(SUMMIT, NJ) -- Vivid Stage, formerly Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre, in residence at Oakes Center at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit, is offering three pass options that offer savings and flexibility for its new season. This professional company will bring five productions, including several World and New Jersey premieres, to the stage in addition to two improvisational comedy shows, a holiday variety show, eight play readings, a cabaret and educational programs for teens and adults. As always, the Vivid Stage Resident Acting Company and their guests will tell stories that reflect our shared experience of being human with heart and humor.
Patrons will choose between the All Access, 12-show pass, or the 5-show mainstage pass. Each choice provides a 20% savings on tickets, and each choice gives the passholder maximum flexibility throughout the year.
Passholders can choose their performances as the season progresses, and can change their dates at no charge up until three hours before the curtain.
All season pass types include one free guest pass to the show of the patron’s choice, and return privileges. If passholders wish to see the show again with their friends, they can come back for free. Opening night receptions are now for passholders only; these parties, on the first Friday of each run, are included in all season pass options.
The theatre at Oakes Center is wheelchair accessible, and such access services as large print scripts, assistive listening devices, and audio description will be available by prior arrangement throughout the season. Performances will be held at Oakes Center, 120 Morris Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901.
The five-show mainstage pass includes the following productions:
* The World Premiere of Soft Animals by Erin Mallon: September 29 - October 9.
* Only Human: Stories of Connection. Written by Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich, Laura Ekstrand, Steve Harper, Stephen Kaplan, Mark Harvey Levine, Matthew Weaver and David Lee White: February 23 - March 5.
* The one-woman play 101 Humiliating Stories by Lisa Kron and featuring Laura Ekstrand: April 13-16.
* The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey by James Lecesne, featuring Scott McGowan: April 20-23.
* Harry Clarke by David Cale and featuring Clark Carmichael: April 27-30.
Also included in the 12-show pass are the following events:
* Vivid’s improv comedy team The Flip Side’s fall show: October 22, 2022.
* The Flip Side’s unique holiday variety show: Saturday, December 3, 2022.
* The Flip Side’s spring improv performance: Saturday, March 18, 2023.
* Four “Meet the Artist” new play readings each Wednesday in May.
The All Access pass also includes:
* The Vivid Cabaret: November 12, 2022.
* Four “Summer Solos” one-person readings each Wednesday in July.
* Invited rehearsal for each mainstage show
* 1 free concession item at each show
Vivid Stage was founded in 1994 as Dreamcatcher Rep, and is a non-profit professional ensemble of actors who build community with the audience by sharing contemporary, life-affirming stories that challenge, energize and entertain. Our work has at its heart a belief in the essential goodness of people and the power of live performance to connect people through our shared humanity. We expose theatregoers to ideas and lives like and unlike their own with the intention of awakening their imaginations and creating empathy for others. We deepen the experience of all our patrons with personal contact through receptions, talkbacks, and interactive programs.
The company’s activities include mainstage productions, improvisational comedy and cabarets, new play readings and a variety of educational and senior outreach programs.
Vivid Stage’s programs are funded by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and many other corporations, foundations and individuals. Vivid Stage is an Equity Producing member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance.
Vivid Stage, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) corporation, incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey.
Graphic: Yolanda Fundora
