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Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" (MADISON, NJ) -- The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ) presents Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, written by David Catlin, from October 22 through November 16, 2025 at the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre. On a stormy night in 1816, Mary Shelley gave birth to one of literature's most haunting and enduring legends... Click here for a podcast on the production; click here for an interview with Jay Wade who plays The Creature; and click here for a review of the production.
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.
Lewis Center for the Arts' Program in Theater & Music Theater presents "A Moment of Silence" by Mohammad Yaghoubi (PRINCETON, NJ) -- The Lewis Center for the Arts' Program in Theater and Music Theater at Princeton University presents A Moment of Silence by celebrated Iranian playwright and director Mohammad Yaghoubi. The play, presented in an English translation, offers a surreal, poetic, unexpectedly humorous, and deeply human meditation on Iran's turbulent modern history. Performances are October 31, November 1 and 7 at 8:00pm and November 8, 2025 at 2:00pm & 8:00pm at the Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center.
State Theatre New Jersey presents Richard Thomas in "Mark Twain Tonight!" by Hal Holbrook (NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey presents Richard Thomas in Mark Twain Tonight! by Hal Holbrook from November 5-6, 2025. Emmy® Award-winning actor Richard Thomas will star in a new production of Mark Twain Tonight!. Richard is the first and only actor authorized to perform the play, written and originally performed by Hal Holbrook.
Burlington County Footlighters presents "She Loves Me" (CINNAMINSON, NJ) -- Burlington County Footlighters presents She Loves Me across three weekends from November 8-22, 2025. Step into a charming shop in 1930s Budapest, where love hides in plain sight in She Loves Me. This heartwarming musical follows two feuding coworkers who unwittingly fall for each other through anonymous letters.
NBPAC presents The Devil and Daisy Dirt (NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- The Devil and Daisy Dirt comes to the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC) on Saturday, November 8, 2025. It's a bluegrass tall tale about the Jersey Devil with live music and an 8′ wearable puppet. Showtime is 7:00pm.
"TINA – The Tina Turner Musical" comes to MPAC (MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- The North American tour of the joyful and triumphant Broadway smash hit TINA – The Tina Turner Musical continues to woo audiences and celebrate the iconic life and legacy of Tina Turner. TINA comes to Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) for four performances, Saturday and Sunday, November 8-9, 2025.
The Middletown Arts Center and Dunbar Repertory Company present "A Soldier's Play" (MIDDLETOWN, NJ) -- The Middletown Arts Center, in conjunction with Dunbar Repertory Company, presents Charles Fuller's A Soldier's Play, directed by Darrell Lawrence Willis, Sr., November 8-16, 2025. In a segregated Louisiana army camp in 1944, the murder of a rancorous Black sergeant stirs deep-seated animosity and corruption among the soldiers under his command. When a clean-cut Northern captain arrives to investigate, truths are confessed and a shocking secret is revealed.
South Camden Theatre Company presents "DOT" by Colman Domingo (CAMDEN, NJ) -- Celebrate 20 years of professional theatre in Camden with the final production of the 2025 season by South Camden Theatre Company - DOT by Colman Domingo. Performances run weekends from November 8-23, 2025. The New York Times said this play is "A thoroughly entertaining comedy-drama! An impressive advance for Colman Domingo."
Luna Stage's Off-Broadway Hit "Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library" Comes Home to West Orange (WEST ORANGE, NJ) -- Launching Luna Stage's 2025-2026 season with a five-week run, the two-time Off-Broadway hit Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library returns to Luna from October 3rd to November 9, 2025. Jenny Lyn Bader's play, praised by John McWhorter in the New York Times as "a lesson on perceiving humanity and even dignity in all people under even the toughest of conditions," was called of the Best Dramas of the Year by This Week in New York, selected as one of Cititour's Hot 5 Off-Broadway Shows, and named to Theaterscene's 2024 10 Best List.
