September 8 to November 21, 2021
Cape May Stage presents "Last Of The Red Hot Lovers" by Neil Simon

(CAPE MAY, NJ) -- Cape May Stage presents Last of the Red Hot Lovers by Neil Simon from September 8 through November 21st.  Things are heating up for Barney Cashman's love life... just don't tell his wife!

October 11 to October 31, 2021
Music Mountain Theatre presents "The Mystery of Edwin Drood"

(LAMBERTVILLE, NJ) -- The Mystery of Edwin Drood, a hilarious musical whodunit, opens Friday, October 15 at Music Mountain Theatre and will run through October 31st. This warm-hearted theatrical experience is presented as a show-within-a-show when the delightfully looney Victorian theatre company at the Music Hall Royale “puts on” its exuberant production of an unfinished Dickens mystery.  (Dickens began writing the Mystery of Edwin Drood in 1870 but died the same year).

October 13 to November 8, 2021
Centenary Stage's NEXTStage Repertory Presents "Alice in Slasherland"

(HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company’s NEXTStage Repertory returns with Qui Nguyen’s horror-comedy Alice in Slasherland November 4-8 in the Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center. When young Lewis Diaz accidentally resurrects the soul of a brutally slain girl named Alice, he unwittingly unleashes a literal hell on Earth.

October 20 to November 6, 2021
American Bard Theater Company presents the World Premiere of "Echoes in the Garden"

(NEW YORK, NY) -- After being shut down on opening night last year due to covid, American Bard Theater Company will present the World Premiere of Echoes in the Garden by Ross G. Hewitt from October 20 through November 6 at The Chain Theatre.  The production is directed by Aimee Todoroff.

October 22 to November 6, 2021
The Summit Playhouse presents "Talley's Folly" by Lanford Wilson

(SUMMIT, NJ) -- The Summit Playhouse presents Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer prize-winning play, Talley's Folly. October 22 through November 6. It's July 4th, 1944, in a dilapidated boathouse in Lebanon, MO. Matt and Sally both have secrets that weigh on and embarrass them. With encouragement, each offers the other a place of compassion and non-judgement so they are comfortable enough to reveal themselves.

October 22 to November 7, 2021
Center Players Presents Neil Simon's "California Suite"

(FREEHOLD, NJ) -- Center Players returns to live theater with a production of Neil Simon’s California Suite at Center Playhouse, 35 South Street, Freehold, from October 22nd-November 7th. This classic 1976 play focuses on four couples who arrive in turn from New York, Philadelphia, London and Chicago and separately inhabit a Beverly Hills hotel suite. Each packs their own problems, anxieties and comical marital dilemmas.

October 22 to November 7, 2021
Somerset Valley Players Presents "Harvey"

(HILLSBOROUGH, NJ) -- It’s not often that the title character in a Pulitzer Prize-winning play is neither seen nor heard.  In the case of Mary Chase’s classic comedy, Harvey, it’s a definite plus!  The production opens on October 22 at the Somerset Valley Players, Hillsborough’s nonprofit community theatre, and runs weekends through November 7. 

October 22 to November 7, 2021
The Ritz Theatre Company Presents "Melancholy Play: A Contemporary Farce"

(HADDON TOWNSHIP, NJ) -- The Ritz Theatre Company presents the second show of its “Grand Reopening” season, Melancholy Play: A Contemporary Farce, a fast-paced, comedic, and action-packed journey of five characters in search of an almond, written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl. The production runs at The Ritz from October 22nd through November 7th. 

October 24 to October 30, 2021
The Landis Presents "Evil Dead, the Musical" for Halloween Week

(VINELAND, NJ) -- Evil Dead the Musical will slay The Landis stage in Vineland on Halloween Week! Based on the cult classic film Evil Dead starring Bruce Campbell, the musical brings this epic series into a new light! Performances take place October 24-30 at 8:00pm each night.

October 26 to November 21, 2021
George Street Playhouse Announces Cast For Ken Ludwig's "Dear Jack, Dear Louise"

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) --  George Street Playhouse plans to sweep audiences off their feet when they return to live theatre with Ken Ludwig's Dear Jack, Dear Louise a new romantic comedy directed by David Saint -- on stage at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center October 26 through November 21.  Set during World War II this charming love story chronicles a long distance romance between a young soldier and his sweetheart, a young actress on Broadway.