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(WEST ORANGE, NJ) -- Luna Stage presents Shakespeare's Hamlet (Abridged!) in new 90-minute adaptation by Rajesh Bose from February 12 - March 8, 2026 on the MainStage. The play features 5 actors playing 16 roles, highlighting the humor and urgency of this taut, intimate, heartbreakingly political tragedy.
(DEAL PARK, NJ) -- Axelrod Performing Arts Center (APAC) presents premiere of That's Love! The Dorothy Dandridge Musical, starring Tony®, EMMY®, and GRAMMY® Award–nominated internationally acclaimed performer N'Kenge (Motown the Musical, Caroline, or Change). Performances run February 19 through March 8, 2026.
(HOBOKEN, NJ) -- Mile Square Theatre presents The Young King, an imaginative, immersive adaptation of Oscar Wilde's beloved fairy tale, re-envisioned for young audiences and families weekends from February 19 – March 8, 2026. It was adapted by Nicki Bloom and directed by Misti B. Wills. The Young King invites audiences to step inside the story, encouraging reflection and dialogue among children, families, and educators alike.
(LONG BRANCH, NJ) -- New Jersey Repertory Company (NJ Rep), the award-winning incubator for new plays and daring theatrical voices, kicks off its 2026 Mainstage Season with the world premiere of Samantha Inside Out, running February 19 through March 15, 2026, at the Lumia Theater in Long Branch. Opening night will be February 21, 2026.
Theater aficionado's will likely be familiar with the plays of Theresa Rebeck—the most Broadway-produced female playwright of our time and creator of the hit TV show, Smash. For the upcoming show, Samantha Inside Out at New Jersey Repertory Company, though, Rebeck is not the writer, but the director— a role she has increasingly enjoyed over the last several years.
(HADDONFIELD, NJ) -- Haddonfield Plays and Players presents Noises Off weekends from February 20 through March 7, 2026. Called "the funniest farce ever written," Noises Off presents a manic menagerie of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called Nothing's On.
(HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company presents Dial "M" for Murder, running February 20 through March 8, 2026 in the Sitnik Theatre of the Centenary University campus. Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the original by Frederick Knott, this is a new version of the celebrated murder mystery that inspired Alfred Hitchcock's cinematic masterpiece.
(RED BANK, NJ) -- Two River Theater presents Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, adapted and directed by Justin Emeka (Sweat, Romeo and Juliet). Mr. Emeka's adaptation will run in the Joan and Robert Rechnitz Theater from February 21–March 15, 2026.
(SUMMIT, NJ) -- The Summit Playhouse presents No Exit weekends from February 21 to March 8, 2026. This is a one-act play written by the French philosopher and playwright Jean-Paul Sartre. The narrative unfolds in a single, claustrophobic room in Hell, where three characters—Joseph Garcin, Inez Serrano, and Estelle Rigault—find themselves after their deaths.
(RED BANK, NJ) -- The award-winning Two River Theater has announced the cast and creative team for Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. Written by Henrik Ibsen and adapted and directed by acclaimed director Justin Emeka (Sweat, Romeo and Juliet), this world premiere adaptation is reimagined in 1950s New Jersey, weaving Black culture into one of the most powerful plays ever experienced. A Doll's House will run in the Joan and Robert Rechnitz Theater from February 21–March 15, 2026.
