The COVID-19 Coronavirus situation led arts organizations and venues to cancel, postpone, and reschedule shows throughout the country. Many of these arts organizations are non-profits who are still struggling to rebound from this period. Sadly, many arts organizations had to close. Please consider making a donation to help these organizations going.
We have created a list of New Jersey based performing arts centers, professional and community theatres, film festivals, dance companies, orchestras, museums, and some non profit arts presenters. The list contains quick links to their donate pages. If you are an non profit arts organization that is not listed here, please email us with your name, town, and website url.
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Art House Productions, Jersey City
Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Deal Park
Bergen Performing Arts Center (BergenPAC), Englewood
Black Box Performing Arts Center, Englewood, NJ
Centenary Stage Company, Hackettstown
Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank
Jay and Linda Grunin Center, Toms River
The Levoy Theatre, Millville
Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC), Morristown
McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton
Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities, Cape May
Newark Symphony Hall, Newark
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), Newark
The Newton Theatre, Newton
Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township
RVCCArts - Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg
Scottish Rite Auditorium, Collingswood
South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC), South Orange
State Theatre New Jersey, New Brunswick
Stockton Performing Arts Center (StocktonPAC), Galloway
Strand Center for the Arts, Lakewood
Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC), Rahway
WP Presents! at William Paterson University, Wayne
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American Theater Group, East Brunswick
Art House Productions, Jersey City
Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Deal Park
Cape May Stage, Cape May
Centenary Stage Company, Hackettstown
Crossroads Theatre Company, New Brunswick
Dreamcatcher Repertory Company, Summit
Eagle Theatre, Hammonton
East Lynne Theatre Company, Cape May
George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick
The Growing Stage, Netcong
Hudson Theatre Works, Weehawken
Luna Stage, West Orange
McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton
Midtown Direct Rep, Maplewood
Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken
New Jersey Repertory Theatre, Long Branch
Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn
Passage Theatre Company, Trenton
Premiere Stages at Kean University, Union
Pushcart Players, Verona
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Florham Park
Skyline Theatre Company, Fair Lawn
South Camden Theatre Company, Camden
Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven
The Theater Project, Union
Two River Theater, Red Bank
Women's Theater Company, Lake Hiawatha
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4th Wall Theatre, Upper Montclair
Barn Theatre, Montville
Bergen County Players, Oradell
Burlington County Footlighters, Cinnaminson
Center Players, Freehold
Chatham Players, Chatham
Circle Players, Piscataway
Cranford Dramatic Club, Cranford
Exit 82 Theatre, Toms River
Gas Lamp Players, Glen Ridge
Haddonfield Plays & Players, Haddonfield
Holmdel Theatre Company, Holmdel
Monmouth Players, Atlantic Highlands
Moorestown Theater Company, Moorestown
Nutley Little Theatre, Nutley
Off Broad Street Players, Bridgeton
Old Library Theatre, Fair Lawn
Pennington Players, Pennington
Players Guild of Leonia, Leonia
Princeton Festival, Princeton
Radburn Players of Fair Lawn, Fair Lawn
The Road Company, Williamstown
Rhino Theatre, Pompton Lakes
Somerset Valley Players, Hillsborough
Spotlight Players, Matawan
Spring Lake Theatre, Spring Lake
Stony Hill Players, Summit
The Strollers, Maplewood
Studio Players, Upper Montclair
Summit Playhouse, Summit
Trilogy Repertory Company, Basking Ridge
Villagers Theatre, Somerset
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Asbury Park Music + Film Festival, Asbury Park
Black Maria Film Festival, Multiple locations
Film OneFest, Atlantic Highlands
Garden State Film Festival, Asbury Park
Lighthouse Film Festival, Long Beach Island
Monmouth Film Festival, Red Bank
Montclair Film Festival, Montclair
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10 Hairy Legs, Highland Park
Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre, Woodbridge
American Repertory Ballet Company, New Brunswick
Ariel Rivka Dance, Jersey City
Art Of Motion, Ridgewood
Carolyn Dorfman Dance, Union
Dance On The Lawn, Montclair
Freespace Dance, Upper Montclair
Jersey City Ballet, Jersey City
Lydia Johnson Dance, South Orange
Mosaic Dance Theater Company, Glen Ridge
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Fort Lee
New Jersey Ballet, Florham Park
New Jersey Civic Youth Ballet, Hackettstown
Neww Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble, Summit
Nimbus Dance Works, Jersey City
River Ballet Company, Frenchtown
Roxey Ballet Company, Lambertville
The Moving Architects, Montclair
XY Dance Project, Sparta
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Adelphi Orchestra, River Edge
The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey, Dover
