
(HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company's annual Fringe Festival returns this November with three intimate, unconventional, and thought-provoking theatrical experiences. Featuring Too Fat for China, Ghost Dance: Picture of a Madman, and Unseen, this year's festival explores adoption, art and mental illness, and the often-unseen people who make the magic of theater possible.

(BASKING RIDGE, NJ) -- The Lord Stirling Theater Company will present Almost, Maine in the English Barn Theater at the Farmstead Arts Center across two weekends from October 16-25, 2026. Almost, Maine by John Cariani is a charming, heartfelt, and irresistibly whimsical comedy that explores love in all its surprising and transformative forms.

(CRANFORD, NJ) -- Domestic Blitz, Stephanie Griffin's farce about exhausting family dynamics, is up next in The Theater Project's 2026 New Play Readings series and scheduled on Saturday, October 17, 2026 at Cranford Community Center's 110-seat theater. Admission is free, with no registration required. The event begins at 2:00pm.

(HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company's NEXTstage Repertory brings Kate Hamill's darkly comic and contemporary reimagining of the classic detective duo, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - Apt. 2B, to the Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center from October 15–25, 2026.

(RED BANK, NJ) -- Two River Theater presents Stir by Melinda Lopez & Joel Perez from October 31 to November 22, 2026. Join them in the kitchen as two siblings piece together their mother's beloved black bean recipe. Secrets simmer and memories are on the menu as they reconnect from across the country.



