(LONG BRANCH, NJ) -- New Jersey Repertory Company presents a staged reading of Portrait of a Woman in Repose by Nicky Glossman on Monday, May 18, 2026 at the West End Arts Center. The production is directed by James Glossman and features an outstanding cast: Richard Kind, David Strathairn, and Michelle Wilson.
In the eerie quiet of Restoration France (1818), what begins as a simple job of art conservation pits two survivors of the Revolution –Madame Anne Dulac and Jean Howlitz– against their pasts and against each other. It is a reckoning that threatens not only what they each hold most dear, but also the very foundations of what this new world has forced them to become.
Doors open at 6:30pm. General seating. Reading starts promptly at 7:00pm followed by a discussion. Tickets are available for purchase online or by calling 732-229-3166.
Salon readings take place at West End Arts 132 West End Avenue in Long Branch, New Jersey. Free parking and entrance to the theater is off of Sairs Avenue.
The next staged reading after this will be AHOY-HOY: A Play About That Relatable Feeling When Someone Else Invents The Telephone Three Hours Before You Do on Monday, June 15, 2026 at 7:00pm. This is a new comedy by Jenny Stafford. Directed by Matt DiCarlo.
NEW JERSEY REPERTORY COMPANY (NJRep) was founded in 1997 by SuzAnne and Gabor Barabas. Its current central headquarters is the Lumia Theater, located on lower Broadway in Long Branch. The theater's mission is to develop and produce new plays and to make a lasting contribution to the American Stage. Over two decades, NJ Rep has produced over 150 plays, of which the majority have been world premieres. The theater has the additional distinction of having had many of its plays produced by other theaters around the country, totaling over 200 subsequent productions in the US and overseas.