Ego Actus Theatre Company to Present a Reading Series Showcasing Female Playwrights (NEW YORK, NY) -- Ego Actus Theatre Company will bring six new plays to life in the Women's Drama Reading Series. The readings are free to the public and will take place on Monday nights from October 6 - November 10, 2025 at The Episocopal Actor's Guild (East 29th St, NYC 10016). Women’s Drama is in response to the lack of diversity in many NYC and national theatre companys seasons this year.
Hudson Theatre Works presents Edward Albee's "At Home At The Zoo" (WEEHAWKEN, NJ) -- Hudson Theatre Works is starting its season of plays, until the Performing Arts Center is completed, at the historic Weehawken Water Tower. The season begins with Edward Albee's "At Home At The Zoo" running from October 23 - November 8, 2025. This work combines Albee's groundbreaking 1959 short play The Zoo Story with his acclaimed prequel Homelife written in 2004.
American Theater Group presents "Our Town" (UNION, NJ) -- American Theater Group (ATG) presents the Pulitzer Prize-winning Our Town by Thornton Wilder as the company's 2025-26 Season Opener. The production runs October 23 through November 9, 2025 at the DMK Theater in Union and at the Sieminski Theater in Basking Ridge.
Bridge Players Theatre Company presents "The Memory of Water" (BURLINGTON, NJ) -- Bridge Players Theatre Company presents The Memory of Water by Shelagh Stephenson weekends from October 24 to November 8, 2025. Three sisters reunite for their mother's funeral in this poignant and darkly funny play.
Nutley Little Theatre presents "The Waverly Gallery" (NUTLEY, NJ) -- Nutley Little Theatre presents The Waverly Gallery weekends from October 24 - November 8, 2025. The play written by Kenneth Lonergan follows Gladys, the elderly matriarch of the Green family, who has run an art gallery in a small Greenwich Village hotel for many years.
Bergen County Players presents "The Game's Afoot: Or Holmes for the Holidays" (ORADELL, NJ) -- Bergen County Players is thrilled to continue its 93rd season with Tony Award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig's uproarious whodunnit The Game's Afoot: Or Holmes for the Holidays. The limited run opens October 25 and runs through November 15, 2025. It takes place Christmas Eve 1936 and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, invites his fellow Broadway cast members to his lavish Connecticut mansion for an elegant weekend of revelry.
Passage Theatre Company to stage classic Amiri Baraka plays Dutchman and The Slave as two acts of the same show (TRENTON, NJ) -- Hot off the heels of a landmark 40th Anniversary season, Passage Theatre Company is starting season 41 ready to take on new creative challenges and present socially relevant professional theater for the capital city of New Jersey. The first show of the new season is a visionary staging of two of Amiri Baraka's plays, Dutchman and The Slave, directed as two acts of one full-length play by Passage Theatre's season 41 artist-in-residence Ozzie Jones. This production stars Phillip Brown as CLAY and WALKER, Deidre Rose as LULA and GRACE, and Peter Bisgaier as BRADFORD EASLEY. The production runs Wednesdays through Sundays, from October 30th to November 16th, 2025.
Arden Theatre Company presents "The Mountaintop" by Katori Hall (PHILADELPHIA, PA) -- Arden Theatre Company presents The Mountaintop, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Katori Hall, and directed by Barrymore Award-winning director Brett Ashley Robinson. Running October 30 through December 14, 2025 on the Arcadia Stage, the 90-minute reimagining of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final night, invites audiences into a deeply intimate and human portrait of one of the most iconic leaders of the 20th century.
NJ Rep presents the World Premiere of "The Drop Off" by James Anthony Tyler (LONG BRANCH, NJ) -- New Jersey Repertory Company (NJ Rep) is proud to present the world premiere of The Drop Off, a powerful new comic-drama by James Anthony Tyler, recipient of the 3rd Annual Horton Foote Playwriting Award. Directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, performances will run October 30 through November 23, 2025, and opening night will be celebrated on November 1 at 7:00pm.
Theatre Exile presents The Philly Premiere of Max Wolf Friedlich's "JOB" (PHILADELPHIA, PA) -- Theatre Exile presents the Philadelphia premiere of award-winning playwright Max Wolf Friedlich's psychological thriller JOB, directed by Producing Artistic Director Deborah Block. The production runs October 30 through November 16, 2025. JOB is a gripping two-hander in which a therapist meets a patient, an ambitious Silicon Valley employee whose life has begun to unravel.
