CURTAIN UP! Portrait of a Queen Starring Cece Teneal

Curtain Up! Gala Event

October 2, 8:00 PM

Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center

The Queen of Soul - Aretha Franklin taught us how to “Think” and demand “Respect” – while “Ridin’ on the Freeway!”  Portrait of a Queen, featuring the Voice of the Century Cece Teneal, is a dynamic musical production that will have you on the edge of you seats from start-to-finish. This show will energize you with the many life lessons imparted through Aretha Franklin’s 50+ year musical legacy. 

Grace for President

Young Audience Series

October 7 - 10

Little Theatre: 400 Jefferson St

One day in class, Grace Campbell discovered there has never been a female president.  "Where are the girls?" she asked, as her third-grade teacher rolls out a poster of all 44 US presidents.  Frustrated by the lack of female faces in the White House, Grace decides she wants to be president and inspires a school election.

Nine Day Wonder

Fringe Festival

October 14 - 17

Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center

When Will, a contemporary man, is faced with a moment of ultimate crisis, to distance himself from reality he splits in two, becoming Will Kemp, Shakespeare’s famous fool. In 1599, though no one is quite sure why, Kemp undertook his famous dance, jigging his way from London to Norwich, a hundred and twenty-five miles distant.

The Seagull

Great Authors Out Loud Series

October 16, 2:00 PM

Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center

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When famed actress Arkadina visits her family with her young lover Trigorin in tow, they become ensnared in a tragicomic tangle of romance, intrigue and unrequited love. 

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A Tale of Two Cities Cobbled Together by the Brothers Lovejoy

Fringe Festival

October 21 - 24

Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center

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One epic. Two brothers. What could go wrong?

Avery and Bunce Lovejoy are brothers who share a dilapidated home. They are obsessed with A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens’ classic story of love and loneliness, rags and riches, revenge and sacrifice set in the turmoil of the French Revolution. They reenact the novel, playing all the characters themselves and putting their own stamp on the dissolute Sidney Carton, the bitter Madame DeFarge, the guileless Lucy, the earnest Darnay and sundry others.

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APO's Halloween Spooktacular

FREE Outdoor Cabaret

October 30, 2:00 PM

400 Jefferson Street: Front Lawn of Seay Building

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Centenary Stage Company teams up with various Centenary Students/Alumni and CSC Artists for a Halloween cabaret of scary good songs. Bring the entire family for this afternoon of entertainment from a collection of everyone's favorite musicals. 

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Alice in Slasherland

NEXTstage Rep

Nov. 4 - 8

Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center

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When young Lewis Diaz accidentally resurrects the soul of a brutally slain girl named Alice, he unwittingly unleashes a literal hell on Earth. Now, with every imaginable kind of demon, monster, and killer ravaging his small town, it's up to Lewis and his newly undead companion to protect his classmates -- including longtime crush Margaret -- from becoming freshly slaughtered carcasses. With the help of Alice's trash-talking demonic teddy bear, Lewis races to find a way to close the rift before the devil himself shows up and totally ruins their senior prom.

YPW: Winter Festival of Shows 

Young Performers Workshop

Dec. 10 - 19

Little Theatre: 400 Jefferson St.

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YPW is under the direction of Broadway, film and television veteran Michael Blevins, and students study technique in acting, voice, and dance with a staff of theatre professionals in a five-week summer session. YPW also offers a fall and spring session, conducted each Saturday throughout the academic year, which culminates in a festival of shows performed for regional audiences. 

A Christmas Carol

Holiday Production

Nov. 26 - Dec. 12

Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center

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by Stephen Temperley

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A Christmas Carol, probably the most popular piece of fiction that Charles Dickens ever wrote, was published in 1843.  Charles Dickens, through the voice of Scrooge, continues to urge us to honor Christmas in our hearts and try to keep it all year round.

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NJCYB: The Nutcracker

New Jersey Civic Youth Ballet

Dec. 17 - 19

Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center

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The New Jersey Civic Youth Ballet is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing dance as an art form through education and professional performances while fostering individual growth and arts awareness.  The Nutcracker has been a staple for NJCYB and the community for twenty years and NJCYB is thrilled to bring it back to the stage after cancelling our season in 2020 due to Covid-19.

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The Blue Dahlia

January Thaw Music Festival

Jan. 15 at 8:00 PM

Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center

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Brooklyn-girl, but a nomad at heart, Dahlia Dumont traveled the world from an early age, always absorbing the cultural and musical influences in her path. Her Eastern European heritage and her years as an anthropology student and teacher in France and Senegal shaped her musical palette, and in 2012 she created her project The Blue Dahlia. 

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American Patchwork Quartet

January Thaw Music Festival

Jan. 22 at 8:00 PM

Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center

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Highly acclaimed artists Falu Shah (vocals), Clay Ross (guitar/vocals), Clarence Penn (drums) and Yasushi Nakamura (bass) showcase the dynamic diversity of contemporary culture by re imagining timeless songs from America's past

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Best of the Eagles

January Thaw Music Festival

Jan. 29  at 8:00 PM

Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center

Performing the band's greatest hits from the 70's, 80's and beyond, each member mirrors his counterpart in the Eagles instrumentally and vocally. However, this is no simple copy band or impersonator act but rather a group of excellent musicians who expertly and authentically re-create the songs, the music, the vocals and the magical aura of one of America’s greatest rock bands. It is the most authentic recreation next to seeing the Eagles live. 

