2007-2008 NEW JERSEY
THEATRE SCHEDULE
| George Street Playhouse | McCarter Theatre Company | Paper Mill Playhouse |
| Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey | Alliance Repertory Theatre Company | Bickford Theatre |
| Cape May Stage | Centenary Stage Company | Crossroads Theatre Company |
| Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre | East Lynne Theatre Company |
| Garage Theatre | Luna Stage | New Jersey Repertory Theatre | Passage Theatre Company |
| Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey | Premiere Stages | 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
The Sunshine Boys
by Neil Simon
with Jack Klugman and Paul Dooley
Directed by David Saint
October 16 – November 11, 2007
Doubt
by John Patrick Shanley
November 28 - December 23, 2007
Sight Unseen
by Donald Margulies
January 16 - February 10, 2008
The Scene
by Theresa Rebeck
February 27 - March 23, 2008
TBA
April 8 - May 4, 2008
McCARTER THEATRE CENTER
91 University Place, Princeton 08540
box office: 609-258-2787
Stick Fly
by Lydia Diamond
Directed by Shirley Jo Finney
September 7 - October 14, 2007
Tartuffe by
Moliere
English Verse Translation by Richard Wilbur
Directed by Daniel Fish
October 9 - 28, 2007
Me, Myself and I
by Edward Albee
Directed by Emily Mann
January 11 – February 17, 2008
Argonautika
The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts
Written and directed by
Mary Zimmerman
March 16 - April 6, 2008
A Seagull in the Hamptons
Written and directed by Emily Mann
May 2 - June 8, 2008
PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE
the State Theatre of New Jersey
Brookside Drive, Millburn 07041
box office: 973-376-4343
Happy Days – The Musical
Book by Garry Marshall / Music and Lyrics by Paul Williams
Directed by Gordon Greenberg
September 26 - October 28, 2007
Meet Me in St. Louis
Based on stories by Sally Benson and the M.G.M. Film
Book by Hugh Wheeler / Songs by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane
Directed by Mark S. Hoebee
November 7 - December 16, 2007
The Miracle Worker
by William Gibson
January 23 – February 24, 2008
Steel Magnolias
by Robert Harling
March 5 – April 6, 2008
Kiss Me, Kate
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter / Book by Sam and Bella Spewack
Directed by James Brennan
April 16 - May 18, 2008
Little Shop of Horrors
Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman / Music by Alan Menkin
Directed by Mark Waldrop
June 6 - July 8, 2008
SHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY
36 Madison Avenue (on the campus of Drew University)
36 Madison Avenue, Madison
box office: 973-408-5600
Henry V
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Bonnie J. Monte
May 1 - May 27, 2007
The Play’s the Thing
By Ferenc Molnar / adaptation by P. G. Wodehouse
Directed by Joe Discher
June 5 - July 1, 2007
A Midsummer’s Night Dream
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Brian B. Crowe
(On the Outdoor Stage)
June 19 - July 22, 2007
Measure for Measure
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Jack Wetherall
July 10 - 29, 2007
The Bald Soprano
by Eugene Ionesco
Directed by Matthew Arbour
August 7 - 26, 2007
The Time of Your Life
by William Saroyan
Directed by Paul Mullins
September 4 - 30, 2008
Blood and Roses
The Henry VI plays by William Shakespeare
Adapted and Directed by Brian B. Crowe
October 9 – November 11, 2007
A Christmas Carol
Adapted by Neil Bartlett / Directed by Bonnie J. Monte
November 27- December 31, 2007
(The STNJ Season runs from May through December)
ALLIANCE REPERTORY THEATRE COMPANY
Linden Presbyterian Church 1506 Orchard Street, Linden 07036
Box Office: 908-486-0665
Almost Maine
by John Cariani
Directed by Michael Driscoll
February 14 - 24, 2008
Boy’s Life
by Howard Korder
April 3 – 13, 2008
The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams
June 12 -22, 2008
BICKFORD THEATRE
(in residence at the Morris Museum)
6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown 07960
box office: 973-971-3706
The Owl & The Pussy Cat
by Bill Manhoff
September 20 - October 14, 2007
The Musical Comedy Murders Of 1940
by John Bishop
November 15 - December 9, 2007
Almost, Maine
by John Cariani
January 24 - February 17, 2008
Rounding Third
by Richard Dresser
March 27 - April 20, 2008
With And Without
by Jeffrey Sweet
May 22 - June 15, 2008
Special Concert Series
4th Annual Holiday Spectacular
December 15, 2007 at 8 p.m.
December 16, 2007 at 2 p.m.
A Stop on the A-Train
featuring the New Jersey Tap Dance Ensemble
February 23, 2008 at 8 p.m.
February 24, 2008 at 2 p.m.
