The Stage Festival is in full swing! Events in the next week and a half include improvisation, stage combat, mask making, black-light puppetry workshops, playreading events, performances of Romeo and Juliet, Jungalbook (based on Ruyard Kipling's Mowgli stories), Schoolhouse Rock, Live!, Paul Robeson - Through his Words and Music, The Odyssey Experience and more - presented by some of New Jersey's best theatre companies.
Events take place in theatres, local libraries, at schools, performing arts centers, and in other venues throughout the state. Events are free, or deeply discounted.There are an incredible variety of events for every age; grab your family and friends and get involved. Visit The Stages Festival website to learn more.
Visit The Stages Festival website for more information
Centenary Stage Company, Hackettstown
The Cripple of Inishmaan
By Martin McDonagh
Final Performances this Weekend!
In 1934, the town of Inishmaan learns that a Hollywood director will be filming a movie nearby. No one is more excited than Cripple Billy, who is determined to audition for the Yank. News of his audacity ripples through his rumor-starved community, and to everyone’s surprise, the outcast gets his big chance.
To purchase tickets: (908) 979-0900
Visit the Centenary Stage Company website
George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick
Rich Girl
By Victoria Stewart
March 12-April 7
Claudine is head-over-heels in love for the first time. But her celebrity/financial-guru mother has misgivings about the charming - but broke - artist she loves. This comedy is a modern-day adaptation of Henry James' Washington Square - about women and their relationship to men, mothers and money.
To purchase tickets: (732) 246-7717
Visit the George Street Playhouse website
New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch
Ants
By Saviana Stanescu
Final Performances this Weekend! (World Premiere)
A comedy exploring the biochemistry of job loss, motherhood and immigration, as well as the personal science of turning worker ants into queens, while surviving in the world of ants and humans with an accent.
To purchase tickets: (732) 229-3166
Visit New Jersey Repertory Company's website
Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn
Lend Me a Tenor
By Ken Ludwig
Final Performances this Weekend!
Before a one-night-only performance, the renowned tenor Il Stupendo gets a “Dear John” letter — mistakenly left by his wife. He is then given an accidental double-dose of tranquilizers, and what follows is a laugh-out-loud chain reaction of mistaken identity, plot twists, double entendres and musical mayhem.
To purchase tickets: (973) 376-4343
Visit the Paper Mill Playhouse website
Play Festival Spring Readings
March 14-17
Four plays, selected from hundreds of submissions, are given professional readings and considered for expanded development in Premiere Stages' 2013 season. The readings provide an opportunity to see plays in a developmental forum, make suggestions to the playwrights, and support the creation of new work.
To purchase tickets: (908) 737-7469
Visit Premiere Stages' website
Tri-State Actors Theater, Newton
The 39 Steps
By Patrick Barlow
Final Performances this Weekend!
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece, a juicy spy novel, a dash of Monty Python and you get this inventive Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat that is packed with laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of 4), a murder, an on-stage plane crash, and some good old-fashioned romance!
To purchase tickets: (973) 875-2950
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