book of Frankenstein. This version of the play is written by David Catlin. It plays now through November 16th at the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre on the campus of Drew University in Madison, New Jersey.
(TRENTON, NJ) -- Hot off the heels of a landmark 40th Anniversary season, Passage Theatre Company is starting season 41 ready to take on new creative challenges and present socially relevant professional theater for the capital city of New Jersey. The first show of the new season is a visionary staging of two of Amiri Baraka's plays, Dutchman and The Slave, directed as two acts of one full-length play by Passage Theatre's season 41 artist-in-residence Ozzie Jones. This production stars Phillip Brown as CLAY and WALKER, Deidre Rose as LULA and GRACE, and Peter Bisgaier as BRADFORD EASLEY. The production runs Wednesdays through Sundays, from October 30th to November 16th, 2025.
(PHILADELPHIA, PA) -- Arden Theatre Company presents The Mountaintop, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Katori Hall, and directed by Barrymore Award-winning director Brett Ashley Robinson. Running October 30 through December 14, 2025 on the Arcadia Stage, the 90-minute reimagining of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final night, invites audiences into a deeply intimate and human portrait of one of the most iconic leaders of the 20th century.
(LONG BRANCH, NJ) -- New Jersey Repertory Company (NJ Rep) is proud to present the world premiere of The Drop Off, a powerful new comic-drama by James Anthony Tyler, recipient of the 3rd Annual Horton Foote Playwriting Award. Directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, performances will run October 30 through November 23, 2025, and opening night will be celebrated on November 1 at 7:00pm.