Two River Theater presents World Premiere of "The Monsters" (RED BANK, NJ) -- Two River Theater presents the world premiere of The Monsters, a sibling love story, written and directed by Ngozi Anyanwu (Good Grief, The Homecoming Queen, The Last of the Love Letters). Commissioned by TRT and presented as a co-production with Manhattan Theatre Club, this powerful new drama will run in the intimate Marion Huber Theater from November 1–23, 2025.
Two River Theater presents the World Premiere of "The Monsters: A Sibling Love Story" (RED BANK, NJ) -- Two River Theater presents the world premiere of The Monsters: A Sibling Love Story, written and directed by Ngozi Anyanwu (Good Grief, The Homecoming Queen, The Last of the Love Letters). Originally commissioned by TRT and presented as a co-production with Manhattan Theatre Club, this powerful new drama will run in the intimate Marion Huber Theater from November 1–23, 2025.
The Village Playbox presents "SHOWPLACE - the story of Steel Pier" (HADDON HEIGHTS, NJ) — The Village Playbox presents a new original musical by local playwright Rob Kristie - SHOWPLACE - the story of Steel Pier across three weekends from November 6-22, 2025. This is a story about the iconic and legendary venue in Atlantic City, NJ. It contains both fictional and non-fictional characters and covers the period from 1925 to 1977.
Liberty Arts Theatre presents "Michelle's Bark Mitzvah Bash" (LEONIA, NJ) -- Liberty Arts Theatre presents Michelle's Bark Mitzvah Bash from November 6-9, 2025 at The American Legion - Post #1 in Leonia. What happens when a family of Re-PUP-licans and Demo-CATs get together?
Middlesex College presents "Native Gardens" (EDISON, NJ) -- Middlesex College's Visual, Performing, and Media Arts Department presents Native Gardens across two weekends (November 6-8 and November 13-15, 2025) at the Studio Theater in Edison. The 90-minute play, written by Karen Zacarías and directed by Devin Massih, is a sharp, funny, and timely comedy about fences, neighbors, and the messy beauty of finding common ground.
Holmdel Theatre Company presents "Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - Apt. 2b" (HOLMDEL, NJ) -- Holmdel Theatre Company presents Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - Apt. 2b across three weekends from November 7-23, 2025. This is the company's first full Main-Stage production since April 2024! It's a sharp, sassy, modern twist on a classic mystery by Kate Hamill.
The Levoy Theatre presents "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella" (MILLVILLE, NJ) -- The Levoy Theatre presents Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella from November 7-16, 2025. The Broadway adaptation of the classic musical features new characters, a hilarious libretto, surprising twists, and an unforgettable score from Rodgers & Hammerstein.
The West Milford Players present "Finding Nemo, Jr." (WEST MILFORD, NJ) -- The West Milford Players presents Finding Nemo, Jr. across two weekends from November 7-15, 2025. This is a musical adaptation of the beloved 2003 Pixar movie Finding Nemo, with new music by award-winning songwriting team Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez.
Spotlight Players presents "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" (MATAWAN, NJ) -- Spotlight Players presents A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder across two weekends from November 7-16, 2025 at the Presbyterian Church of Matawan. Follow the ambitious (and slightly devious) Monty Navarro, who discovers he's in line to a family fortune. The only problem? There are eight D'Ysquith heirs standing in his way — and Monty isn't one to wait around for his inheritance.
Oddball, Whodunit Farce 'Drop Dead!' Comes to Kelsey Theatre (WEST WINDSOR, NJ) -- A comedic web of foul play, set against the backdrop of a "play within a play," comes to the stage of Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre when the Yardley Players present the farce "Drop Dead!" on MCCC's West Windsor Campus, weekends from November 7-16, 2025.
