2010-2011 NEW JERSEY
THEATRE SCHEDULE
| George Street Playhouse | McCarter Theatre Company | Paper Mill Playhouse | Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey |
| Alliance Repertory Theatre Company | Battery Factory Theatre | Bickford Theatre | Cape May Stage | Centenary Stage Company |
| Crossroads Theatre Company | Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre | East Lynne Theatre Company | Forum Theatre Arts Center | Garage Theatre |
|Luna Stage | New Jersey Repertory Theatre | Passage Theatre Company | Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey | Premiere Stages |
| ReVision Theatre | Surflight Theatre | 12 Miles West Theatre Company | The Theatre Project at Union County College | Two River Theatre Company |
| Tri-State Actors Theater | What Exit? Theatre | Women's Theater Company | New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) | State Theatre |
GEORGE STREET PLAYHOUSE
9 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick 08091
box office: 732-246-7717
Circle Mirror Transformation
By Annie Baker
October 5-31, 2010
(title of show)
Music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen
Book by Hunter Bell
Directed by Matt Lenz
November 16 - December 12, 2010
The Subject Was Roses by Frank Gilroy
directed by Michael Mastro
February 8 - March 6, 2011
A Fox on the Fairway
By Ken Ludwig
Directed by David Saint
March 22 - April 27, 2011
God of Carnage
By Yasmina Reza
Translated by Christopher Hampton
Directed by David Saint
May 10 - June 5, 2011
McCARTER THEATRE CENTER
91 University Place, Princeton 08540
box office: 609-258-2787
Aurelia's Oratorio
Starring Aurélia Thierrée
Created and Directed by Victoria Thierrée Chaplin
September 9 - October 17, 2010
An Iliad
Adapted from Homer by Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare
Translation by Robert Fagles
October 19 - November 7, 2010
A Christmas Carol
By Charles Dickens
Adapted by David Thompson
Directed by Michael Unger
December 5-26, 2010
The How and the Why
By Sarah Treem
World Premiere
Directed by Emily Mann
January 7 - February 13, 2011
Crimes of the Heart
By Beth Henley
Directed by Liesl Tommy
March 8-27, 2011
Sleeping Beauty Wakes
Book and direction by Rachel Sheinkin
Brendan Milburn
Lyrics by Valerie Vigoda
April 29 - June 5, 2011
PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE
the State Theatre of New Jersey
Brookside Drive, Millburn 07041
box office: 973-376-4343
Hairspray
Music By Marc Shaiman
Lyrics By Scott Wittman And Marc Shaiman
Book By Mark O'donnell And Thomas Meehan
September 22 – October 17, 2010
Les Misérables
Composed By Claude-Michel Schönberg
Libretto By Alain Boublil
Lyrics By Herbert Kretzmer
November 19 – December 19, 2010
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Music And Lyrics By William Finn
Book By Rachel Sheinkin
January 19 – February 13, 2011
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Music And Lyrics By Stephen Sondheim
Book By Burt Shevelove And Larry Gelbart
March 16 – April 10, 2011
Curtains
Music By John Kander
Lyrics By Fred Ebb
Book By Rupert Holmes
April 27 – May 22, 2011
SHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY
36 Madison Avenue (on the campus of Drew University)
36 Madison Avenue, Madison
box office: 973-408-5600
The Taming of the Shrew
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Bonnie J. Monte
June 2-27, 2010
The Servant of Two Masters
By Carlo Goldini
Adapted by Bonnie J. Monte with Jason King Jones
From a translation by Bonnie J Monte
Directed by Jason King Jones
June 23 - August 1, 2010
Outdoor Stage
Arms and the Man
By George Bernard Shaw
Directed by Joe Discher
July 7 - August 1, 2010
No Man's Land
By Harold Pinter
Directed by Bonnie J. Monte
August 11-29, 2010
All's Well That Ends Well
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Stephen Fried
September 15 - October 10, 2010
The Lion in Winter
By James Goldman
Directed by Paul Mullins
October 10 - November 14, 2010
I Capture the Castle
By Dodie Smith
Directed by Cameron Watson
December 1, 2010 - January 2, 2011
(The STNJ Season runs from May through December)
ALLIANCE REPERTORY THEATRE COMPANY
Union County Performing Arts Center, 1601 Irving St., Rahway, NJ 07065
Box Office: 908-486-0665
boom
By Peter Sinn Nachbrieb
October 8-23, 2010
Edison Valley Playhouse
Still Life
By Alexander Dinelaris
January 14-29, 2011
According to Goldman
By Bruce Graham
March 11-26, 2011
Reasons to Be Pretty
By Neil LaBute
April 15-30, 2011
Edison Valley Playhouse
BATTERY FACTORY THEATRE
One SOPAC Way, South Orange, NJ 07079
TBA
BICKFORD THEATRE
(in residence at the Morris Museum)
6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown 07960
box office: 973-971-3706
