(EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- Playhouse 22 presents Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill: The Musical weekends from June 12-28, 2026. This exhilarating musical was inspired by the themes and raw emotions laid bare in Alanis Morissette's seminal album of the same name.
The Healys appear to be a picture-perfect suburban family – but looks can be deceiving. When the cracks beneath the surface begin to show, they must choose between maintaining the status quo or facing harsh truths about themselves, their community and the world around them.
Mary Jane Healy is a high-achieving homemaker who will do anything for her family, including their adopted African American daughter Frankie, who is struggling to find her place in their lily-white community. But when the Healys’ lives begin to unravel, Mary Jane’s drive to keep her family together threatens to break them apart.
The production is directed by Jennifer Moffett and Jeff Seesselberg.
Performances take place Fridays and Saturday nights at 8:00pm; Sunday matinees at 2:00pm. Tickets are available for purchase or by calling the Box Office at (732) 254-3939. The theater is located at the Elliott Taubenslag Theater at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center (721 Cranbury Road) in East Brunswick, New Jersey.
Jagged Little Pill premiered on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre on December 5, 2019. Directed by Diane Paulus, the production featured Kathryn Gallagher, Celia Rose Gooding, Derek Klena, Sean Allan Krill, Lauren Patten and Elizabeth Stanley. It won two 2020 Tony Awards, including Best Book, and was nominated for 13 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. It also won two 2020 Drama Desk Awards and eight 2020 Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical.
Playhouse 22 is East Brunswick's award-winning and critically-acclaimed non-profit community theater troupe since 1958. Driven and run by all volunteers, Playhouse 22 produces and stages four mainstage and three black-box shows as well as an annual holiday show every season.