Maplewood Strollers presents Agatha Christie's "The Secret Adversary" (MAPLEWOOD, NJ) -- The Maplewood Strollers presents an original adaptation of Agatha Christie's gripping thriller, The Secret Adversary across two weekends from November 7-15, 2025 at the Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts. Follow the daring and dizzying adventures of Tommy and Tuppence through 1920s London packed with fast-paced action, comedy, and a dash of romance. A performance not to be missed!
Playhouse 22 presents "The Cake" - a sweet dramedy about love and laughter (EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- Playhouse 22 presents The Cake weekends from November 7 - 23, 2025. The play by Bekah Brunstetter is a touching and topical comedy/drama in which a vivacious, conservative North Carolina baker named Della faces a crisis of conscience when Jen - whom she loves like a daughter - asks her to bake a cake for Jen's lesbian wedding.
Music Mountain Theatre presents "Annie" (LAMBERTVILLE, NJ) -- Leapin' Lizards! The irrepressible comic strip heroine comes to the Music Mountain Theatre stage in one of the world's best-loved musicals. Performances of Annie take place across three weekends from November 7-23, 2025.
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Tuesday, November 4, 2025 @ 7:30pm - Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" at Shakespeare Theatre Of NJ - F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, 36 Madison Avenue, Madison
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 @ 2:00pm - Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" at Shakespeare Theatre Of NJ - F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, 36 Madison Avenue, Madison
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 @ 7:30pm - Crossroads Theatre Company presents "Crumbs From the Table of Joy" at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC), 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 @ 7:30pm - Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" at Shakespeare Theatre Of NJ - F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, 36 Madison Avenue, Madison
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 @ 7:30pm - Richard Thomas in Mark Twain Tonight! at State Theatre New Jersey, 15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick
Thursday, November 6, 2025 @ 11:00am - Crossroads Theatre Company presents "Crumbs From the Table of Joy" at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC), 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick
Thursday, November 6, 2025 @ 7:00pm - National Theatre: Broadcast in HD - Hamlet at Monmouth University - Pollak Theatre, 400 Cedar Avenue, West Long Branch
Thursday, November 6, 2025 @ 7:30pm - Crossroads Theatre Company presents "Crumbs From the Table of Joy" at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC), 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick
Thursday, November 6, 2025 @ 7:30pm - Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" at Shakespeare Theatre Of NJ - F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, 36 Madison Avenue, Madison
Thursday, November 6, 2025 @ 7:30pm - Richard Thomas in Mark Twain Tonight! at State Theatre New Jersey, 15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick
Friday, November 7, 2025 @ 7:30pm - Crossroads Theatre Company presents "Crumbs From the Table of Joy" at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC), 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick
Friday, November 7, 2025 @ 7:30pm - Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" at Shakespeare Theatre Of NJ - F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, 36 Madison Avenue, Madison
Friday, November 7, 2025 @ 8:00pm - Burlington County Footlighters presents "She Loves Me" at Burlington County Footlighters, 808 Pomona Road, Cinnaminson
Friday, November 7, 2025 @ 8:00pm - A Moment of Silence at McCarter Theatre Center (Berlind Theatre), 91 University Place, Princeton
Friday, November 7, 2025 @ 8:00pm - A Moment of Silence at McCarter Theatre Center (Berlind Theatre), 91 University Place, Princeton
Saturday, November 8, 2025 @ 2:00pm - Crossroads Theatre Company presents "Crumbs From the Table of Joy" at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC), 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick
Saturday, November 8, 2025 @ 2:00pm - A Moment of Silence at McCarter Theatre Center (Berlind Theatre), 91 University Place, Princeton
Saturday, November 8, 2025 @ 2:00pm - A Moment of Silence at McCarter Theatre Center (Berlind Theatre), 91 University Place, Princeton
