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Winter Improv Classes Come to Vivid Stage


by Stephi Wild - December 10, 2024

Vivid Stage is enrolling its Winter session of improv classes for adults. This session, which includes three different classes, will begin in January. Learn more about the classes here!...

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: THE RADIO PLAY Comes to the Oakes Center


by Stephi Wild - November 05, 2024

The Theater Project will mark 30 years with its 2024 production of It's a Wonderful Life: The Radio Play at the Oakes Center Theater in Summit. Learn more about the show here!...

The Theater Project and Cranford Library to Present Staged Readings of New Plays


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 29, 2024

Discover new plays at a free staged reading event at Cranford Community Center, presented by The Theater Project and Cranford Library, followed by a playwright-audience discussion. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets. ...

New Session of Improv Classes for Adults Set For Vivid Stage


by Stephi Wild - October 17, 2024

Vivid Stage, in residence at Oakes Center at 120 Morris Avenue in Summit, is enrolling its Late Fall session of improv classes for adults. This session, which includes three different classes, begins on November 4. There will be no classes during Thanksgiving week....

The Theater Project Now Accepting Submissions for 23rd Annual Young Playwrights Competition


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 14, 2024

The Theater Project is presenting the 23rd Annual Young Playwrights Competition, open for submissions, inviting young writers to showcase their original works. Learn more and see how to apply....

NEW PLAYS/ STAGED READINGS Monthly Series from The Theater Project and Cranford Library


by A.A. Cristi - October 07, 2024

Join The Theater Project and Cranford Library for a free staged reading of a new play at Cranford Community Center on October 19, 2024, followed by a discussion with the playwright and audience....

Free Staged Reading Of A New Play To Be Presented At Cranford Community Center


by A.A. Cristi - September 09, 2024

The Theater Project and Cranford Library announced a free staged reading of a new play at Cranford Community Center on September 21, 2024, followed by a discussion with the playwright and audience....

THE INTERPRETER Comes to The Theater Project This Week


by Stephi Wild - August 13, 2024

David Tillistrand, an actor whose credits include King Lear and other Shakespeare plays, will appear in the challenging role of Reichsmarschall Herman Göring in The Interpreter, Joseph Vitale’s fictional drama inspired by the true story of the Nazi leader and his Jewish interpreter during the Nuremb...

The Theater Project To Host Discussions With Scholars Following Performances Of THE INTERPRETER


by A.A. Cristi - July 29, 2024

Scholars will lead audience discussions after performances of THE INTERPRETER, a new play about the Nuremberg Trials, from August 15-25 in New Jersey....

THE INTERPRETER A Drama About The Nuremberg Trials, Comes To Oakes Center Theater In August


by A.A. Cristi - July 09, 2024

The Theater Project will present a new play about the Nuremberg Trials in Summit, NJ from August 15-25....

Past Shows

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE - The Radio Play


Join us as we recreate the LUX RADIO THEATER circa 1947, and enjoy all the laughs and thrills as twelve actors and one very overworked ...


Ruby in the Rough, a new play by Lynn Marie Macy, takes the audience to New Year’s Eve 1929, where three showgirls face a life-altering ...


The Nature of the Stars features a poignant encounter between a bookstore owner and a young customer as they navigate the challenges of loss and ...


The Theater Project and Cranford Library will showcase staged readings of three new plays on November 16 at the Cranford Community Center. The works include ...

Listen
10/19


The Theater Project and Cranford Library present a staged reading of Listen by Brigid Amos, where a talented but troubled artist finds himself torn between ...


The Bishop of California is a new play by Lynn Aylward that explores the life of James Albert Pike, an Episcopal bishop known for his ...

THE INTERPRETER
THE INTERPRETER
8/15 - 8/25/2024


A Nazi leader on trial.   A Jewish interpreter.   An unforgettable story. THE INTERPRETER by Joseph Vitale Inspired by actual events: the play imagines the complex ...

THE INTERPRETER
8/15 - 8/25/2024


The Interpreter is a powerful drama centered on the Nuremberg Trials, focusing on the complex relationship between a Nazi leader, Hermann Göring, and his Jewish ...

