In 1933, Charlie, a Polish-born Jew who emigrated to America a decade earlier, returns to his hometown of Rovno in search of a bride. There Charlie meets Chava, who works at a hat shop and hopes to become a scholar. However, Chava’s ambitions for the future and the growing clouds of European anti-Semitism and persecution threaten both their dreams.
New Jersey Repertory Company is at 179 Broadway, Long Branch, NJ.
Comfort (4/17/25-5/11/25)
Make Believe (2/13/25-3/9/25)
The Other American (9/5/24-9/29/24)
The Two Hander (4/18/24-5/12/24)
A Tailor Near Me (7/27/23-8/27/23)
Our Shrinking Shrinking World (5/4/23-5/27/23)
The Rosenberg Strange Fruit Project (3/9/23-4/2/23)
Popcorn Falls (1/12/23-2/12/23)
Eden Prairie, 1971 (10/20/22-11/20/22)
The New Jersey Repertory Company was founded in 1997 by SuzAnne and Gabor Barabas. Its current central headquarters is the Lumia Theater located on lower Broadway in Long Branch. The theater's mission is to develop and produce new plays and to make a lasting contribution to the American Stage. Over two decades NJ Rep has produced 140 plays of which 125 have been world premieres. The theater has the additional distinction of having had many of its plays produced by other theaters around the country totaling over 200 subsequent productions in the U.S. and overseas. In 2012 and 2018 NJ Rep was the recipient of a National Theater Company Grant from the American Theater Wing that sponsors the annual Tony Awards for Broadway in recognition of its contribution to the repertoire of the American Stage. Only seven theaters have had this distinction. In addition, the theater has presented over 400 developmental readings as well as introduced 136 new works through its Theatre Brut Short-Play Festivals that focus on visionary and avant-garde works. In May 2016, NJ Rep acquired a new property, a 28,000 square foot school situated on 2 ½ acres and located just five minutes from its Main Stage Lumia Theater and two blocks from the Jersey Shore. The theater plans on gradually transforming the school in stages into a cultural center that will house additional performance spaces, an art cinema, an art museum, a rooftop café, an arts education wing, and residences for out-of-town actors and playwrights. When completed, the center will present a wide array of programs in acting, playwriting, art, sculpture, poetry, music, and photography and will serve as a catalyst for economic development and as the foundation for the cultural renaissance of the community.
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Chicago the Musical
Mayo Performing Arts Center (1/16 - 1/18) | |
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The Nutcracker American Repertory Ballet
State Theatre New Jersey (12/19 - 12/21) | |
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The Little Mermaid Sing-A-Long
State Theatre New Jersey (2/1 - 2/1) | |
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Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker and the Grinch Suites
Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum (12/20 - 12/20) | |
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Ben Folds with the New Jersey Symphony
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (6/13 - 6/13) | |
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The Edwards Twins
Surflight Theatre (4/25 - 4/26) | |
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Joshua Bell Leads Mendelssohn's
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (5/16 - 5/16) | |
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The Wonder of Christmas
Jersey Shore Arts Center - Palaia Theatre (12/18 - 12/19) | |
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