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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




 



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