FINISHING IT OFF by NJ Playwright Mary Jane Walsh


Filled with humor, rage, and love, the play looks irreverently and tenderly at the issues that confront the aging and their caretakers. Four women perform ...

BLACK LIVES / BLUE LIVES


Courageously open and respectful dialogue BLACK LIVES / BLUE LIVES Confronts Race and Policing in Dueling One-ActsPowerful Drama Examines Controversial Issue from Each Side of ...

THINK FAST Short Play Competition


Eight short plays will be PRE-recorded and will have three broadcast performances. Audiences vote for their favorite and a panel of judges will award $500 ...

THINK FAST Short Play Competition


Eight short plays. Audiences vote for their favorite and a panel of judges will award $500 for the Best Play of 2022.After each performance, each ...

THE INTERPRETER
THE INTERPRETER
11/4 - 11/14/2021


The Theater Projects thought-provoking The Interpreter imagines a Jewish interpreters conversations with Nazis at the Nuremberg trials. The Theater Project (TheTheaterProject.org), a leading incubator for ...

LABOR
LABOR
9/16 - 9/26/2021


The Wires Brian Anthony Wilson will star in a live streaming virtual production of LABOR, a dark comedy by noted playwright TyLie Shider. LABOR is ...

DOG SEES GOD by Bert V. Royal


"The Peanuts kids have finally come out of their shells. Time Out NYCBs dog dies from rabies. His best friend is burnt out, his sister ...

DRAGONS IN THE CREASE
DRAGONS IN THE CREASE
4/29 - 5/1/2021


Theater Project member playwright Joseph Vitale has received a New Jersey State Council on the Arts fellowship. In recognition, TTP will rebroadcast our Zoom production ...

DOG SEES GOD by Bert V. Royal


Despite Pandemic ChallengeThe Theater Project's Apprentice Production Series Continues With Dark Comedy,The Theater Project (TheTheaterProject.org), a leading incubator for rising talent and a showcase for ...

THINK FAST Short Play Competition


Theater buildings may be closed, but theater companies can still Zoom. Join The Theater Project online, when they showcase eight short plays in their eighth ...


For over twenty years, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: THE RADIO PLAY has been an integral part of The Theater Project's repertoire--and a Union holiday tradition ...

Kaleidoscope Kabaret
11/20 - 11/21/2020


The Theater Project will present Kaleidoscope Kabaret, an evening of short plays from its Playwrights Workshop This annual showcase of new work will be offered ...

Dracula, the Radio Play
10/29 - 10/31/2020


In one form or another, DRACULA has fascinated audiences for generations, as a novel, a play, and too many movies about the Count to count. ...

EXIT PURSUED BY A BEAR
EXIT PURSUED BY A BEAR
6/21 - 6/30/2019


In this smart, dark revenge comedy, Nan Carter wants to leave her husband Kyleleave him tied up in a hunting cabin, covered with honey, and ...

THE WIZARD OF OZ (RSC)
8/18 - 8/20/2017


Videos


Ladies of Laughter in New Jersey Ladies of Laughter
Bergen PAC (2/3 - 2/3) Tracker
Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes in New Jersey Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (2/2 - 2/2) Tracker
Season Finale: Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich in New Jersey Season Finale: Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich
Mayo Performing Arts Center (6/5 - 6/5)
Rock of Ages in New Jersey Rock of Ages
Axelrod Performing Arts Center (5/2 - 5/18)
Anything Goes! in New Jersey Anything Goes!
Sieminski Theater (3/29 - 4/6)
The Cher Show (Non-Equity) in New Jersey The Cher Show (Non-Equity)
Mayo Center for the Performing Arts [Community Theatre] (2/7 - 2/8)
Vadim Gluzman Plays Brahms in New Jersey Vadim Gluzman Plays Brahms
State Theatre New Jersey (3/20 - 3/20)
Beautiful - The Carole King Musical in New Jersey Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
Axelrod Performing Arts Center (3/14 - 4/6)
Xian Conducts Mozart in New Jersey Xian Conducts Mozart
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (5/18 - 5/18)
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