Past Events 2022/23
Laurel Canyon
Curtain Up!
Saturday, September 24
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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Laurel Canyon is an acoustic tribute to the music of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Featuring recreations of their seminal works as well as songs from their early bands and their solo years, Laurel Canyon is a trio consisting of Grammy Award winning writer/producer Mark Hudson, Hall of Fame Songwriter Gary Burr, and singer songwriter Mark Mirando.
Jake Jackson's
Shakespeare Revue
Special Event
Sept. 30 - Oct. 2
Kutz Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
Jake Jackson's one-man show features 24 selected monologues and soliloquies performed in succession from the best of William Shakespeare's canon.
A Year with Frog and Toad
Young Audience Series
Oct. 14 - 17
Little Theatre: 400 Jefferson St.
Waking from hibernation in the Spring, Frog and Toad plant gardens, swim, rake leaves, go sledding and learn life lessons along the way. The two best friends celebrate and rejoice in the differences that make them unique and special. Part vaudeville, part make believe... all charm, A Year with Frog and Toad tells the story of a friendship that endures throughout the seasons.
Parallel Exit - The Artist will be With You in a Moment
Fringe Festival
Oct. 13 - 16
Kutz Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
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An immersive audience experience in a solo comic performance as an artist, performer, and clown. A creative force who "can get laughs simply by breathing" (The New York Times).
My Witch: The Margaret Hamilton Stories
Fringe Festival
Oct. 20 - 30
Kutz Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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If there is one movie we all share, it's The Wizard of Oz, but now it is time to pay attention to the woman behind the cackle. The story of Margaret Hamilton, whose Wicked Witch of the West has left an indelible mark on us all.
Living Dead in Denmark
NEXTstage Rep
Nov. 3 - 7
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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When the dead walk... you run! An action-adventure/horror sequel to William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Set five years after the events of the original, the undead have risen to power and are trying to take over the world, led by the zombie lord and true king of Denmark.
Cinderella
Family Holiday Spectacular!
Dec. 1 - 11
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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The timeless enchantment of a magical fairy tale is reborn with the Rodgers & Hammerstein hallmarks of originality, charm, and elegance.
YPW - Stop the World I Want to Get Off
Young Performers Workshop
Dec. 9 - 18
Little Theatre: 400 Jefferson St.
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A selection of musical theatre favorites performed in repertory by the students of Centenary Stage Company's Young Performers Workshop.
The Nutcracker
New Jersey Civic Youth Ballet
Dec. 16 - 18
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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An enchanting ballet and holiday favorite, The Nutcracker is a classic production for all ages. With the talented young dancers of the New Jersey Civic Youth Ballet, Warren County's only non-profit ballet company, and featuring professional dancers from around the world.
Dominick Farinacci Quartet
January THAW Music Festival
Saturday, January 14
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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Trumpeter Dominick Farinacci was named the very first Global Ambassador to Jazz at Lincoln Center by Wynton Marsalis. He has performed in more than 120 cities in 14 countries around the world, was a featured guest on ABC's Good Morning America, and is a TED Speaker.
Damn Tall Buildings
January THAW Music Festival
Saturday, January 21
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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In their early days, Brooklyn-based Damn Tall Buildings didn't rehearse - they busked. Now, whether live or on record, the band still radiates the energy of a ragtag crew of music students playing bluegrass on the street. But anchoring that energy is their instrumental chops, their strong songwriting, and their varied influences that stretch beyond bluegrass and American roots.
Chuchito Valdés
January THAW Music Festival
Saturday, January 28
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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Born and raised in Havana, Cuba, pianist, composer, and arranger Jesus "Chuchito" Valdes Jr. is the third-generation manifestation of a Cuban jazz piano dynasty that includes his father, Chucho Valdes, and grandfather, Bebo Valdes.
Macbeth
NEXTstage Rep
Feb. 2 - 6
Little Theatre: 400 Jefferson St.
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Considered one of Shakespeare's darkest and most powerful works. Set in Scotland, the play explores the corrosive psychological and political effects produced when evil ambition is chosen as a means to gain power.
The Ladykillers
Professional Theatre Series
Feb. 17 - March 5
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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Based on the 1955 comedy of the same name starring Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers. Posing as amateur musicians, Professor Marcus and his gang rent rooms in the lopsided house of sweet but strict Mrs. Wilberforce. The villains plot to involve her, unwittingly, in Marcus' brilliantly conceived heist job but Mrs. Wilberforce becomes wise to their ruse... and there is only one way to keep the old lady quiet.