Saturday, November 8, 2025 @ 2:00pm - Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" at Shakespeare Theatre Of NJ - F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, 36 Madison Avenue, Madison
Saturday, November 8, 2025 @ 2:00pm - Tina: The Tina Turner Musical at Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC), 100 South Street, Morristown
Saturday, November 8, 2025 @ 3:00pm - Dunbar Rep presents "A Soldier’s Play" at Middletown Arts Center, 36 Church Street, Middletown
Saturday, November 8, 2025 @ 7:00pm - NBPAC presents The Devil and Daisy Dirt at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC), 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick
Saturday, November 8, 2025 @ 7:30pm - Crossroads Theatre Company presents "Crumbs From the Table of Joy" at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC), 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick
Saturday, November 8, 2025 @ 7:30pm - Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" at Shakespeare Theatre Of NJ - F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, 36 Madison Avenue, Madison
Saturday, November 8, 2025 @ 8:00pm - Burlington County Footlighters presents "She Loves Me" at Burlington County Footlighters, 808 Pomona Road, Cinnaminson
Saturday, November 8, 2025 @ 8:00pm - A Moment of Silence at McCarter Theatre Center (Berlind Theatre), 91 University Place, Princeton
Saturday, November 8, 2025 @ 8:00pm - A Moment of Silence at McCarter Theatre Center (Berlind Theatre), 91 University Place, Princeton
Saturday, November 8, 2025 @ 8:00pm - Dunbar Rep presents "A Soldier’s Play" at Middletown Arts Center, 36 Church Street, Middletown
Saturday, November 8, 2025 @ 8:00pm - Tina: The Tina Turner Musical at Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC), 100 South Street, Morristown
Sunday, November 9, 2025 @ 1:00pm - Tina: The Tina Turner Musical at Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC), 100 South Street, Morristown
Sunday, November 9, 2025 @ 2:00pm - Burlington County Footlighters presents "She Loves Me" at Burlington County Footlighters, 808 Pomona Road, Cinnaminson
Sunday, November 9, 2025 @ 2:00pm - Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" at Shakespeare Theatre Of NJ - F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, 36 Madison Avenue, Madison
Sunday, November 9, 2025 @ 3:00pm - Crossroads Theatre Company presents "Crumbs From the Table of Joy" at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC), 11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick
Sunday, November 9, 2025 @ 4:00pm - Dunbar Rep presents "A Soldier’s Play" at Middletown Arts Center, 36 Church Street, Middletown
Sunday, November 9, 2025 @ 7:00pm - Tina: The Tina Turner Musical at Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC), 100 South Street, Morristown
"The Art Tour" to Have NY Premiere (NEW YORK, NY) -- The New York premiere of The Art Tour, a new musical written by Kyle Fackrell and directed by Lindsey Hope Pearlman, starring Michael Tacconi (Parade national tour, Ivo Van Hove's West Side Story on Broadway, The Cher Show on Broadway) and Samantha Joy Pearlman (Chasing Rainbows at Paper Mill), will run Off-Broadway November 11-22, 2025 in a limited engagement at Theatre Row (Theatre Four), located at 410 West 42 Street in New York City. Opening night is November 14.
Pioneer Productions presents "Steel Magnolias" (MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- Pioneer Productions presents Steel Magnolias across two weekends from November 14-23, 2024 at The Stage at Fellowship Hall in the Morristown United Methodist Church. The timeless classic by Robert Harling is set in a small-town Louisiana beauty salon.
Theater League of Clifton presents "The Addams Family Musical" (WAYNE, NJ) -- The Theater League of Clifton (TLC) presents The Addams Family Musical from November 14-16, 2025 at The Rosen Performing Arts Center in Wayne. This is a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and a dilemma that's every father's nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family—a man her parents have never met.
East Coast Premiere of "The Missileman of Peenemünde" Comes to Somers Point for Two Weekends (SOMERS POINT, NJ) -- SPQR Stage Company, the Jersey Shore's "Original" theater company, will produce The Missileman of Peenemunde, written and directed by SPQR’s Artistic Director Bill Sterritt, across two weekends from November 14-22, 2025 at Studio;Space in Somers Point.
Players Guild of Leonia presents the World Premiere of "Where The Time Goes" (LEONIA, NJ) -- Where The Time Goes is a World Premiere musical that takes you on a nostalgic journey through the soundtrack of a generation. It debuts at Players Guild of Leonia with performances across two weekends from November 14-23, 2025.
