New Jersey Repertory Company presents An Evening of One-Acts: Part 2

Published by New Jersey Stage
originally published: 10/13/2026

(LONG BRANCH, NJ) -- New Jersey Repertory Company (NJRep) presents An Evening of One-Acts: Part 2 on Monday, October 19, 2026 at the West End Arts Center. The evening includes readings of plays by Ken Weitzman, Jim Benner, and Julia Blauvelt. Showtime is 7:00pm.

Rocket Club by Ken Weitzman – When a new dean is visited by the former one, she must stomach his advice and condescension. That is, until she provides him with a taste of his own medicine.

Screen Savior by Jim Benner – In the not-too-distant future, at the Hospital for the Digitally Challenged, a neural-implant protester must fight for his release or suffer surgical implantation and a permanent loss of self.

The Familiar by Julia Blauvelt – During the early days of the pandemic, estranged siblings gather to plan their father’s virtual funeral, forcing them to examine their grief, their truths, and their past.

Tickets are $30 (subscriber tickets are $20) and available for purchase online. The West End Arts Center is located at 132 West End Ave in Long Branch, New Jersey.

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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 152 plays, of which 128 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. In 2012 and 2018, NJ Rep received a National Theater Company Grant from the American Theater Wing that sponsors the annual Tony Awards for Broadway in recognition of its contribution to the repertoire of the American Stage. Only seven theaters have had this distinction. In addition, the theater has presented over 400 developmental readings as well as introduced 136 new works through its Theatre Brut Short-Play Festivals that focus on visionary and avant-garde works.

NJRep acquired a new property, a 28,000 square foot school situated on 2 ½ acres and located just five minutes from its Main Stage Lumia Theater and two blocks from the Jersey Shore. The theater plans on gradually transforming the school in stages into a cultural center that will house additional performance spaces, an art cinema, an art museum, a rooftop café, an arts education wing, and residences for out-of-town actors and playwrights. When completed, the center will present a wide array of programs in acting, playwriting, art, sculpture, poetry, music, and photography and will serve as a catalyst for economic development and as the foundation for the cultural renaissance of the community.