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The Theater Project's IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: THE RADIO PLAY Comes to Summit, NJ Thanksgiving Weekend

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: The Radio Play celebrates its 20th year of annual presentations with live, in-person performances Thanksgiving weekend, November 25-26, at the Oakes Center Theater.
BLACK LIVES / BLUE LIVES Comes to the Theater Project This Month

The Theater Project will be offering the thought-provoking interactive program, Black Lives/Blue Lives at 7:30pm, Monday and Tuesday, July 31 and August 1. Tickets for the performance and facilitated discussion are $20.
WONDERFUL LIFE: THE RADIO PLAY Comes to The Theater Project This Month

A twenty-year tradition unbroken by theater closures thanks to Zoom technology, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: The Radio Play, returns for live, in-person performance Thanksgiving weekend, November 26-27. This old favorite is popping up in a new location in Summit, NJ, at the Oakes Center Theater, 120 Morris Avenue, where The Theater Project will recreate the Lux Radio Theater circa 1947 as twelve adult actors, five kids, a musician and one extremely overworked sound technician prepare for the big radio broadcast of the story made famous in the Frank Capra film.
The Neighbor Project Reading At Vivid Stage: A Part Of The Stages Festival

Vivid Stage will present a reading of The Neighbor Project by Laura Ekstrand on Wednesday, March 9 at 7:00 pm.
DRACULA, THE RADIO PLAY Will Be Performed on Zoom Next Week

Eight actors from New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, and one extremely overworked sound technician (all that thunder and wolf howling) came together through Zoom to perform DRACULA, THE RADIO PLAY, as it might have been done in the Lux Radio Theater in 1932 at the time of the original film’s Depression era premiere
The Theater Project Presents DRACULA, THE RADIO PLAY

With so many holiday traditions interrupted this year, The Theater Project is offering some comfort food on the Zoom platform: DRACULA, THE RADIO PLAY, as it might have been performed in the Lux Radio Theater in 1932.
The Theater Project First Virtual 5k A Success

The Theater Project (TTP), an award-winning professional theater based in Union, NJ, completed a successful virtual 5k Walk/Run September 18-20.
Theater Project Receives Grant From NJ Council For The Humanities For BLACK LIVES/BLUE LIVES Program

The Theater Project has announced the award of a COVID-19 Response Grant of $6880 from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH).
The Theater Project Presents Reading Of BLACK LIVES/BLUE LIVES

Union-based professional company The Theater Project will take on one of the most controversial issues of the day with a staged reading of Black Lives / Blue Lives, an original pair of one-acts exploring each side of the police/race dynamic responsible for so many front-page tragedies in recent years.  The reading/ discussion will be presented at the Cranford Community Center on Wednesday, November 13, at 7:00 p.m.
Photo Flash: First Look at THE HUNCHBACK OF SEVILLE at The Theater Project

Charise Castro Smith's wild new comedy about the discovery of the new world and the powerful women standing over Christopher Columbus' shoulder skewers history while satirizing the personality politics of the 21st century. With all the controversy swirling around the Columbus statue in NYC, this outrageous play asks did he act alone? Or was he just following orders?
The Theater Project to Host an Evening of DURANG

What if the STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE got a flat tire, or whatever the trolley equivalent would be? What if GLASS MENAGERIE's sensitive, fragile Laura and her collection of tiny glass animals became hypochondriac Lawrence and his collection of glass swizzle sticks? That's pretty much what happens in FOR WHOM THE SOUTHERN BELLE TOLLS and other theater satires by Christopher Durang, presented as part of THREE PLAYS IN THREE WEEKS by The Theater Project in Maplewood, NJ.
Theater Project to Stage Three Plays in Three Weeks

After its summer hiatus, The Theater Project comes roaring back to life with Three Plays in Three Weeks, an entire season of entertainment delivered in less than one month.
Theater Project Announces Young Filmmakers' Competition Finalists

His audience was teenaged filmmakers, all finalists in The Theater Project's first annual Young Filmmakers' Competition. Also present were the films' casts and crews, friends and families, all gathered at Cafe Mondo in Summit on June 22 for the screening and to find out who would win the Judges' Pick award.The event was also supported by the Summit Film Society.
Deadline for Theater Project's 1st Annual Young Filmmakers Competition Set for 4/21

Having encouraged young writers for a dozen years through its annual contest for high school playwrights, The Theater Project is reaching out to young movie enthusiasts as well in a Young Filmmakers Competition.
The Theater Project Now Hosting Young Filmmakers Competition

Having encouraged young writers for a dozen years through its annual contest for high school playwrights, The Theater Project is reaching out to young movie enthusiasts as well in a Young Filmmakers Competition.
Theater Project Announces Young Filmakers Competition

Having encouraged young writers for a dozen years through its annual contest for high school playwrights, The Theater Project is reaching out to young movie enthusiasts as well in a Young Filmmakers Competition.
Theater Project Opens Young Playwrights Competition, Announces Young Filmmakers

While performing in Cranford and Maplewood, The Theater Project has been encouraging young writers from around the state through its annual Young Playwrights Competition. Past winners have gone on to pursue degrees in theater and playwriting, and they often return to The Theater Project to present prizes and share their journeys with the newest honorees.

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