Arias and Ensembles
featuring the NJ Opera Theatre
March 15, 2008 at 8 p.m.
CAPE MAY STAGE
Renaissance Revival Theatre
Bank and Lafayette Streets, Cape May 08204
box office: 609-884-1341
Bad Dates
by Theresa Rebeck
May 23 - June 30, 2007
Moonlight and Magnolias
by Ron Hutchinson
July 4 - August 18, 2007
Going to St. Ives
by Lee Blessing
August 22- September 22, 2007
The Turn of the Screw
by Jeffrey Hatcher from the novel by Henry James
September 26 - October 27, 2007
Flying Solo Festival IV
New One Person Performances in Repertory
October 31 – November 11, 2007
Annual Holiday Shows
This Wonderful Life / Every Christmas Story Ever Told
November 23 - December 9 / December 12 – 30, 2007
(The CMS season runs from June through December)
CENTENARY STAGE COMPANY
(at Centenary College)
400 Jefferson Street, Hackettstown 07840
box office: 908-979-0900
School for Wives
by Moliere
October 5 - October 21, 2007
My Three Angels
by Samuel and Bella Spewack
November 23 - December 9, 2007
Daphne Does Dim Sum
by Eugenie Chan
February 22 - March 9, 2008
CROSSROADS THEATRE COMPANY
7 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick 08901
Box Office: 732-545-8100
Melba Moore: Sweet Songs of the Soul
(Musical Autobiography)
September 28 – October 7, 2007
Emergence-See!
Written and Performed by Daniel Beaty
November 29 – December 9, 2007
Great Googley Moo
a celebration of the roots of Doo-Wop music
March, 2008
Genesis Festival of New Voices
May 1 – May 4, 2008
DREAMCATCHER REPERTORY THEATRE
at the Blair Center, 5 Mead Street, South Orange
box office: 973-378- 7754
Wonder of the World
by David Lindsay Abaire
October 26 - November 11, 2007
Orange County
by Suzanne Bradbeer
March 9 - March 25, 2008
EAST LYNNE THEATRE COMPANY
You and I
by Philip Barry
September 19 - October 13, 2007
Lou: The Remarkable Miss Alcott
Written and performed by Gayle Stahlhuth
October 17 – October 20, 2007
Sherlock Holmes’ Adventure of the Speckled Bird
Adapted by Craig Wichman
November 2 – November 3, 2007
Louisa May Alcott’s Christmas
Adapted and performed by Gayle Stahlhuth
November 23 – December 8, 2007
GARAGE THEATRE
Becton Theatre at Fairleigh Dickinson University 908 River Road Teaneck 07666
box office: 201-569-7710
Happy Days
by Samuel Beckett
November 1 – November 18, 2007
TBA
February 14 – March 2, 2008
The Wind in the Willows
adapted by Alan Bennett
April 24 – May 12,, 2008
(see theatre website for Youth Conservatory Theatre productions)
LUNA STAGE
695 Bloomfield Avenue, Montclair 07042
box office: 973-744-3309
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
October 10 - November 11, 200
TBA
(on Stage 2)
January 24 – February 17, 2008
The Man in Room 306
by Craig Allen Edwards
April 3 - May 4, 2008
NEW JERSEY REPERTORY THEATRE
at the Lumia Theatre, 179 Broadway, Long Branch 07740
box office: 732-229-3166
Minstrel Show
by Max Sparber
September 27 - October 28, 2007
And Her Hair Went With Her
by Zina Camblin
January 17 - February 17, 2008
Engaging Shaw
by John Morogiello
March 13 – April 13, 2008
(see theatre website for new play readings)
PASSAGE THEATRE COMPANY
Mill Hill Playhouse, Front and Montgomery Streets, Trenton 08605
box offices: 609-392-0766
The Devil’s Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith
by Angelo Parra
November 1 – November 25, 2007
2008 Solo Flights Festival
(see theatre website for individual events)
March 4 – March 30, 2008
Cecilia’s Last Tea Party (A Political Fantasia with Puppets)
by Russell Davis
May 8 – June 1, 2008
PLAYWRIGHTS THEATRE of NEW JERSEY
33 Green Village Road, Madison 07940
box office: 973-514-1787 ext. 30
Flying Crows
adapted from the novel by Jim Lehrer and directed by James Glossman
January 31 – February 17, 2008
Sedition
by David Wiltse
Directed by James Glossman
February 1 - 18, 2007
(see theatre website for series of 7 staged readings of new plays
October 18 – November 3, 2007)
PREMIERE STAGES
1000 Morris Avenue (On the Campus of Kean University) Union 07083
Box Office: 908-737-7469
ODD
by Hal Corley
September 7 - 23, 2007
Dracula
adaptation by Stephen Dietz
October 26 – November 3, 2007
Humbug
by John Wooten
Adapted from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
December 13 - 22, 2008
Wilkins Theatre
SURFLIGHT THEATRE
Engleside and Beach Avenues, Beach Haven 08008
box office: 609-492-9477
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove
August 28 - September 16, 2007
They’re Playing Our Song
Book by Neil Simon
Music by Marvin Hamlisch/Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager
September 19 – 30, 2007
The Miracle Worker
by William Gibson
October 3 - 7, 2007
Driving Miss Daisy
by Alfred Uhry
October 10 - October 14, 2007
Arsenic and Old Lace
by Joseph Kesselring
October 17 - 21, 2007
Silver Dollar
Music by Jack Murphy/Lyrics by Mary Bracken Phillips
October 26 – November 4, 2007
It’s a Wonderful Life
November 30 – December 16, 2007
12 MILES WEST THEATRE COMPANY
562 Bloomfield Avenue (P.O. 1663), Bloomfield 07003
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
Omnium Gatherum
By Theresa Rebeck and Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros
October 4 – October 21, 2007
TWO RIVER THEATRE COMPANY
21 Bridge Avenue, Red Bank 07701
Box Office: 732-345-1400
Our Town
by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Aaron Posner
September 11 - September 30, 2007
The Charlatan’s Séance
Created and performed by Todd Robbins
October 2 – 31, 2007
Mere Mortals
by David Ives
Directed by KJ Sanchez
October 30 – November 18, 2007
The Ghost’s Bargain: A Spirited Tale for Christmas
adapted by Laura Eason from the story by Charles Dickens
November 27 – December 30, 2007
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Conceived and directed by Teller and Aaron Posner
January 15 - February 3, 2008
The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Robert M. Rechnitz
March 25 – April 3, 2008
A Murder, A Mystery, & A Marriage
Adapted from the story by Mark Twain
Music by James Sugg/ Book and Lyrics and Direction by Aaron Posner
May 13 – June 8, 2008
TRI-STATE ACTORS THEATER
Crescent Theatre 74 Fountain Square Sussex 07461
box office: 973-875-2950; 888-840-7889
The Price
by Arthur Miller
October 25 – November 11, 2007
A Christmas Carol
By Charles Dickens/ Stage Adaptation by Christopher Schario
December 12 - December 30, 2007
WHAT EXIT? THEATRE
Burgdorff Cultural Center 10 Durand Road Maplewood 07040
box office:973-763-4029
The Santaland Diaries
by David Sedaris
November 29 - December 15, 2007
From Door to Door
by James Sherman
March 20 - April 13, 2008
WOMEN'S THEATER COMPANY
Parsippany Arts Center, 1130 Knoll Road, Lake Hiawatha 07034
Box Office: 973-316-3033
Frankie and Johnny in the Clare de Lune
by Terrence McNally
October 19 - November 4, 2007
Letting Go
by Marylee Delaney
March 7 - March 23, 2008
NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (NJPAC)
Prudential Hall, One Center Street, Newark 07102
box office: 800-466-5722
The following touring productions are scheduled for the 2007-2008 season.
The Wedding Singer
Music by Matthew Sklar / Lyrics by Chad Beguelin
Book by Tim Herlihy & Beguelin
February 5 - 10, 2008
My Fair Lady
Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
March 18 - 23, 2008
Riverdance
April 22 - 27, 2008
Movin' Out
By Billy Joel, Twyla Tharp
June 10 - 15, 2008
CABARET (THE CHASE ROOM)
Jason Graae, Darius de Haas and Phillip Officer
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Christine Andreas
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Faith Prince
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Klea Blackhurst and Billy Stritch
Saturday, February 9, 2008
James Naughton
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Liz Callaway
Saturday, May 3, 2008
NJPAC THEATRE PRESENTATIONS (VICTORIA THEATRE)
A Year With Frog and Toad
Music by Robert Reale
Book and Lyrics by Willie Reale
October 12 - 14, 2007
Cookin’ at the Cookery: The Music and Times of Alberta Hunter
November 23 – November 25, 2007
Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Sound of Music
adapted from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical
November 30 – December 2, 2007
The Other Side of Newark
by Enid Rudd
January 10 – 20, 2008
(See NJPAC website for additional theatre related events)
STATE THEATRE
15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick 08901
box office: 732-246-7469
The Following Touring Productions Are Scheduled For "split Week" Engagements:
Gypsy
Styne / Sondheim / Laurents
October 26 - 27, 2007
Annie
Strouse / Charnin / Meehan
December 14 – 16, 2008
Rent
Jonathan Larsen
January 16 – 17, 2008
Evita
Lloyd-Webber/Rice
April 4 – 5, 2008
(See State Theatre website for additional theatre related events)
Updated September 20, 2007
- Bob Rendell