Mack and Mabel
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman
Book by Michael Stewart
September 23 – October 17, 2010
Moonlight and Magnolias
By Ron Hutchinson
November 11 – December 5, 2010
The Little Dog Laughed
By Douglas Carter Beane
January 20 – February 13, 2010
I Hate Hamlet
By Paul Rudnick
April 28 – May 22, 2010
CAPE MAY STAGE
Renaissance Revival Theatre
Bank and Lafayette Streets, Cape May 08204
box office: 609-884-1341
Class
By Charles Evered
May 14- June 12, 2010
I Hate Hamlet
By Paul Rudnick
June 16 – July 17, 2010
Romance, Romance
Music by Barry Harman
Book and lyrics by Keith Herrmann
July 21 - August 17, 2010
Happy Days
By Samuel Beckett
August 25 - September 25, 2010
Topdog/Underdog
By Suzan-Lori Parks
September 29 – October 23, 20010
The Complete Works of Wm. Shakespeare, Abridged
By Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield
October 27 – November 20, 2010
The Little Prince
by John Scoullar and Rick Cummins
November 26 - December 31, 2010
(The CMS season runs from May through December
CENTENARY STAGE COMPANY
(at the Lakeland Center on the campus of Centenary College)
400 Jefferson Street, Hackettstown 07840
Box office: 908-979-0900
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
by Neil Simon with Allen Lewis Rickman
October 1-17, 2010
Breakfast with Mugabe
by Fraser Grace
October 5-21, 2010
Oliver! The Musical
Book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart
November 26 - December 12, 2010
Bad Habits
by Theresa Rebeck
February 18 - March 6, 2011
How To Pray
World Premiere
by Michelle Carter
April 1-17, 2011
CROSSROADS THEATRE COMPANY
7 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick 08901
Box Office: 732-545-8100
Train to 2010
by Sibusiso Mamba
October 13-24, 2010
Holiday Jubilee!
A cross-cultural musical celebration
December 10-18, 2010
Yesterdays: An Evening with Billie Holiday
by Reenie Upchurch featuring Vanessa Rubin
February 7-17, 2011
A Raisin in the Sun
by Lorraine Hansberry
April 14 - May 1, 2011
DREAMCATCHER REPERTORY THEATRE
at the Blair Center, 5 Mead Street, South Orange
box office: 973-378- 7754
This
by Melissa James Gibson
October 29 - November 17, 2010
Distracted
by Lisa Loomer
March 4 - 20, 2011
EAST LYNNE THEATRE COMPANY
in residence at the First Presbyterian Church, 500 Hughes Street, Cape May 08024
Emma Goldman: My Life
World Premiere
June 16-10, 2010
Paul Robeson Through His Words and Music
July 14-24, 2010
The Dictator, A Comedy
By Richard Harding Davis
July 28 - September 4, 2010
Berkeley Square
By John L. Balderston
September 22 - October 23, 2010
Helpful Hints
Dinner Theater At The Mad Batter!
At the Carroll Villa Hotel
Sundays and Mondays
September 26 - October 18, 2010
Sherlock Holmes: Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
November 5-6, 2010
The Life And Adventures Of Santa Claus
November 26 - December 11, 2010
Forum Theatre Arts Center
314 Main Street, Metuchen, N.J. 08840
Box Office: 732-548-5600
TBA
GARAGE THEATRE
Becton Theatre at Fairleigh Dickinson University 908 River Road Teaneck 07666
box office: 201-569-7710
A Body of Water
by Lee Blessing
October 28 - November 14, 2010
And Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi
by Marcus Gardley
February 10-27, 2011
The Bald Soprano
by Eugene Ionesco
Adapted and directed by Michael Bias
April 21 - May 8, 2011
(see theatre website for Youth Conservatory Theatre productions)
LUNA STAGE
555 Valley Road, West Orange, N.J.
box office: 973-744-3309
The Old Settler
by John Henry Redwood
October 14 - November 14, 2010
...And Then I Wrote a Song About It
World Premiere
Book by Eric Weinberger
Music by Dan Acquisto, Lyrics by Sammy Buck
November 26 - December 19, 2010
Mercy and the Firefly
World Premiere
By Amy Hartman
February 10 - March 13, 2011
The Tallest Building in the World
World premiere
by Matt Schatz
April 14 - May 15, 2011
NEW JERSEY REPERTORY THEATRE
at the Lumia Theatre, 179 Broadway, Long Branch 07740
box office: 732-229-3166
Character Assassins
By Charlie Schulman
World Premiere
Directed by Dana Benningfield
September 23 - October 31, 2010
The Tangled Skirt
by Steve Braunstein
World Premiere
Directed by Evan Bergman
December 2, 2010 - January 23, 2011
Puma
By Julie Gilbert and Frank Evans
World Premiere
Directed by SuzAnne Barabas
February 24 - April 3, 2011
(see theatre website for new play readings)
PASSAGE THEATRE COMPANY
Mill Hill Playhouse, Front and Montgomery Streets, Trenton 08605
box offices: 609-392-0766
Love and Communication
By James J. Christy
Directed by Adam Immerwahr
October 7-24, 2010
Santa Claus is Coming Out
By Jeffrey Solomon
Directed by Joe Brancato
November 27-28, 2010
10th Annual Solo Flight Festival
March 4-27, 2011
Samuel J. and K.
