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Arc Stages Hosts Second Annual New Play Festival

Pleasantville theater company Arc Stages presents their Second Annual New Play Festival: 'Shadows And Reveals.'
Photos: Visual Arts Center Of New Jersey Hosts 90th Anniversary Gala

On Saturday, April 29, the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey (VACNJ) held its largest fundraising event of the year at Canoe Brook Country Club in Summit. Shine On VACNJ’s 90th Anniversary Gala, raised a record-breaking $373,500 to support the Art Center’s powerful arts programming. Check out photos here!
Arc Stages Presents PETER AND THE STARCATCHER in March

Pleasantville theater company Arc Stages' Community Stage presents Peter and the Starcatcher. The Community Stage is the second wing of a company that also includes a thriving Educational Stage and a professional stage, the Next Stage.
Arc Stages To Present SHE LOVES ME Beginning November 11

Pleasantville theater company Arc Stages' Community Stage presents She Loves Me. The Community Stage is the second wing of a company that also includes a thriving Educational Stage and a professional stage, the Next Stage.
VACNJ Art Center's Art & Soul Gala A Tremendous Success

On Saturday, April 30, the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey held its largest fundraising event of the year at Canoe Brook Country Club in Summit. Art & Soul, VACNJ's first in-person gala since 2019, raised a record-breaking $296,000 to support the Art Center's powerful arts programming.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST To Be Performed At Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh Dickinson University is thrilled to perform their first production of the Broadway hit 'Beauty and the Beast' April 1, 2, 7, and 9 at 7:30 p.m. and April 3 and 10 at 2:30 p.m. at the Dreyfuss Theater on the Florham Campus. Directed and choreographed by Cindy Thole Loewus and with musical direction by Alan Cohen.
Visual Arts Center of New Jersey to Host Annual Spring Gala on April 30

The event, which will take place in Summit, NJ, is the Art Center’s largest fundraiser of the year, featuring live music by Gatsby Now, cocktails, and a seated dinner. The main attraction of the evening is the Art Center’s signature silent and live auctions of contemporary art highlighted by the return of celebrity auctioneer CK Swett. This year will mark the return to an in-person celebration for the first time since 2019.
American Shakespeare Center Announces Summer 2020 'SafeStart' Programming

American Shakespeare Center today announced its Summer 2020 'SafeStart' programming - an integrated approach to live and digital theatre that will offer two productions performed under a carefully developed series of mitigation protocols designed to keep actors, staff, and audiences safe.
American Shakespeare Center Adds National Tour Production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM to Streaming Platform

American Shakespeare Center announced today the addition of Midsummer 90 to their newly established streaming platform, BlkFrsTV. The National Tour company's family-friendly, intermission-less adaptation of Shakespeare's most beloved comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream can now be streamed direct to a home or virtual classroom.
American Shakespeare Center Will Livestream Full Performance of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

In response to the nationwide crisis, American Shakespeare Center is going to attempt their first-ever livestream of a full performance: ASC's National Tour production of a special 90 minute adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Eric Tucker & Nancy Anderson Join ASC's Summer/Fall Repertory

2014 Wall Street Journal director of the year Eric Tucker brings his irreverent embrace of Shaw's whimsy to American Shakespeare Center (ASC) with a production of Caesar and Cleopatra sure to leave audiences breathless with laughter and enthralled by the ensemble's imagination and versatility.
Eric Tucker & Nancy Anderson Join ASC Summer/Fall Repertory

2014 Wall Street Journal director of the year Eric Tucker brings his irreverent embrace of Shaw's whimsy to American Shakespeare Center (ASC) with a production of Caesar and Cleopatra sure to leave audiences breathless with laughter and enthralled by the ensemble's imagination and versatility.
American Shakespeare Center Announces 2020 Programming

In a Sunday presentation broadcast from the stage of the Blackfriars Playhouse - the world's only recreation of Shakespeare's indoor theatre - American Shakespeare Center (ASC) Artistic Director Ethan McSweeny announced the fifteen plays produced over three distinct seasons that will comprise the company's 2020 artistic programming, his second year and first full season at the helm.
American Shakespeare Center Promises Epic Roman Repertory Season

The American Shakespeare Center (ASC) welcomes guests for a special destination weekend August 9-11 when George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra joins Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra to complete the three-part Roman adventure at the Blackfriars Playhouse.
Su Pollard Heads The Cast Of The UK Tour Of HOT FLUSH THE MUSICAL

After four sell-out tours, Hot Flush the Musical returns to the stage in 2019 - for the first time in five years - with a major UK Tour, kicking off at the New Theatre Royal Lincoln on Thursday 12 September.
American Shakespeare Center Winter Season Takes Deep Dive Into Elizabethan Rehearsal Conditions; Creates Memorable, Actor-driven Productions

The American Shakespeare Center (ASC) Winter Season: The Actors' Renaissance began previews this past weekend of The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry IV, Part 1.
Visual Arts Center of New Jersey Held Annual Bourbon Bash

On Friday, October 26, the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey held its annual fall fundraising event, Bourbon Bash: Going Hog Wild for Art, with the unique theme contributing to a fun party atmosphere in the Art Center studios and galleries. Nearly $30,000 was raised through a combination of ticket sales, sponsorships, and revenue from a silent art auction featuring work created by outsider and self-taught artists.
American Shakespeare Center Celebrates 30 Years; Honors Ty Jones And Citizens Of Staunton

The American Shakespeare Center (ASC) commemorates three decades of Shakespeare by honoring Classical Theatre of Harlem Artistic Director Ty Jones and the Citizens of Staunton, Virginia at its 30th Anniversary Gala today, September 22 at the Blackfriars Playhouse and Stonewall Jackson Hotel. The celebration will include a diverse array of ASC artists ranging from members of the original Shenandoah Shakespeare Express touring company to recent ASC Theatre Camp students.
American Shakespeare Center Celebrates 30 Years; Honors Ty Jones And Citizens Of Staunton

The American Shakespeare Center (ASC) commemorates three decades of Shakespeare by honoring Classical Theatre of Harlem Artistic Director Ty Jones and the Citizens of Staunton, Virginia at its 30th Anniversary Gala on Saturday, September 22 at the Blackfriars Playhouse and Stonewall Jackson Hotel. The celebration will include a diverse array of ASC artists ranging from members of the original Shenandoah Shakespeare Express touring company to recent ASC Theatre Camp students.
American Shakespeare Center To Host 'ShakesFear' Book Signing

The American Shakespeare Center (ASC) will host a book signing of co-founder Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen's book 'ShakesFear and How to Cure It' on Wednesday, September 12 at 5:30pm at the Blackfriars Playhouse. At the signing, Professor Cohen, using scenes from As You Like It, will demonstrate how Shakespeare's language is our own. The event is open to all.

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