Season Archive 2023/24
The Company Men
Curtain Up!
Saturday, September 23 at 8:00 PM
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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This MODERN DAY RAT PACK is unlike any other four-man vocal group touring today. The Company men deliver a high energy theatrical concert experience in which the group "mashes" today's Top 40 hits with reimagined classics of the last eight decades, blending artists from Sam Cooke to Sam Smith and The Temptations to The Weekend and many more!
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YAS: Musical
Young Audience Series
September 28 - October 2
The Little Theatre: 400 Jefferson Street
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TBA
Six Rounds of Vengeance
NEXTstage Repertory
October 12 - 16
Sitnik Theater: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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by Qui Nguyen
In post-apocalyptic "Lost Vegas," a young gunslinger named Jess December enlists the help of a mysterious samurai cowboy to help avenge the murder of her sister. However, the gang they'll be going against has powers that go way beyond just gunpowder and steel. To get revenge, they may have to become just as bloodthirsty as the monsters they're facing.
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"Overflowing with awesome stage combat and imaginative writing, this show packs a huge theatrical punch in just under 90 minutes."
- TheatreMania
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Mother (and me)
Fringe Festival
October 19 - 22
Kutz Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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Written & Performed by Melinda Buckley
'MOTHER (and me)' is the story of a larger-than-life Hungarian Mama Rose who's slowly waltzing into dementia, as her Broadway baby, Melinda shimmies into middle age. An outrageous one woman show about stepping up and into your own light.
ALONE, Stories by Edgar Allan Poe
Fringe Festival
October 26 - 29
Kutz Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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by Daniel Hall Kuhn
It's an evening of suspense by that master of horror Edgar Allan Poe as Daniel Hall Kuhn brings his show ALONE, Stories by Edgar Allan Poe to the intimate Kutz theatre. This multi-disciplinary immersive show brings six stories and poems by Poe, including The Raven, Tell Tale Heart, and Annabel Lee to life in a way you'll never forget!
STING*Chronicity
Fringe Festival
November 2 - 5
Kutz Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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by Rosemary Loar
STING*chronicity offers an unexpected combination of monologues with a stunning variety of musical arrangements of the music of brilliant contemporary songwrite, Sting. The show is "set" in Madison Square Garden on the occasion of the final reunion concert of the iconic band, The Police, which was headed by Sting.
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"Audiences starved for good music and solid entertainment can be grateful that cabaret and Rosemary Loar have found one another."
- NY Post
New Jersey Ballet
Once Upon a Time
Dance Series : Family Friendly
Sunday, November 12 at 2:00 PM
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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ONCE UPON A TIME is a family show taking its audience on a comical tour through some of classical ballet's greatest stories. Part educational, part dance, the performers will dissect classic tales, providing insight into the movement while giving you a fun and entertaining peek behind the balletic curtain. Excerpts from: Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Romeo & Juliet.
Disney's
The Little Mermaid
Nov. 24 - Dec. 10
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
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Ariel, King Triton's youngest daughter, wishes to pursue the human Prince Eric in the world above, bargaining with the evil sea witch, Ursula, to trade her tail for legs. But the bargain is not what it seems, and Ariel needs the help of her colorful friends, Flounder the fish, Scuttle the seagull and Sebastian the crab to restore order under the sea.
NJCYB: The Nutcracker
New Jersey Civic Youth Ballet
December 15 - 17
Sitnik Theatre | 715 Grand Ave.
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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, this production is sure to delight!
Winter Festival of Shows
Young Performer Workshop
December 15 - 17
Little Theatre | 400 Jefferson Street
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TBA
Jumaane Smith: Louis! Louis! Louis!
Winter Thaw Music Festival
Saturday, January 13 at 8:00 PM
Sitnik Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center
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Jazz trumpeter, vocalist, and composer Jumáane Smith has performed on 5 GRAMMY Award-winning records (selling more than 60 million copies), 2
Emmy Award nominated TV performances, the GRAMMY Awards with Stevie Wonder, in Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story," and more.
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He has spent the last 17 years touring and recording with Michael Bublé as lead trumpeter and vocalist, and has toured with his own band to such world -class venues as Jazz At Lincoln Center, Vail Jazz Festival, Java Jazz Festival, Low's Regency, North Star Festival, Joe's Pub, Rochester International Jazz Festival, Catalina Island Jazz Festival, and many more.
Reverie Road
Winter Thaw Music Festival
Saturday, January 20 at 8:00 PM
Sitnik Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center
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Firmly grounded in their collective Irish roots, Reverie Road embraces humor with musical insight and natural abilities. Featuring fiddler Winifred Horan and accordionist John Williams (founding Solas members) alongside former Gaelic Storm fiddler Katie Grennan and Jazz and Raga pianist Utsav Lal, they weave the roots of Irish musical traditions with new departures and curated gems including distilled airs, continental waltzes, and upbeat reels and jigs.