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Teaneck
Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra, Bloomfield
Bravura Orchestra, West Windsor
Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey, Trenton
Central Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Neshanic Station
The Discovery Orchestra, Summit
Encore Orchestra of New Jersey, Short Hills
Garden State Philharmonic, Toms River
The Glen Rock Pops Orchestra, Glen Rock
The Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra (GPYO), Princeton
Metropolitan Orchestra of New Jersey, Chatham
The Monmouth Symphony Orchestra, Red Bank
The Montclair Orchestra, Montclair
New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra, New Brunswick
New Jersey Festival Orchestra, Westfield
New Jersey Intergenerational Orchestra (NJIO), Red Bank
New Jersey State Youth Orchestra, Newark
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Newark
New Jersey Youth Symphony, New Providence
Philharmonic of Southern New Jersey, Moorestown
The Plainfield Symphony, Plainfield
Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Princeton
South Orange Symphony, South Orange
The Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey, West Windsor
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American Labor Museum, Haledon
Aviation Hall of Fame of NJ, Teterboro
Battleship New Jersey, Camden
Blairstown Museum, Blairstown
Historic Cold Spring Village, Cape May
Alice and Leonard Dreyfuss Planetarium, Newark
Museum of Early Trades & Crafts, Madison
Esther Raab Holocaust Museum and Goodwin Education Center, Cherry Hill
Franklin Mineral Museum, Franklin
Hoboken Historical Museum, Hoboken
Liberty Hall Museum, Union
Liberty Science Center, Jersey City
Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, Morristown
Meadowlands Museum, Rutherford
Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities, Cape May
Monmouth Museum, Lincroft
Morris Museum, Morristown
NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum, Cape May
Newark Museum of Art, Newark
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton
New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial , Holmdel
The Old Barracks Museum, Trenton
John F. Peto Museum, Island Heights
Stone Harbor Museum, Stone Harbor
Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center, Little Falls
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick
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Lizzie Rose Music Room, Tuckerton
Outpost In The Burbs, Montclair
Colab Arts, New Brunswick
Joe Russo's Almost Dead is Marco Benevento, Dave Dreiwitz, Tom Hamilton, Scott Metzger and Joe Russo. We're a Grateful Dead cover band.
Join us for McCarter at the Museum - renowned performing artists in one-night only events at the Princeton University Art Museum.
Jason Robert Brown is a four-time Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist of The Last Five Years, Parade, Songs for a New World, 13, The Bridges of Madison County, Honeymoon In Vegas and The Connector, has performed as a soloist or with his band in venues around the world, including sold-out shows at the London Palladium and Carnegie Hall. His albums as a singer-songwriter include Wearing Someone Else’s Clothes and How We React and How We Recover on Ghostlight, and Coming From Inside the House and Live In Concert with Stephen Sondheim on Concord.
With Special Guest Tony nominee Betsy Wolfe. Tony Award-nominated actress Betsy Wolfe is currently starring as Audrey in the acclaimed Off-Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors, following her recent Broadway run as Madeline Ashton in the hit musical Death Becomes Her. She previously originated the title role in Joy, the new musical inspired by inventor Joy Mangano, and earned a 2023 Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her celebrated performance as Anne Hathaway in & Juliet. Other Broadway credits include starring as Jenna in Waitress, Cordelia in the acclaimed revival of Falsettos, Bullets Over Broadway, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Everyday Rapture, and 110 in the Shade, as well as her critically acclaimed performance as Cathy in the Off-Broadway revival of The Last Five Years. Wolfe made her Metropolitan Opera debut in Die Fledermaus and has appeared as a guest artist with more than 65 symphony, pops, and philharmonic orchestras worldwide, including the New York Philharmonic and BBC Symphony Orchestra, with performances at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. Her screen credits include First One In, Estella Scrooge, CBS’s Instinct, and the film adaptation of The Last Five Years. Wolfe is also the co-founder of BroadwayEvolved, the acclaimed musical theatre training program she launched in 2018 to train and mentor the next generation of theatre artists.
A limited number of early access tickets for McCarter Director’s Circle members and members of the Museum’s Partner Circle are available, on sale Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM. General public on sale begins Friday, September 18, 2026 at 12:00 PM.
Please be aware there is no public drop-off or parking at the Museum. For visitors with mobility needs, please contact the Museum at least three business days in advance of your visit to request special access to the Museum via Elm Drive. Call 609-258-3788 and select option 1 to speak to a visitor services staff member, or email Louise Barrett at [email protected].
