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The Garden State New Play Festival returns for its second season, showcasing innovative and community-driven storytelling. Taking place at the Jersey City Theater Center from ...



Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company To Perform RED FIRECRACKERS at Jersey City Theater Center


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 18, 2025

The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, the renowned international touring dance company founded by Chinese American choreographer Nai-Ni Chen, and now led by Artistic Director Greta Campo and Executive Director Andy Chiang....

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company to Present RED FIRECRACKER Tour Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 17, 2025

The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company has unveiled its 2026 season of its production, Red Firecracker: The Legend of the Lunar New Year. The production explores how these fears are overcome not in isolation, but through community....

Jersey City Theater Center Opens 20th Anniversary Season With Brent Birckhead Jazz At White Eagle Hall


by A.A. Cristi - October 22, 2025

Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC) will open its 20th Anniversary Season with a performance by Brent Birckhead Jazz on Thursday, November 20, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. at White Eagle Hall (337 Newark Avenue, Jersey City)....

Jersey City Theater Center Opens 20th Anniversary Season With Brent Birckhead Jazz At White Eagle Hall


by A.A. Cristi - October 22, 2025

Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC) will open its 20th Anniversary Season with a performance by Brent Birckhead Jazz on Thursday, November 20, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. at White Eagle Hall (337 Newark Avenue, Jersey City)....

20th Anniversary Season Announced at Jersey City Theater Center


by Emmy Rice - September 06, 2025

Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC) has announced its 2025–2026 20th Anniversary Season: Bridging Cultures through the Arts—a milestone year celebrating two decades of ambitious, globally focused programming that sparks dialogue and builds community through live performance....

The New Jersey Play Lab's Emerging Artist Program Is Now Accepting Applications


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 07, 2025

The Storyteller Studio is now accepting applications for its 2025-2026 Cohort! Offered by The New Jersey Play Lab, the Storyteller Studio is a ten-month artistic and professional development program for emerging playwrights and dramaturgs....

Garden State New Play Festival Opens Submissions for 2026 Festival


by A.A. Cristi - July 07, 2025

Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC) and The New Jersey Play Lab (NJPL) have announced the return of the Garden State New Play Festival (GSNPF)—a bold, collaborative, and deeply human approach to new play development....

Creativity Deep Dive Workshop Comes to Vivid Stage


by Stephi Wild - July 02, 2025

Vivid Stage is offering a new creative class especially for adults over the last weekend in July, Creativity Deep Dive, taught by professor and playwright Phoebe Farber....

Jersey City Theater Center Awarded $30,000 Grant from Jersey City Arts and Culture Trust Fund


by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 30, 2025

Jersey City Theater Center has been awarded a full $30,000 grant from the Jersey City Arts and Culture Trust Fund as part of the fund’s fourth round of annual support for artists and arts organizations across the city....

Assemblyman Clinton Calabrese to be Honored at Northern NJ Community Foundation’s Community Changemaker Night


by Stephi Wild - May 28, 2025

The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) will honor arts champion New Jersey Assemblyman Clinton Calabrese and four other exemplary community leaders for their contributions to make life better in North Jersey....

Past Shows


Best Foreign is a compelling new play by Francisco Mendoza, directed by Danilo Gambini, that confronts the complexities of history and accountability. In a high-stakes ...


The Garden State New Play Festival, hosted by the Jersey City Theater Center, will debut its inaugural year with a focus on community engagement and ...


The Weight of Gold in a Hungry Land is part of the inaugural Garden State New Play Festival held at the Jersey City Theater Center. ...


Fallen from GRACE, a new play by Elijah N. Maldonado, explores the challenges faced by a young professional when confronted by a ghost from their ...

Oh, Muffy!
5/10


Oh, Muffy! is a sharp satire that delves into themes of privilege and performative progressivism, set against the backdrop of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Written ...


Daddy, An Un-Chinese Kid follows a Chinese university student in the USA as she navigates the challenges of balancing her passions with her family's expectations ...


Joy Comes in the Morning, written by Marcus Scott and directed by Dev Bondarin, follows the journeys of two young women as they navigate the ...


The Garden State New Play Festival showcases new works from 14 playwrights, featuring international artists and local voices. The festival emphasizes community engagement and social ...

The Moss Maidens
5/1 - 5/4/2025


In The Moss Maidens, written by S. Dylan Zwickel, five teenage girls in Nazi-occupied Holland become an unexpected resistance cell in 1941. Inspired by true ...


Solomon (and Me) is a powerful new play by Gabriel Diego Hernández, set in a summer school classroom where four students and their teacher confront ...


In The Wonderful Out There, a poignant play by Dave Osmundsen, four neurodivergent children in a magical group home confront a significant truth that challenges ...


Aberdeen and Netarine, written by Syd Rushing, explores the lives of two church ladies as they confront the decline of their community and the complexities ...

Verses @ Work
Verses @ Work
10/26 - 10/27/2024


JERSEY CITY THEATER CENTER  (October 26-27, 2024) – back by popular demand, NYC-native poet-actor-writer-musician Malik Work brings his internationally acclaimed show Verses @ Work to the ...


On July 30, 2024, the Jersey City Theater Center received two grants totaling $124,440 from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, marking a ...

Los Escultores del Aire/Danza Abend/Catalonia-USA-Costa-Rica


JCTC presents  International Arts Exchange Project  (IAEP) as a part of the Voices International Theater Festival. This captivating cultural experience transcends borders through the universal language ...

MICHAEL JOHN CISZEWSKI: LOVEFOOL


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