Rosaway
Winter Thaw Music Festival
Saturday, January 27 at 8:00 PM
Sitnik Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center
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Vocal, flute, drums, and machines - that's ROSAWAY: a Pop-jazz band hailing from Paris. Distinctly French, somewhat theme-tune-style, and a whole lot of groovy, this four-piece group is a blend of past and present.
Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba
Winter Thaw Music Festival
Saturday, February 3 at 8:00 PM
Sitnik Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center
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Hailing from a long line of Senegalese musicians and storytellers known as griots, Diali Cissokho made the transatlantic move almost ten years ago. Shortly afterward, he formed the band Kaira Ba with the aid of several like-minded Piedmont musicians. Together, they blend the traditions and rhythms of West African music with subtle timbres of the American South. In essence, Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba makes dance music that bridges the continental divide.
Romeo & Juliet
NEXTstage Repertory
February 8 - 12
Little Theatre | 400 Jefferson Street
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"For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo"
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Two young people fall in love but are doomed. It is not simply that their families disapprove; the Montagues and the Capulets are engaged in a blood feud, and the tragic ending seems almost inevitable. Shakespeare's timeless tale of star-crossed lovers comes to life!
Tartuffe
Professional Theatre Series
February 16 - March 3
Sitnik Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center
Tartuffe by the master of comedy Moliere, comes to life again on the Centenary Stage. Moliere’s classic comic romp of greed, hypocrisy and scandal is just as relevant today as it was in 1664 when it was first performed, (and banned). Orgon, a wealthy French merchant, has fallen under the spell of Tartuffe, who preaches piety and austerity while stealing secrets and seducing the ladies of the house. Only by hiding in closets, listening at doors and climbing under tables (after all, it is a farce) can they, and their maid Dorine, hope to expose Tartuffe and his true motives. Starring Randall Duk Kim as Orgon and directed by Annie Occhiogrosso.
The Tartan Terrors
Concert Series
Thursday, March 14 at 7:30 PM
Sitnik Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center
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The Tartan Terrors are their own Celtic Invasion, mixing music energy with traditional folklore, dance, and humor. With an arsenal featuring classic bagpipes and fiddle, driving drum tones, and signature guitar styles, The Tartan Terrors are a force not to be denied! Come see why they have sold out arenas all over the country!
Buckwheat Zydeco Jr.
and Ils Sont Partis Band
Concert Series
Saturday, March 23 at 8:00 PM
Sitnik Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center
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Carrying on his Father's legacy and band, Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. finds himself the front-men to legendary "Ils Sont Parti Band". This Grammy and Emmy Award Winning band has performed over 2,500 shows and a host of television appearances (David Letterman, CBS, Morning News, & Good Morning America to name a few). The Creole cousin of jazz, Zydeco music will have you up dancing in the isles!
Backwards, Forwards, Back
WPS : Professional Theatre Series
April 4 - 14
Kutz Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center
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A National New Play Network
Rolling World Premiere.
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.
WPS: Reading 1
Women Playwrights Series
Wednesday, April 10 at 7:00 PM
Kutz Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center
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TBA
WPS: Reading 2
Women Playwrights Series
Wednesday, April 17 at 7:00 PM
Kutz Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center
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TBA
GREASE
NEXTstage Repertory
April 18 - 28
Sitnik Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center
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by Warren Casey and Jim Jacobs
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Here is Rydell High's senior class of 1959: duck-tailed, hot-rodding "Burger Palace Boys" and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking "Pink Ladies" in bobby sox and pedal pushers, evoking the look and sound of the 1950s in this rollicking musical. Head "greaser" Danny Zuko and new (good) girl Sandy Dumbrowski try to relive the high romance of their "Summer Nights" as the rest of the gang sings and dances its way through such songs as "Greased Lightnin", "It's Raining on Prom Night", "Alone at the Drive-In Movie", recalling the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley that became the soundtrack of a generation.
WPS: Reading 3
Women Playwrights Series
Wednesday, April 24 at 7:00 PM
Kutz Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center
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TBA
Gypsy
Hackettstown Rotary Club Fundraiser
Saturday, May 18 at 8:00 PM
Sitnik Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center
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Gypsy performs the greatest hits from Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac, including: Stand Back, Rhiannon, Gold Dust Woman, Don't Stop, Stop Dragging My Heart Around, Silver Springs and so many more! Diane Lutz gives a stunning performance as Stevie Nicks with spot-on vocals and visuals that magically capture Nicks' stage presence.
Spring Festival of Shows
Young Performers Workshop
May 31 - June 2
Little Theatre | 400 Jefferson Street
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TBD