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Women+ on the Edge of Democracy presents a play reading evening on November 2nd

(SUMMIT, NJ) -- Women+ on the Edge of Democracy presents a play reading to foster community and conversation on Monday, November 2, 2026 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Summit. The event, which begins at 7:00pm, is co-sponsored by St John’s Lutheran Church, Interweave, and Vivid Stage. Admission is free, but registration is required.



 

 




Centenary Stage Company's Annual Fringe Festival Returns in November

(HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company's annual Fringe Festival returns this November with three intimate, unconventional, and thought-provoking theatrical experiences. Featuring Too Fat for China, Ghost Dance: Picture of a Madman, and Unseen, this year's festival explores adoption, art and mental illness, and the often-unseen people who make the magic of theater possible.



Speranza Theatre Company presents "Petticoat Patriots"

(JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- Speranza Theatre Company presents Petticoat Patriots by Jennie Contuzzi at the Museum of Jersey City History from November 5-7, 2026. In September 1780, Jane Tuers crossed the Hudson River to sell eggs and vegetables in British occupied New York. She returned with something far more dangerous: a warning about Benedict Arnold's plot to surrender West Point.



Centenary Stage Company to open Fringe Festival with Phoebe Potts' Solo Show "Too Fat For China"

(HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company launches its annual Fringe Festival with comedian, comic storyteller, and professional Jew Phoebe Potts and her acclaimed one-woman show, Too Fat For China, running November 5–8, 2026, in the Kutz Theatre at the Lackland Performing Arts Center on the campus of Centenary University.



The Village Playbox presents "The Philadelphia Story"

(HADDON HEIGHTS, NJ) -- The Village Playbox presents The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry across three weekends from November 6-21, 2026 at the First Presbyterian Church of Haddon Heights. This smash Broadway comedy, about an eventful wedding weekend at the estate of a wealthy American family, inspired an Oscar-winning film and the hit musical High Society.





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Cumberland Players presents "The Pillowman"

(VINELAND, NJ) -- Cumberland Players presents The Pillowman across two weekends from November 6-15, 2026. With echoes of Stoppard, Kafka and the Brothers Grimm, The Pillowman centers on a writer in an unnamed totalitarian state who is being interrogated about his gruesome short stories and their similarities to a series of child murders.



Playhouse 22 presents "Working"

(EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- Playhouse 22 presents Working weekends from November 6-22, 2026. Based on Studs Terkel's best-selling book of interviews with American workers, Working paints a vivid portrait of the workers that the world so often takes for granted: the schoolteacher, the phone operator, the waitress, the millworker, the mason, and the housewife, just to name a few.



Phoenix Productions presents "Parade"

(RED BANK, NJ) -- Phoenix Productions presents Parade at Count Basie Center for the Arts from November 6-8, 2026. The tragic, true story of the trial and lynching of a man wrongly accused of murder is brought to theatrical life.



16th Annual Tri-State Theatre Festival to take place November 6-8

(SPRING LAKE, NJ) -- South Street Players presents the 16th Annual Tri-State Theatre Festival from November 6-8, 2026. Produced by Rob Sullivan, the festival showcases the best new short plays written by local writers from New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.



Pioneer Productions presents Neil Simon's "Rumors"

(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Pioneer Productions presents Neil Simon's Rumors from November 6–15, 2026 at The Stage at Fellowship Hall. This is Simon's celebrated comedy of confusion, deception, and nonstop laughs. Known for its rapid-fire dialogue and relentless comic momentum, Rumors is widely regarded as one of Simon's most ambitious and brilliantly constructed farces.




 

THEATRE EVENTS


Born in Mozambique and raised in Mouraria, one of Lisbon’s most historic neighborhoods, Mariza grew up surrounded by the voices, guitars, and traditions of fado. From an early age, she embraced that legacy and transformed it into a universal language, becoming the most acclaimed Portuguese artist in the world. 



 
The music lives on.



 
Written by and Starring Kathryn Grody  
Directed by Timothy Near  
 
A Radical, Rollicking Rumination on the Optimism of Staying Alive 

 
Written by and Starring Kathryn Grody  
Directed by Timothy Near  
 
A Radical, Rollicking Rumination on the Optimism of Staying Alive 

 
Isabel Klee is a writer, content creator, and one of the most prominent voices in the pet advocacy space. Based in Brooklyn, Isabel has built a deeply engaged audience around her writing and her firsthand experience fostering dogs in New York City, bringing visibility to the urgent need for fosters and the animals who depend on them. Her debut memoir, Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About debuted April 2026 as a New York Times #1 Best Seller.

 
Aziz Ansari is an award-winning actor, director, writer, and comedian. He co-created, writes, directs, and stars in the Netflix original series Master of None for which he has won two Emmys® for Outstanding Comedy Writing, as well as an Emmy® and DGA Award nomination for directing. He recently released the film Good Fortune, which he wrote, directed, and co-starred in with Keanu Reeves and Seth Rogen.

 
Aziz Ansari is an award-winning actor, director, writer, and comedian. He co-created, writes, directs, and stars in the Netflix original series Master of None for which he has won two Emmys® for Outstanding Comedy Writing, as well as an Emmy® and DGA Award nomination for directing. He recently released the film Good Fortune, which he wrote, directed, and co-starred in with Keanu Reeves and Seth Rogen.

 
Join us as New Jersey’s 55th governor, and two-time Republican presidential candidate, Chris Christie, sits down with NJPAC’s John Schreiber for a wide-ranging conversation on the state of New Jersey and the state of the nation. In addition to his two terms leading the Garden State, Christie has served as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, as the Chairman of the Republican Governors Association, and as a Fellow at both Yale and Princeton. His work has had an enormous impact on everything from the regulation of sports betting to the struggle to end the nation’s opioid crisis, and he has always excelled at translating complex concerns into plainspoken language, delivered with his trademark Jersey candor.

 
Join us in October for a terrifyingly great Stephen King 35mm double feature: “Carrie” and “Pet Sematary.” Come early to shop our vendors, grab cocktails and snacks, and enjoy a spooky organ concert played on our “Biggest Little Wurlitzer.”

 
From the bombastic and epic, to the folky and mystical, Get The Led Out (GTLO) have captured the essence of the recorded music of Led Zeppelin and brought it to the concert stage. The Philadelphia-based group consists of six veteran musicians intent on delivering.