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If you are part of a professional theatre group based in New Jersey that is not listed here, please email us with the theatre name and website url. Updated 8/3/2026

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Atlantic County

Atlantic City Theatre Company
PO Box 7499, Atlantic City, NJ 08401

Eagle Theatre
208 Vine Street, Hammonton, NJ 08037


 

 




Bergen County

Black Box Performing Arts Center
1409 Queen Anne Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666

Skyline Theatre Company
240 Bellville Avenue, Bloomfield, NJ 07003

The Company Theatre Group
102 State Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601

Camden County

Camden Rep
445 Mechanic Street, Camden, NJ 08104

Ritz Theatre Company
915 White Horse Pike, Haddon Township, NJ 08107


South Camden Theatre Company
400 Jasper Street, Camden, NJ 08104

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Cape May County

Cape May Stage
31 Perry Street, Cape May, NJ 08204

East Lynne Theater Company
P.O. Box 121, Cape May, NJ 08204


 

Essex County

Luna Stage Company
555 Valley Road, West Orange, NJ 07052

New Jersey Play Lab
West Orange, NJ

Paper Mill Playhouse
22 Brookside Drive, Millburn, NJ 07041


Pushcart Players
261 Bloomfield Avenue, Suite A, Verona, New Jersey 07044

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SOMA Stage
South Orange / Maplewood areas

Vanguard Theater Company
180 Bloomfield Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07042

Yendor Theatre Company
625 Broad St. #240, Newark, NJ 07102

Hudson County

Actors Shakespeare Company
Box 311, Hoboken, NJ 07030

Art House Productions
131 Kensington Ave., #A1, Jersey City, NJ 07304

The Curtain
Hackensack, NJ

Franklin Theatre Works
Weehawkin, NJ (CURRENTLY IN-ACTIVE)

Hudson Theatre Works
80 Hauxhurst Ave, Weehawken NJ, 07086

Jersey City Theater Center
165 Newark Avenue, Jersey City NJ, 07302


Mile Square Theatre
1400 Clinton Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030

Speranza Theatre Company
35 Journal Square Plaza, 4th Floor, Jersey City, NJ 07306

Surati for Performing Arts
Jersey City, NJ 07306


 

Hunterdon County

ArtYard
13 Front Street, Frenchtown, NJ 08825

River Union Stage
PO Box 333, Frenchtown, NJ 08825

Mercer County

McCarter Theatre
91 University Place, Princeton, NJ 08540

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Passage Theatre Company
PO Box 967, Trenton, NJ 08605

Middlesex County

American Theater Group
57 Farms Road Circle, East Brunswick, NJ 08816

Crossroads Theatre Company
5 Elm Row, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901


George Street Playhouse
P.O. Box 194, New Brunswick, NJ 08903

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Monmouth County

Asbury Park Theater Company
Asbury Park, NJ


Axelrod Performing Arts Center
100 Grant Ave, Deal Park, NJ 07723

New Jersey Repertory Company
179 Broadway, Long Branch, NJ 07740


Theater Q Asbury
Asbury Park

Two River Theater
21 Bridge Avenue, Red Bank, NJ 07701

Morris County

The Growing Stage: The Children's Theatre of New Jersey
7 Ledgewood Avenue, Netcong, NJ 07857

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The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
3 Vreeland Road, Florham Park, NJ 07932


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Ocean County

Surflight Theatre Company
201 Engleside Avenue, Beach Haven, NJ, 08008


 

 




Passaic County

Paterson Performing Arts Development Council
P.O. Box 224, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407

Stage Works at Studio 237
237 Hamburg Turnpike, Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442

Union County

Catalyst Theater Company
Plainfield, NJ

Elizabeth Youth Theater Ensemble
PO Box 1325, Elizabeth, NJ 07207


Premiere Stages at Kean
1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083

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The Theater Project
PO Box 101, Union, NJ 07083


Vivid Stage (formerly Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre)
120 Morris Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901

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Warren County

Centenary Stage Company
715 Grand Avenue, Hackettstown, NJ 07840



 

FEATURED EVENTS


Retired United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills of the 82nd Airborne is a recalibrated warrior, motivational speaker, actor, author, and advocate for veterans and amputees. Travis’s New York Times bestselling memoir, Tough as They Come, is currently available for sale in bookstores everywhere. Despite losing portions of both arms and legs from an IED while on active duty in Afghanistan, Travis continues to overcome life’s challenges, breaking physical barriers and defying odds.

 
Following more than 100 acclaimed performances across North and South America, Europe, and Japan, BEAT returns this fall for the last North American tour. Former King Crimson members Adrian Belew and Tony Levin are joined by guitar virtuoso Steve Vai and legendary drummer Terry Bozzio to perform the music of the three landmark 1980s King Crimson albums—Discipline, Beat, and Three of a Perfect Pair.

 
Experience the underdog story that defined a generation. Now bigger, bolder, and brought to life with a live symphony orchestra. Watch the original Rocky film on the big screen while the iconic Bill Conti score is performed live, delivering every triumph, every heartbreak, and every adrenaline-fueled moment with knockout power. 

 
Critics were baffled. Audiences stayed away. Now many consider it one of Tom Hanks' and Meg Ryan' most charming and philosophical comedies. Funny, romantic, and surprisingly profound.

 
The Concert Band & Soldiers’ Chorus are the oldest and largest of The U.S. Army Field Band’s performing components. Founded in 1946 and 1957 respectively, these two ensembles combine to present joint concerts on their national tours. They have performed in all 50 states and 30 foreign countries for audiences totaling hundreds of millions.

 
The Jazz Ambassadors is the official touring big band of the United States Army. Formed in 1969, this 19-member ensemble has received great acclaim at home and abroad performing America’s greatest original art form, jazz.

 
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.



 

 

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Hunterdon Hills Playhouse presents Christmas at the Playhouse 2026

(HAMPTON, NJ) -- Hunterdon Hills Playhouse presents Christmas at the Playhouse 2026 from November 10 to December 20, 2026. Celebrate the season with this spectacular holiday production filled with the music, memories, and traditions audiences have cherished through the years.


Rethinking Greed and Wealth in Modern Society with Paul Vigna on November 11th

(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- Join journalist Paul Vigna for an eye-opening conversation about his provocative new book, The Almightier: How Money Became God, Greed Became Virtue, and Debt Became Sin, during a virtual discussion on Wednesday, November 11, 2026 presented by the Ocean County Library. The event begins at 2:00pm.


Ferrell Studios presents "Carrie, the Musical"

(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?


Centenary Stage Company's Fringe Festival presents "Ghost Dance: Picture of a Madman"

(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.


Fool Moon Theatre Company presents "Love, Loss, And What I Wore" at The Eagle Theatre on November 12th