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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.



 




Performing Arts Centers

Click on the link in bold to go to their donation page

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



 


Professional Theatres

Click on the link in bold to go to their donation page

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



 



Community Theaters

Click on the link in bold to go to their donation page

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

Dover Little Theatre, Dover

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



 


Film Festivals

Click on the link in bold to go to their donation page

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



 


Dance Companies

Click on the link in bold to go to their donation page

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

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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

Rock Dance Collective

Roxey Ballet Company, Lambertville

The Moving Architects, Montclair

XY Dance Project, Sparta



 


Orchestras

Click on the link in bold to go to their donation page

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



 



Museums

Click on the link in bold to go to their donation page

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



 


Show Presenters

Click on the link in bold to go to their donation page

Lizzie Rose Music Room, Tuckerton

Outpost In The Burbs, Montclair

Colab Arts, New Brunswick



 



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(UNION, NJ) -- American Theater Group (ATG) presents the East Coast premiere of Destroying David at the DMK Theater at Union Arts Center from October 9-18 and at the Sieminski Theater from October 23-25, 2026. Destroying David is a thrilling, witty and heartfelt solo show about the power of art to help us through our darkest hours. The play is written and performed by Emmy Award-nominee Jason Odell Williams. ATG's new Producing Artistic Director Charlotte Cohn will direct.



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Princeton University Library presents "The Art of Japanese Publishing: A Selection of Japanese Illustrated Books from the Marquand Library Collection 1660-1960"

(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Princeton University Library celebrates the art and evolution of Japanese publishing with a new exhibition "The Art of Japanese Publishing: A Selection of Japanese Illustrated Books from the Marquand Library Collection 1660-1960," curated by Nicole Fabricand-Person, Japanese Art Specialist, Marquand Library of Art & Archaeology and Holly Hatheway, Director, Marquand Library of Art & Archaeology.



Airplane! Live with Julie Hagerty and Robert Hays at The Basie on October 9th

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Tom Papa: Grateful Bread Tour

Thursday, October 08, 2026 @ 7:00pm
Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC)
Morristown, NJ

With more than 20 years as a stand-up comedian, Tom Papa is one of the top comedic voices in the country, finding success in film, TV, radio and podcasts as well as on the live stage. He is a regular guest on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast and late-night TV shows.



 

A Beat of Our Own

Thursday, October 08, 2026 @ 7:30pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Matthews Theatre)
Princeton, NJ

From the Tony Award-winning producers of Hadestown comes A Beat of Our Own — a brand-new musical comedy that pulls you straight into the pulsating rhythms, kaleidoscopic colors and raw energy of competitive bhangra dance. 



 

The Moth Mainstage

Thursday, October 08, 2026 @ 7:30pm
State Theatre New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ

It’s a completely singular experience to be in the room and watch real people take the mic and share unforgettable stories from their own lives.



 

An Evening of Drink Flights and Tasty Bites to Benefit Union County Performing Arts Center

Thursday, October 08, 2026 @ 6:00pm
Hamilton Stage at Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC)
Rahway, NJ

Join us for our third annual Flight Night: An Evening of Drink Flights and Tasty Bites to Benefit Union County Performing Arts Center!

 

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Thursday, October 08, 2026 @ 8:00pm
Oakes Center
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Halloween Handbags & Bingo

Thursday, October 08, 2026 @ 6:00pm
Middletown Arts Center
Middletown, NJ

Join us for a hauntingly fun night of Handbags & Bingo featuring Cash Prizes and Designer Handbag Raffles!

 

ReelAbilities: ReelShorts: Beyond Expectations

Thursday, October 08, 2026 @ 10:00am
Kean Stage - NAAB Auditorium
Union, NJ

ReelAbilities authentically showcases disability experiences and talent both on screen and behind the camera through award-winning short and feature-length films. Each screening at Kean University includes disability-led discussions that foster community dialogue, challenge stereotypes and promote access — fulfilling ReelAbilities’s mission of reframing disability through powerful storytelling.

 

ReelAbilities: Disposable Humanity

Thursday, October 08, 2026 @ 2:00pm
Kean Stage - NAAB Auditorium
Union, NJ

ReelAbilities authentically showcases disability experiences and talent both on screen and behind the camera through award-winning short and feature-length films. Each screening at Kean University includes disability-led discussions that foster community dialogue, challenge stereotypes and promote access — fulfilling ReelAbilities’s mission of reframing disability through powerful storytelling.

 

ReelAbilities: Opening Night: Lone Wolves

Thursday, October 08, 2026 @ 6:30pm
Kean Stage - NAAB Auditorium
Union, NJ

ReelAbilities authentically showcases disability experiences and talent both on screen and behind the camera through award-winning short and feature-length films. Each screening at Kean University includes disability-led discussions that foster community dialogue, challenge stereotypes and promote access — fulfilling ReelAbilities’s mission of reframing disability through powerful storytelling.

 

Street Survivors - Lynyrd Skynyrd Experience

Friday, October 09, 2026 @ 7:30pm
Lizzie Rose Music Room
Tuckerton, NJ

Nationally touring act, Street Survivors, a Lynyrd Skynyrd Experience pays homage to the legendary southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. Recreating the look and sound of the band and playing classic hits such as "What's Your Name", "Gimme Three Steps", "Sweet Home Alabama" and the rock classic anthem "Freebird", Street Survivors is an audience favorite. Come join us as we go back in time to the early seventies and listen to the foot stompin music that brought Lynyrd Skynyrd to fame.