Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey | Madison, NJ
Notice: Stage Manager
LORT NonâRep: Brian Crowe, Artistic Director
Stage manager: Nate Riccio, Casting and Company Manager
$1,035 weekly minimum (LORT D) — until 6/28/26
$1,097 weekly minimum (LORT D) — after 6/29/26 (see breakdown for production-specific dates)
Assistant stage manager:
$850 weekly minimum (LORT D) — until 6/28/26
$901 weekly minimum (LORT D) — after 6/29/26
Website:
https://www.shakespearenj.org/
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit.
Please submit your resume for consideration to Brian Crowe, Artistic Director.
Deadline: 02/04/2026
Playwright: Noël Coward
Director: Victoria Mack
First Rehearsal: 4/21/26
First Preview: 5/16/26
Opening: 5/22/26
Closing: 6/7/26
Possible extension: to 6/14/26
Private Lives by Noël Coward is a sophisticated romantic comedy about divorced couple Elyot Chase and Amanda Prynne, who unexpectedly reunite while honeymooning with their new spouses at the same hotel. Despite having remarried, their undeniable chemistry quickly reignites old passions—and old battles—leading them to impulsively run away together. What follows is a witty, fast-paced exploration of love, pride, and the thin line between romance and chaos, as the couple discovers that some relationships are impossible to escape.
Playwright: Ken Ludwig
Director: Brian B. Crowe, Artistic Director
First Rehearsal: 6/16/26
First Preview: 7/11/26
Opening: 7/17/26
Closing: 8/2/26
Possible extension: to 8/9/26
Baskerville is a fastâpaced comedic adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called in to investigate a mysterious family curse threatening the newest heir of Baskerville Hall. As they work to uncover the truth behind reports of a fearsome hellhound prowling the foggy moors of Devonshire, the duo must sift through clues, disguises, and an everâgrowing cast of quirky characters. In Ludwig’s version, five actors play more than forty roles, blending suspense with theatrical comedy as Holmes and Watson race to solve the case before the curse dooms the heir.
Playwright: William Shakespeare
First Rehearsal: 8/7/26
First Preview: 8/13/26
Opening: 8/14/26
Closing: 8/23/26
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare is a lively comedy set in the town of Windsor, where Sir John Falstaff attempts to court two married women for money, only to be cleverly outwitted at every turn. Alongside this, a jealous husband’s suspicions and a young woman’s competing suitors create a series of comic misunderstandings, leading to disguises, tricks, and a joyful resolution.
Playwright: Edward Albee
First Rehearsal: 8/11/26
First Preview: 9/5/26
Opening: 9/11/26
Closing: 9/27/26
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a threeâact drama set in the living room of George, a frustrated history professor, and his sharpâtongued wife Martha. After returning from a faculty party, they invite a younger couple, Nick and Honey, for drinks. What begins as casual entertainment quickly turns into a tense psychological battle, as George and Martha draw the younger couple into their cruel games and verbal confrontations. Through insults, humiliations, and shocking revelations, the illusions of George and Martha’s marriage are exposed.
Playwright: William Shakespeare
Director: Brian B. Crowe, Artistic Director
First Rehearsal: 9/15/26
First Preview: 10/10/26
Opening: 10/16/26
Closing: 11/15/26
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