(CHATHAM, NJ) -- Chatham Players presents Tape by Stephen Balber from June 6-8, 2025. In the play, three friends from high school meet at a motel for an overdue reunion, but the night quickly sours after one accuses another of committing a terrible crime years ago.
Tape is an edge-of-your-seat, high-stakes thriller about power, memory, truth, and the love-hate bonds between friends.
Performances take place Friday, June 6 at 8:00pm; Saturday, June 7 at 8:00pm; and Sunday, June 8 at 3:00pm. Tickets are $20 and available for purchase online. The Chatham Playhouse is located at 23 North Passaic Avenue in Chatham, New Jersey.
WARNING: Tape includes discussions of sexual violence
The cast includes Anthony Bentrovato (Vince), Michael Gencarelli (Jon), and Marie Correa (Amy).
The production team includes Michael Sasso (director), Aaron Kellner (producer), Ellie Leick (stage manager), Steve Ruskin (set design), Ed Whitman (lighting design), Joe DeVico (sound design), Carol Saso (props and set decoration), and Steve Ruskin (fight coordinator).
Stephen Belber’s plays have been produced on Broadway and in over 25 countries. In addition to Broadway, his plays have world premiered at Roundabout Theater, Atlantic Theater, Manhattan Class Company (MCC), Primary Stages, Labyrinth Theater, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Naked Angels, L.A.'s Geffen Playhouse, Boston’s Huntington Theater, Pittsburgh’s City Theater, and The Humana Festival. He was an Associate Writer and actor for The Laramie Project, and co-writer/actor on The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later. Belber has also written and directed three feature films, Management (Jennifer Aniston/Woody Harrelson), Match (Patrick Stewart/Carla Gugino), and What We Do Next (now in post, Corey Stoll/Karen Pittman). He has written the movies Tape (Ethan Hawke/Uma Thurman, directed by Richard Linklater), The Laramie Project (associate writer), Drifting Elegant, and O.G., (Jeffrey Wright, HBO Films). Television credits include Law & Order SVU, Rescue Me, Tommy, The First, and pilots for Netflix, HBO, F/X, USA, TNT, ABC, History Channel, and Fox TV. He has worked on numerous studio films (including Dallas Buyers Club), and developed movies with Will Smith, Todd Phillips, Bennett Miller, Jay Roach, Richard Linklater, George Tillman, Greg Mottola, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Anthony Mackie, Ethan Hawke, Sam Rockwell, David Gordon Green, and many others.
The Chatham Community Players have been entertaining residents of Morris County and the surrounding area since 1922. The company continues to be a vital cultural component of the Chatham community, Morris County, and the surrounding area.
The mission of the Chatham Community Players is to produce high quality theater for a diverse audience, while elevating their standard of excellence and providing a creative outlet with educational opportunities and outreach programs.