Celebrate 100 years of Miles Davis! The GRAMMY®-nominated trumpeter and bandleader Jon Faddis carries on the legacy in this anniversary tribute. He’ll spotlight Davis’s game-changing 1957 album Birth of the Cool and his 1959 modal masterpiece Kind of Blue. The all-star ensemble includes both new and familiar faces to NJPAC jazz audiences: Erena Terakubo (alto sax), Gary Smulyan (bari sax), Steve Turre (trombone), John Clark (French horn), Bob Stewart (tuba), Mike LeDonne (keys), Todd Coolman (bass) and John Riley (drums).
The legendary Rhode Island multi-platinum rock’n’roll group JOHN CAFFERTY & THE BEAVER BROWN BAND began their career in 1973 and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s with the “Eddie & The Cruisers – Motion Picture Soundtrack”. The hit single “ON THE DARK SIDE” held the “#1” position on the Billboard Rock charts and the MTV video charts for five consecutive weeks.
Celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary with New Jersey Ballet in a powerful evening of dance that captures the spirit, energy, innovation and resilience of the nation through the language of ballet. Red, White and Blue brings together iconic masterworks and bold contemporary voices in a program that reflects the many dimensions of the American experience while honoring New Jersey’s essential role in the fight for independence and the shaping of the nation.
“If you are looking to be blown away by raw talent, then look no further than Griffin House.” —American Songwriter
Written by and starring Vicki Lawrence
Two Performances Only
Vicki Lawrence, the legendary actress, comedian, and singer, brings her signature wit and charm to the stage in Vicki Lawrence and Mama: A Two-Woman Show. Best known for her iconic role as Thelma Harper, or "Mama," from The Carol Burnett Show and Mama’s Family, Lawrence delivers a hilarious and heartfelt performance that takes audiences on a journey through her extraordinary career. From her Emmy-winning years alongside Carol Burnett to her chart-topping hit, “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia,” she shares behind-the-scenes stories, comedy, and music—all with her trademark humor. Whether reminiscing about her Hollywood adventures or embodying the feisty Mama, Lawrence proves that laughter is timeless.
Music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
If you’re feeling all alone in the universe – or even if you’re not – Triangle’s newest musical comedy is for you! Join us as Triangle explores what it means to have friends in high – or should we say “sky”? – places. Extraterrestrial visitors, crazy conspiracy theories, and intergalactic shenanigans power this year’s annual laugh-fest of witty jokes, lavish production numbers, and, of course, Triangle’s famous kickline. Can interplanetary goodwill blossom in the dystopian desert of our current times? Get your Triangle tickets now and learn if Roswell That Ends Well!
Catch the next generation of great jazz artists who hail from New Jersey. High school performers from across the state have been selected through a competitive audition process to participate in the NJMEA All-State Jazz Band and All-State Jazz Choir. They’ll show off their jazz prowess in this intimate (and exciting) concert co-presented by NJPAC and the New Jersey Music Educators Association.
(PLAINFIELD, NJ) -- Ferrell Studios presents Carrie, the Musical at the Plainfield Performing Arts Center from November 12-15, 2026. Based on the classic novel by Stephen King, the musical poses the question: What happens when someone is pushed too far?
(HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company's Fringe Festival continues with Ghost Dance: Picture of a Madman, a captivating one-woman play written and performed by Erica Knight. Running November 12–15, 2026, in the Kutz Theatre at the Lackland Performing Arts Center on the campus of Centenary University. The production explores the turbulent life and legacy of Ralph Albert Blakelock, one of America's most celebrated yet tragically overlooked nineteenth-century painters.
(HAMMONTON, NJ) -- Fool Moon Theatre Company presents a special, one-night-only presentation of the hit play Love, Loss and What I Wore on Thursday, November 12 2026 at Eagle Theatre. This exclusive event is a benefit for the Funny Farm Rescue & Sanctuary in Mays Landing. Showtime is 7:30pm.
(TRENTON, NJ) -- The James R. Halsey Foundation of the Arts (JRH), a 501c3 non-profit agency dedicated to providing quality arts education and mentoring to youth in the City of Trenton and greater New Jersey area presents the 2026 Student Film Showcase. Taking place on November 12th at the New Jersey State Museum Auditorium from 5:00pm - 8:00pm, this event features three films, written, directed, and produced by students, as well as a documentary focused on raising awareness on men's mental health, featuring authentic student voices and professional interviews.
(EDISON, NJ) -- Middlesex College Visual, Performing and Media Arts presents She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen from November 12-18, 2026 at the Performing Arts Center - Studio Theater in Edison. She Kills Monsters tells the story of Agnes Evans as she leaves her childhood home in Ohio following the death of her teenage sister, Tilly.