StocktonPAC presents "Black Angels Over Tuskegee" (GALLOWAY, NJ) -- A dramatic play inspired by the stories of the first African American aviators in the U.S. Army's Air Force will be presented on Friday, November 14, 2025 at Stockton University's Performing Arts Center. Written and directed by Layon Gray, Black Angels Over Tuskegee tells the story of six men who, despite Jim Crow-era inequality, exhibited courage and patriotism and formed a brotherhood. Showtime is 7:30pm.
OCVTS Grunin Performing Arts Academy presents "A Monster Calls" at Grunin Center for the Arts (TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- The OCVTS Grunin Performing Arts Academy presents A Monster Calls at Grunin Center for the Arts with three performances from November 14-15, 2025. This is based on the novel by Patrick Ness and inspired by an original idea by Siobhan Dowd, devised by Sally Cookson, Adam Peck and the Company.
Kean University Theatre Department presents "Antigone" (UNION, NJ) -- Kean University Theatre Department presents Antigone from November 14-22, 2025 in the Wilkins Theatre. Discover the timeless power of defiance in Sophocles' Antigone!
The Theater Project presents a Staged Reading of "B.B'S" (CRANFORD, NJ) -- The Theater Project, in conjunction with the Friends of the Cranford Library as part of its series of staged readings of new plays, will be presenting B.B.'S, by Bill Mesce, Jr., based on the fiction of three acclaimed New Jersey writers, and directed by Lynn Marie Macy. The reading is scheduled for Saturday, November 15, 2025 at 2:00pm. As with all of The Theater Project's readings, it is followed by discussion with the author, director, cast, and audience. Admission is free.
East Lynne Theater Company presents Story of Local, Former U.S. Marshal (CAPE MAY, NJ) -- East Lynne Theater Company presents an encore one-night-only performance of "Jersey Lawman: A Life on the Right Side of Crime," a staged reading based on the memoir by Jim Plousis and George Ingram on November 15, 2025 at 7:00pm. Adapted for the stage by Thomas Raniszewski, the story highlights the 40-year law enforcement career of Plousis from his days as an Ocean City patrolman, to the harrowing and heartwarming tales of his time as Cape May County sheriff, to being nominated to United States Marshal by former President George W. Bush.
Vivid Stage Brings Pop-Up Theatre: Fiona's Café to Serra Doce in Summit (SUMMIT, NJ) -- Vivid Stage will bring a fresh format of theatre to the community on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. Fiona's Café is a Pop-Up show that will happen at Serra Doce Coffee Shop in Summit for one night only. This unscripted story will be improvised by the Vivid company of actors while patrons are treated to sandwiches, desserts and beverages from Serra Doce.
Centenary Stage Company's Fringe Festival 2025 presents "My Italy Story" (HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company's Fringe Festival 2025 will continue with My Italy Story written and performed by Joseph Gallo. Performances will take place November 20-23, 2025 in the Kutz Theatre. Spurred by visits from his grandmother's ghost and by pleas from his cousin Louie to help get the family back together, Thomas DaGato quits his job as a New York account executive, and travels to the tiny Italian village of his ancestors - Vallata. It's not until he comes home, however, that he discovers a secret that unlocks his past.
Phoenix Productions presents Meredith Willson's "Miracle on 34th Street" (RED BANK, NJ) -- Phoenix Productions presents Meredith Willson's "Miracle on 34th Street" from November 21-23, 2025 at Count Basie Center for the Arts. A holiday classic from the writer of The Music Man and based on the film of the same name, Miracle on 34th Street tells the story of single mother Doris Walker, who doesn’t want her six-year-old Susan's head filled with romantic notions.
Aspire Performing Arts Company presents "Frozen JR." (FAIR LAWN, NJ) -- Aspire Performing Arts Company presents the musical Frozen JR. at the Fair Lawn Community Center from November 21-23, 2025. Frozen JR. is based on the 2018 Broadway musical, and brings Elsa, Anna, and the magical land of Arendelle to life, onstage.
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