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Book of Days

NEXTstage Repertory

Feb. 3 - 7

Little Theatre : 400 Jefferson Street

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by Lanford Wilson

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When murder roars through a small Missouri town, Ruth Hoch begins her own quest to find truth and honesty amid small town jealousies, religion, greed and lies.  This tornado of a play propels you through its events like a page-turning mystery.

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Meteor Shower

CSC Professional Theatre Series

Feb. 18 - Mar. 6

Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center

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by Steve Martin

Corky and Norm are excited to host Gerald and Laura at their home in the valley outside Los Angeles to watch a once-in-a-lifetime meteor shower. But as the stars come out and the conversation gets rolling, it becomes clear that Gerald and Laura might not be all that they appear to be. Over the course of a crazy, starlit dinner party, the wildly unexpected occurs. Martin, using his trademark absurdist humor, bends the fluid nature of time and reality to create a surprising and unforgettably funny new play.

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Seamus Egan

CSC Concert Series

Sun. Mar. 20 at 2:00 PM

Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center

Egan plays the Irish flute, tenor banjo, guitar, mandolin and tin whistle, among other instruments. “From his beginnings as a teen prodigy, to his founding of the Irish-American powerhouse band Solas, to his current project touring with friends and musical guests, Egan has helped define the sound of Irish music today,” Methow Arts said in a press release. As a composer, he was behind the soundtrack for the award-winning film “Brothers McMullen” and co-wrote Sarah McLachlan’s breakout hit, “Weep Not for the Memories.”

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Whippoorwill

WPS : Professional Theatre Series

SUSAN GLASPELL AWARD WINNER

March 31 - April 10

Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center

by Ruth Kirschner

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"Day of the Dead – that rare holiday where grief gets exchanged for celebration! It’s never an ordinary day, but for nine-year old Bibi and her mom Francine, their family life in Akron, Ohio is about to forever change.  1: their dog just died. 2: Francine’s nearly broke. 3: their dearly departed are far from dead and buried - they aren’t even dead.  So if you’re thinking to cross the Rainbow Bridge, better fasten that seatbelt."

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WPS Reading: Apartment 3F

Women Playwright Series

Wednesday, Apr. 13 at 7:30 PM

Kutz Blackbox Theatre

Initiated in 1992 to provide a working platform for the under-served voices of women writing for the theatre, CSC's Women Playwrights Series (WPS) has now featured and helped to develop the new work of over 60 playwrights from around the country, and produced fifteen World Premieres in as many years, from works developed in the playwright series.

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WPS Reading: The Buddha's Wife

Women Playwright Series

Wednesday, Apr. 20 at 7:30 PM

Kutz Blackbox Theatre

Initiated in 1992 to provide a working platform for the under-served voices of women writing for the theatre, CSC's Women Playwrights Series (WPS) has now featured and helped to develop the new work of over 60 playwrights from around the country, and produced fifteen World Premieres in as many years, from works developed in the playwright series.

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WPS Reading: Off the Map

Women Playwright Series

Wednesday, Apr. 27 at 7:30 PM

Kutz Blackbox Theatre

Initiated in 1992 to provide a working platform for the under-served voices of women writing for the theatre, CSC's Women Playwrights Series (WPS) has now featured and helped to develop the new work of over 60 playwrights from around the country, and produced fifteen World Premieres in as many years, from works developed in the playwright series.

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Head Over Heels

NEXTstage Rep

Apr. 21 - May 1

Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center

The bold new musical comedy from the visionaries that rocked Broadway with Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Avenue Q and Spring Awakening.  This laugh-out-loud love story is set to the music of the iconic 1980's all-female rock band The Go-Go's.  A hilarious, exuberant celebration of love, Head Over Heels follows the escapades of a royal family on an outrageous journey to save their beloved kingdom from extinction - only to discover the key to their realm's survival lies within each of their own hearts.

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Yellow Brick Road: A Tribute to Elton John

Hackettstown Rotary Fundraiser

May 21 at 8:00 PM

Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center

This is more than just a tribute - from the extensive costumes, to climbing on the top of the grand piano just like the man himself, this is a recreation of one of the most loved performers of any generation, Elton John.

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YPW: Spring Festival of Shows

Young Performers Workshop

May 27 - June 5

Little Theatre: 400 Jefferson St.

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YPW is under the direction of Broadway, film and television veteran Michael Blevins, and students study technique in acting, voice, and dance with a staff of theatre professionals in a five-week summer session. YPW also offers a fall and spring session, conducted each Saturday throughout the academic year, which culminates in a festival of shows performed for regional audiences. 

RENT

Summerfest 2022

July 7 - 17

Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center

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The story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in Lower Manhattan's East Village in the thriving days of bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. 

Destination Motown featuring The Sensational Soul Cruisers

Summerfest 2022

July 23

Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center

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The Sensational Soul Cruisers are an 11 piece show band that performs “Destination Motown,” where they deliver the greatest hits by the Temptations, the Jackson Five, Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops and so many others. It is a multi-media show with this incredible live band that are described as a cross between Kool and the Gang, Chicago and the Temptations, delivering a “WOW” show, time after time.

The Marvelous Wonderettes

Summerfest 2022

July 7 - 17

Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center

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The Sensational Soul Cruisers are an 11 piece show band that performs “Destination Motown,” where they deliver the greatest hits by the Temptations, the Jackson Five, Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops and so many others. It is a multi-media show with this incredible live band that are described as a cross between Kool and the Gang, Chicago and the Temptations, delivering a “WOW” show, time after time.