By Mat Smart
Directed by Jade King Carroll
May 5-22, 2011
PLAYWRIGHTS THEATRE of NEW JERSEY
33 Green Village Road, Madison 07940
box office: 973-514-1787 ext. 30
Lost Boy Found In Whole Foods
By Tammy Ryan
Directed by John Pietrowski
Co-production with Premiere Stages
September 2-19, 2010
MoM: A Rock Concert Musical
World Premiere
Book, Lyrics, Music by Richard Caliban
September 30 - October 24, 2010
Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie
By Julie Jensen
Co-production with The Growing Stage - Children's Theatre of New Jersey
November 4-21, 2010
PREMIERE STAGES
1000 Morris Avenue (On the Campus of Kean University) Union 07083
Box Office: 908-737-7469
The Good Counselor
by Kathryn Grant
July 15 - August 1, 2010
Lost Boy Found In Whole Foods
By Tammy Ryan
Directed by John Pietrowski
Co-production with Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey
September 2-19, 2010
REVISION THEATRE
PO Box 973, Asbury Park, NJ 07712
Box Office: 732-455-3059
The Rocky Horror Show
October 28 - November 7, 2010
at the Carousel House on the Boardwalk
SURFLIGHT THEATRE
Engleside and Beach Avenues, Beach Haven 08008
box office: 609-492-9477
Mack and Mabel
Music and lyrics by Jerry Herman
Book by Michael Stewart
September 8-19, 2010
The Melody Lingers On: The Songs of Irving Berlin
September 22 - October 3, 2010
Noises Off
by Michael Frayn
October 6-10, 2010
Accomplice
by Rupert Holmes
October 13-17, 2010
Last of the Red Hot Lovers
by Neil Simon
October 20-24, 2010
12 MILES WEST THEATRE COMPANY
In residence at Playwrights Theatre, 33 Green Village Road, Madison 07940
Box Office: 973-259-9187
TBA
THE THEATRE PROJECT AT UNION COUNTY COLLEGE
Roy Smith Theatre, 1033 Springfield Avenue, Cranford 07016
Box Office: 908-659-5189
Manuscript
by Paul Gorellong
April 15 - May 2, 2010
Why Torture is Wrong ... and the People Who Love Them
by Christopher Durang
July 8 - August 1, 2010
Crowns
Adapted by Regina Taylor
September 23 - October 17, 2010
TWO RIVER THEATRE COMPANY
21 Bridge Avenue, Red Bank 07701
Box Office: 732-345-1400
Intimate Apparel
By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Seret Scott
September 21 - October 10, 2010
Opus
by Michael Hollinger
Directed by Matthew Arbour
October 26 – November 14, 2010
Charlotte's Web
Adapted from the book by E.B. White
By Joseph Robinette
Music and Lyrics by Charles Strouse
Directed by Matt Pfeiffer
December 7, 2010 - January 2, 2011
A Thousand Clowns
By Herb Gardner
Directed by Davis McCallum
February 1-20, 2011
Candida
by George Bernard Shaw
March 22 - April 10, 2011
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Music and Lyrics by Jacques Brel
Production Conception, English Lyrics, and Additional Material by Eric Blau and Mort Shuman
May 17 - June 5, 2011
TRI-STATE ACTORS THEATER
Crescent Theatre 74 Fountain Square Sussex 07461
box office: 973-875-2950; 888-840-7889
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
Adapted by Paul Meacham
December 8-23, 2010
WHAT EXIT? THEATRE
Burgdorff Cultural Center 10 Durand Road Maplewood 07040
box office:973-763-4029
Lady Bird, Pat and Betty - Tea for Three
by Eric Weinberg
October 4 - 11, 2010
WOMEN'S THEATER COMPANY
Parsippany Arts Center, 1130 Knoll Road, Lake Hiawatha 07034
Box Office: 973-316-3033
Side by Side by Sondheim
September 10-26, 2010
Last of the Red Hot Lovers
by Neil Simon
November 12-28, 2010
...And the World Goes Round: The Songs of Kander and Ebb
February 11-27, 2011
Enchanted April
by Matthew Barber from the novel
by Elizabeth Von Amim
April 8-24, 2011
NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (NJPAC)
Prudential Hall, One Center Street, Newark 07102
box office: 800-466-5722
South Pacific
January 26-30), 2011
Monty Python's Spamalot
March 29 - April 3, 2011
A Chorus Line
April 26 - May 1, 2011
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
June 22-26, 2011)
(See NJPAC website for additional theatre related events)
STATE THEATRE
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick 08901
box office: 732-246-7469
See website for theatre related events
(See State Theatre website for additional theatre related events)
Updated October 6, 2010
- Bob Rendell
