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This Week in Theatre: Previews for Plays Taking Place November 4-10, 2025

Here are previews of plays taking place from November 4-10, 2025 including a look at productions currently being presented and those coming soon. New Jersey Stage covers Equity, community, college, and high school theatre. Check back every week for the weekly theatre preview.





 




Music Mountain Theatre presents "Annie"

(LAMBERTVILLE, NJ) -- Leapin' Lizards! The irrepressible comic strip heroine comes to the Music Mountain Theatre stage in one of the world's best-loved musicals. Performances of Annie take place across three weekends from November 7-23, 2025.




Playhouse 22 presents "The Cake" - a sweet dramedy about love and laughter

(EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- Playhouse 22 presents The Cake weekends from November 7 - 23, 2025. The play by Bekah Brunstetter is a touching and topical comedy/drama in which a vivacious, conservative North Carolina baker named Della faces a crisis of conscience when Jen - whom she loves like a daughter - asks her to bake a cake for Jen's lesbian wedding.




Kean University Theatre Department presents "Antigone"

(UNION, NJ) -- Kean University Theatre Department presents Antigone from November 14-22, 2025 in the Wilkins Theatre. Discover the timeless power of defiance in Sophocles' Antigone!




OCVTS Grunin Performing Arts Academy presents "A Monster Calls" at Grunin Center for the Arts

(TOMS RIVER, NJ) -- The OCVTS Grunin Performing Arts Academy presents A Monster Calls at Grunin Center for the Arts with three performances from November 14-15, 2025. This is based on the novel by Patrick Ness and inspired by an original idea by Siobhan Dowd, devised by Sally Cookson, Adam Peck and the Company.










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Shakespeare

Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein"

 Tuesday, November 04, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Shakespeare Theatre Of NJ - F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre
36 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ 07940



Crossroads

Crossroads Theatre Company presents "Crumbs From the Table of Joy"

 Wednesday, November 05, 2025 @ 7:30pm
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC)
11 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901



Shakespeare

Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein"

 Wednesday, November 05, 2025 @ 7:30pm
Shakespeare Theatre Of NJ - F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre
36 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ 07940



Shakespeare

Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey presents "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein"

 Wednesday, November 05, 2025 @ 2:00pm
Shakespeare Theatre Of NJ - F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre
36 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ 07940



Richard

Richard Thomas in Mark Twain Tonight!

 Wednesday, November 05, 2025 @ 7:30pm
State Theatre New Jersey
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901










FEATURES

PHOTOS from "Our Town" at American Theater Group

(UNION, NJ) -- American Theater Group (ATG) is presenting Thornton Wilder's Our Town, currently running at the DMK Theater at the new Union Arts Center through November 2. The production moves to the Sieminski Theater in Basking Ridge from November 6-9, 2025. All photographs were taken by Montclair, NJ-based photographer Yvonne Duck.




South Camden Theatre Company presents "DOT" by Colman Domingo

(CAMDEN, NJ) -- Celebrate 20 years of professional theatre in Camden with the final production of the 2025 season by South Camden Theatre Company - DOT by Colman Domingo. Performances run weekends from November 8-23, 2025. The New York Times said this play is "A thoroughly entertaining comedy-drama! An impressive advance for Colman Domingo."




Burlington County Footlighters presents "She Loves Me"

(CINNAMINSON, NJ) -- Burlington County Footlighters presents She Loves Me across three weekends from November 8-22, 2025. Step into a charming shop in 1930s Budapest, where love hides in plain sight in She Loves Me. This heartwarming musical follows two feuding coworkers who unwittingly fall for each other through anonymous letters.




Vivid Stage Brings Pop-Up Theatre: Fiona's Café to Serra Doce in Summit

(SUMMIT, NJ) -- Vivid Stage will bring a fresh format of theatre to the community on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. Fiona's Café is a Pop-Up show that will happen at Serra Doce Coffee Shop in Summit for one night only. This unscripted story will be improvised by the Vivid company of actors while patrons are treated to sandwiches, desserts and beverages from Serra Doce.




'Mary Shelley's Frankenstein' at NJ's Shakespeare Theatre is Intense with Superb Staging

Now running at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ) is a stunning production of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The play comes from author Mary Shelley's original 1818 book of Frankenstein. This version of the play is written by David Catlin. It plays now through November 16th at the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre on the campus of Drew University in Madison, New Jersey.









 

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    EVENT PREVIEWS

    (NEW YORK, NY) -- Tony and Grammy Award-winning, three-time Emmy and two-time Academy Award-nominated performer Leslie Odom, Jr. will make a highly anticipated return to Broadway this fall in his critically acclaimed, Tony Award-winning role as Aaron Burr in Hamilton. The original star is set to reprise his wildly successful and iconic portrayal of Aaron Burr, which comes nine years after he took his final bow in July 2016.



    (WEST ORANGE, NJ) -- Launching Luna Stage's 2025-2026 season with a five-week run, the two-time Off-Broadway hit Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library returns to Luna from October 3rd to November 9, 2025. Jenny Lyn Bader's play, praised by John McWhorter in the New York Times as "a lesson on perceiving humanity and even dignity in all people under even the toughest of conditions," was called of the Best Dramas of the Year by This Week in New York, selected as one of Cititour's Hot 5 Off-Broadway Shows, and named to Theaterscene's 2024 10 Best List.



    (NEW YORK, NY) -- Ego Actus Theatre Company will bring six new plays to life in the Women's Drama Reading Series. The readings are free to the public and will take place on Monday nights from October 6 - November 10, 2025 at The Episocopal Actor's Guild (East 29th St, NYC 10016). Women’s Drama is in response to the lack of diversity in many NYC and national theatre companys seasons this year.



    (WEEHAWKEN, NJ) -- Hudson Theatre Works is starting its season of plays, until the Performing Arts Center is completed, at the historic Weehawken Water Tower. The season begins with Edward Albee's "At Home At The Zoo" running from October 23 - November 8, 2025. This work combines Albee's groundbreaking 1959 short play The Zoo Story with his acclaimed prequel Homelife written in 2004.



    (UNION, NJ) -- American Theater Group (ATG) presents the Pulitzer Prize-winning Our Town by Thornton Wilder as the company's 2025-26 Season Opener. The production runs October 23 through November 9, 2025 at the DMK Theater in Union and at the Sieminski Theater in Basking Ridge.







     



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