HEATHERS THE MUSICAL: High School Edition Comes to Black Box Performing Arts Center in Teaneck, NJ

The Black Box Performing Arts Center (BBPAC) continues to emerge as the Tri-State area's premiere destination for both cutting-edge professional theater and collaborative performing arts education as it proudly presents a new production of Heathers The Musical: High School Edition in the heart of Teaneck, New Jersey - just a quick ride over the George Washington Bridge from Manhattan.

Directed by BBPAC Artistic Director MATT OKIN with Musical Direction by BBPAC Managing Director Huey Esquire, Heathers... features a talented teen cast including LAURA ALBA, SAM CANCELARICH, MAYAN EFREMOFF, ADRIANNA FENU, EITAN HILLER, MOLLY KRAMER, DEVORA KRISCHER, NOAM MILLER, JESSE PARMELEE, AVIVA RAMIREZ, SARI ROSEN and LOLO SAMIIAN. The creative team features Assistant to the Director SHOSHANA DIMBERT, Production Manager/Teaching Artist ALLISON FALKENSTERN, Production Manager/Teaching Artist MEAGHAN WILSON, Choreographer MICHELLE PUSKAS, Production Designer JASON FELIX, and Costume Designer MICAL KARLIN. Heathers The Musical: High School Edition will play six performances over a week-long period, from Thursday, August 3 through Thursday, August 10 at Black Box Studios' new home, Teaneck's Black Box Performing Arts Center (200 Walraven Drive. (just off Palisade Ave., GPS: 290 Walraven Drive), Teaneck, NJ 07666. Press Cordially Invited To All Performances (Including 8/3 Preview)

Heathers The Musical: High School Edition is the darkly delicious story of Veronica Sawyer, a brainy, beautiful teenage misfit who hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerberg High: The Heathers. But before she can get comfortable atop the high school food chain, Veronica falls in love with the dangerous new kid J.D. When Heather Chandler, the Almighty, kicks her out of the group, Veronica decides to bite the bullet and kiss up to Heather... but J.D. has another plan for that bullet. Heathers The Musical: High School Edition is a hilarious, heartfelt and homicidal new show based on the greatest teen comedy of all time. It's a moving love story, a laugh-out-loud comedy, and an unflinching look at the joys and anguish of high school.

Heathers, the Musical; High School Edition plays the following 6 performance schedule: 1. Thursday, August 3: 8PM (Preview) 2. Sunday, August 6: 2PM 3. Sunday, August 6: 7:30PM 4. Tuesday, August 8: 8PM 5. Wednesday, August 9: 8PM 6. Thursday, August 10: 8PM Tickets are $18 ($15 for students) and are now available at www.blackboxpac.com. Tickets can also be purchased at the venue; call (201) 357-2221 for box office hours.

Black Box Performing Arts Center is located at 200 Walraven Drive, just off Palisade Ave., Teaneck, NJ 07666 (GPS: 290 Walraven Drive). Recent productions during the inaugural 2016-17 season included Joshua Harmon's Bad Jews, Willy Russell's Blood Brothers A Musical, Evil Dead The Musical, Edward Albee's The Goat Or, Who Is Sylvia? Caryl Churchill's Cloud 9, the original drama Twist Of Faith, Matthew Lopez's The Whipping Man, the new immersive comedy Skip & Rivka's Not-So-Kosher Interactive Wedding Experience, and Disgraced.

The New York City area's most eclectic theatrical offerings continue at BBPAC with a soon-to-be-announced 2017-18 season of favorites, cutting-edge Northern New Jersey premieres, and the development of original works for the stage: www.blackboxpac.com.