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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

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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



 



Museums

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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



 


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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FEATURED EVENTS


Sun Ra Arkestra

Thursday, September 03, 2026 @ 7:30pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Berlind Theatre)
Princeton, NJ

The legendary Sun Ra Arkestra returns with exuberant cosmic jazz — a stirring blend of big‑band swing, free jazz, bebop, spiritual jazz and Afrofuturist spectacle. Formed in Chicago in the mid‑1950s as the vehicle for the visionary composer Sun Ra, the Arkestra has spanned seven decades, touring the globe and inspiring generations with its bold, otherworldly sound.



A pioneer of early synthesizer use and the free‑jazz movement of the 1960s, Sun Ra combined musical innovation with a spiritual mission—using positive vibrations and music to uplift the universe. The Arkestra’s theatrical live shows fuse space‑age improvisation, singing, dancing, chanting and Afro‑pageantry, and helped define Afrofuturism in music and performance.



 

Flawless

Thursday, September 03, 2026 @ 7:30pm
Premiere Stages - Bauer Boucher Theatre Center
Union, NJ

A writer and an AI software designer battle to create the next great play in this cautionary tale about the impending intersection of technology and creativity.

 

Mei Semones

Friday, September 04, 2026 @ 7:30pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Berlind Theatre)
Princeton, NJ

Mei Semones is a Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and guitarist crafting jazz-inflected indie pop in both Japanese and English. Drawing on her background in jazz guitar and her Japanese heritage, she blends inventive harmonies, intricate rhythms, and bilingual lyricism into a sound that is both intimate and exploratory. 



 

Your Lips Never Left Mine – Online for 24 Hours and In-Person at 7PM

Friday, September 04, 2026 @ 7:00pm
NJ Film Festival
New Brunswick, NJ

A young woman is hired by a finance couple to tutor their son at their summer lake house, and finds herself increasingly enmeshed in the undisclosed darkness of their past.

 

Flawless

Friday, September 04, 2026 @ 7:30pm
Premiere Stages - Bauer Boucher Theatre Center
Union, NJ

A writer and an AI software designer battle to create the next great play in this cautionary tale about the impending intersection of technology and creativity.

 

Flawless

Saturday, September 05, 2026 @ 3:00pm
Premiere Stages - Bauer Boucher Theatre Center
Union, NJ

A writer and an AI software designer battle to create the next great play in this cautionary tale about the impending intersection of technology and creativity.

 

Flawless

Saturday, September 05, 2026 @ 7:30pm
Premiere Stages - Bauer Boucher Theatre Center
Union, NJ

A writer and an AI software designer battle to create the next great play in this cautionary tale about the impending intersection of technology and creativity.

 

Mike Zito

Saturday, September 05, 2026 @ 7:30pm
Lizzie Rose Music Room
Tuckerton, NJ

From his childhood in St. Louis to the global blues-rock circuit, Mike Zito has always kept it real. He began playing guitar at age five and by his late teens was a fixture on the St. Louis music scene. For Zito, honesty, authenticity, and integrity aren’t just part of the brand, they’re the foundation. “I have nothing to hide; it seems my honesty is what people relate to most,” he once told Vintage Guitar.

 

Clan of the Painted Lady - Online for 24 Hours!

Saturday, September 05, 2026 @ 12:00am
NJ Film Festival
New Brunswick, NJ

The 45th Bi-Annual New Jersey Film Festival will be taking place between September 4-October 4, 2026. The Festival will be a hybrid as we will be presenting it online as well as doing select in-person screenings at Rutgers University. Almost all the films will be available virtually via Video on Demand for 24 hours on their show date. VOD start times are at 12 Midnight Eastern USA. Each General Admission Ticket or Festival Pass purchased is good for both the virtual and the in-person shows when both are offered. This program is only available Online for 24 hours on this show date!

 

Vivid Stage presents The Flip Side

Saturday, September 05, 2026 @ 8:00pm
Madison Community Center
Madison, NJ

The Flip Side offers our unique spin on short-form improv, taking audience input to create instant scenes that are both unexpected and hilarious.