Divas of Soul: starring CeCe Teneal
Concert Series
Saturday, March 18 at 8:00 PM
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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A country girl blessed with a powerful voice that is filled with soul and resonance. Back by popular demand, CeCe Teneal captivates with a brand new show, celebrating the women of soul music.
Off the Map
WPS / Professional Theater Series
March 23 - April 2
Kutz Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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Denny and Claire have retired to the wilds of Central America, where they quickly discover that things are not as they were expecting, neither in their relationship, nor in their new property. A mysterious mound is discovered by a pair of archeologists who arrive on the scene, making a shattering discovery which will challenge all their beliefs about what is every truly real and what is imagined.
Abducted
Women Playwrights Series
Wednesday, April 5
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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by Michele Aldin Kushner
A successful businesswoman and mother of two grown children, Diane, is getting her things in order. As she prepares for 'departure' from her present life, her daughter fights to get her psychiatric help. Her boyfriend wants to reclaim the woman with whom he fell in love - and her son wants to go with her. Is this departure being forced upon her or does she wish to leave life on her own terms?
Jane, Queen's Foole
Women Playwrights Series
Wednesday, April 12
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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by Barbara Blatner
It's the 16th Century, The reign of the Tudors, King Henry VIII. Jane, a "crazy," starving country girl by chance encounters Princess Mary Tudor, Henry VIII's rejected daughter becoming the first female Foole of the court. Amidst Bawdy humor, tumblers, and an entertaining, poetic hand, we join two very different women as they bond finding agency in the male-centric English court.
Backwards Forwards Back
Women Playwrights Series
Wednesday, April 19
Kutz Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
by Jacqueline Goldfinger
When a soldier returns from war carrying the ghosts of their tour, they're faced with a sobering decision: address their alarming PTSD with Virtual Reality therapy, or risk losing access to their family forever. Can this new technology recalibrate the brains and bodies of wounded soldiers? This electric, vivid, one-person show explores the power of healing and finding strength in vulnerability. Developed with support from the Sloan Foundation and Operation Warrior Resolution.
Blood of the Lamb
Women Playwrights Series
Wednesday, April 26
Kutz Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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by Arlene Hutton
Two Women, one traveler in need of medical attention, just needing to retrieve her belongings. One Lawyer, just doing her job. In this surreal, Kafka-esque world, we find these women at opposite sides of the table amidst legal precedents, bureaucratic chaos, and moral obligation to humanity.
The Addams Family
NEXTstage Rep
April 20 - 30
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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A comical musical that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it's every father's nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man - a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn't upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother.
The Cast of Beatlemania
Hackettstown Rotary Club Fundraiser
Saturday, May 20
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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THE CAST OF BEATLEMANIA is a US Beatles' tribute band formed in 1980. The Cast is one of the longest running Beatles' tribute band in the world. The group currently features Lenie Colacino, a former cast member of the 1977 Broadway musical Beatlemania.
80's Revolution
Summerfest 2023
June 22
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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This band features New Jersey's top musicians: Brian w. Silver, Kat Viksne, Eric Heiss and Max Bolton. They bring their exceptional musical talents to the stage every performance. The vocal talents of Gloria Carpenter, Chelsey Alyse, and Katie Joel make the perfect trifecta of leading ladies. With the support of Laura Turk and Gianna Hodes this group is totally tubular!
Rock of Ages
Summerfest 2023
July 6 - 16
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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Rock of Ages takes you back to the time of big bands with big egos playing big guitar solos and sporting even bigger hair! This Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical features the hits of bands including Night Ranger, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister and more.
Earth, Wind and Fire Tribute
Summerfest 2023
July 22
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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The Earth, Wind & Fire Tribute Band is a talented and committed group of musicians and vocalists whose roots are in gospel music. They share a great love and appreciation for the style and musicianship of the premier band of the 70's, 80's and 90's Earth, Wind and Fire. Selling out venues globally, the grammy-award wininng band continues to record and perform for an endearing fan base......... still going strong for over four decades.
Seussical the Musical
Summerfest 2023
Jul. 27 - Aug. 6
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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The Earth, Wind & Fire Tribute Band is a talented and committed group of musicians and vocalists whose roots are in gospel music. They share a great love and appreciation for the style and musicianship of the premier band of the 70's, 80's and 90's Earth, Wind and Fire. Selling out venues globally, the grammy-award wininng band continues to record and perform for an endearing fan base......... still going strong for over four decades.