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theatre
This Week in Theatre: Previews for Plays Taking Place September 23-29, 2025 
Here are previews of plays taking place from September 23-29, 2025 including a look at productions currently being presented and those coming soon. New Jersey Stage covers Equity, community, college, and high school theatre. Check back every week for the weekly theatre preview.
Crossroads Theatre Company presents "Crumbs from the Table of Joy" by Lynn Nottage 
(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- Crossroads Theatre Company (CTC) opens their season with Lynn Nottage's Crumbs from the Table of Joy from October 24 – November 23, 2025. The production is directed by Nataki Garrett, a brilliant educator, artistic leader and winner of the prestigious Doris Duke Artist Award. The play follows the Crump family after the passing of their beloved matriarch.
Theater Project accepting submissions to THINK FAST one-act play competition 
(UNION, NJ) -- The Theater Project, an incubator for new work and rising artists, has opened for submissions to its thirteenth annual THINK FAST festival of short plays, which will take place online February 27 – March 1, 2026. The deadline is November 17.
music
This Week in Music: Previews for Concerts from September 23-29, 2025 
Here is a look at shows taking place from September 23-29, 2025 along with our featured listings and a look at some upcoming shows. New Jersey Stage offers previews of concerts throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas.
Lizzie Rose Music Room presents Ellis Paul on Sunday 
(TUCKERTON, NJ) -- The Lizzie Rose Music Room presents singer-songwriter Ellis Paul on Sunday, September 28, 2025. Doors are at 7:00pm, showtime is 7:30pm. Limited tickets remain.
bergenPAC presents The Robert Cray Band on Friday 
(ENGLEWOOD, NJ) -- Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) presents The Robert Cray Band on Friday, September 26, 2025 at 8:00pm. Robert, a five-time Grammy Award winner, with 16 nominations is one of the most distinctive blues guitar stylists of his generation. Martha Redbone will open the night.
comedy
State Theatre New Jersey presents Bored Teachers: The Struggle Is Real! Comedy Tour 
(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey presents Bored Teachers: The Struggle Is Real! Comedy Tour on Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 7:30pm. For years, Bored Teachers Studios has brought a sense of humor to teachers around the world, to ease their daily struggles in the classroom. They're back with all-new material!
film
Illuminating short documentary Where’s My Coffee Cup? screens at the at the Fall 2025 New Jersey Film Festival on Friday, September 26! 
Yehuda Sharim’s Where’s My Coffee Cup? is a short documentary that sheds light on the struggles of aging within Virginia prisons. The film focuses on John, a 64-year-old man who has been incarcerated for over thirty years. His story reveals how prison life becomes even harder as age and health problems set in. Sharim creates a deeply personal portrait representative of an often-ignored population through voiceover, performance, and imagery.
New Release Review - "The Long Walk" 
When Stephen King began writing his dystopian sci-fi novel The Long Walk in the late 1960s, it was likely intended as a Vietnam War allegory. When it was published in 1979 that conflict was still raw in Americans' minds. Few watching director Francis Lawrence's (with a script by Strange Darling's JT Mollner) take in 2025 will have Nam on their minds, but the story is now open to several more timely interpretations.
art
ACC Gallery presents "In Repetition" 
(TENAFLY, NJ) -- ACC Gallery is proud to present In Repetition, a solo exhibition by mixed media artist Injoo Whang now through October 4, 2025. The show features Whang's latest works, including abstract works on paper and collages created with sumi ink and water-based mediums.
community
Events This Week in New Jersey from September 23-29, 2025 
Here is a look at upcoming events taking place from September 23-29, 2025 along with our featured listings. New Jersey Stage offers previews of events throughout the Garden State as well as select shows in New York City and Philadelphia areas.
Newark Mayor Baraka Announces 2025 Creative Catalyst Fund Awardees 
(NEWARK, NJ) -- On September 23rd, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka announced the recipients of the 2025 Creative Catalyst Fund awards to provide artists and cultural groups with flexible grant support in recognition of the immense social and economic value the creative sector brings to Newark.
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