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Playwrights Theatre is currently accepting submissions for the 31st Annual New Jersey Young Playwrights Contest and Festival.

Young audiences will sympathize and sing along as Alexander has his worst day ever! Theatreworks USA and Two Beans Productions presents "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" at Mercer County Community College's Kelsey Theatre for two shows only on Saturday, Jan.

Paper Mill Playhouse has announced auditions for its 2014 Summer Professional Training Programs for talented young performers ages 10 to 18.

McCarter Theatre Center has announced a grant award of $30,000 from the Laurents-Hatcher Foundation to support the development of two new works by actress and playwright Danai Gurira, which will ultimately form a cycle in connection with her 2012 play The Convert.

'I will go and tend my geese! I will, I will, I will!' screamed the Mayor's daughter wearing a goose-girl costume.

A fantastic adventure, 'Pericles' by William Shakespeare, is now at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey through December 29th.

A musical production of 'Wind in the Willows' is now at Two Rivers Theater through December 29th.

New Jersey Repertory Company will present the world premiere of 'Admit One', a new comedy by Wendy Yondorf playing January 16 through February 16, 2014 at 179 Broadway in Long Branch.

Voting is now underway for New Jersey! We have a record number of votes in already, but if you haven't voted yet, click here to vote! If you have voted already, tell your friends.

The hilarious, Tony-winning Broadway musical hit Monty Python's Spamalot with book and lyrics by Eric Idle and music by John Du Prez and Eric Idle, makes its South Jersey premiere exclusively at the Grand Theatre in Williamstown.

Due to the predicted snowfall for tomorrow, Playwrights Theatre has cancelled tomorrow's reading of THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT by Suzanne Bradbeer.

McCarter Theatre Center's production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol has become a much loved holiday treat for families across the region.

Pushcart Players, New Jersey's renowned touring theatre for young audiences presents "Celebrating New Jersey," a timely folk musical that coincides with New Jersey's 350th Anniversary in 2014.

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) and The Second City, the country's leading improv comedy troupe, today announced a partnership that adds Newark to Hollywood, Toronto and Chicago as a training site for the revered company's comedy improvisation workshops for aspiring comedians of all ages.

To better understand how the Hispanics Inspiring Students' Performance and Achievement (HISPA) Role Model Program affects middle-school students, Educational Testing Service (ETS) has been working with HISPA to gather survey data from students who participated in the program.

Two River Theater (Artistic Director John Dias, Managing Director Michael Hurst) presentsA Wind in the Willows Christmas, a holiday musical adapted from Kenneth Grahame's novel by composer Mike Reid, lyricist Sarah Schlesinger, and bookwriter Mindi Dickstein.

Cape May Stage has announced its nomination for 'Favorite Theatre to See a Play' in the Sixth Annual JerseyArts.

Bergen Performance Arts Center in Englewood, New Jersey will welcome Bergen County resident Kelli Rabke Agresta for No Place Like Home, benefiting bergenPAC's Performing Arts School.

Englewood Fire Department and Health East Medical Center will collect TOYS for children in need within Bergen County.

New Jersey Repertory Company has announced its 2014 Season, featuring a new slate of world premieres.

MIDTOWN DIRECT REP (MDR), the resident theater company at South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC), has announced that Academy Award-winner Olympia Dukakis will perform with MDR company members in a staged reading of ABSENCE, a new play about memory loss.

Puppetry is an ancient art form that has transcended time and crossed cultural boundaries to entertain generations of children and adults.

As usual this time of year, the award-winning Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company is accepting nonperishable items for the Cape May Food Closet.

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey closes its 51st season with a sparkling and wintery new production of Shakespeare's Pericles.