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THE SUMMIT PLAYHOUSE

10 New England Avenue
Summit , NJ 07901



Review: SAMANTHA INSIDE OUT at NJ Rep-A Captivating One-Woman Show


by Marina Kennedy - February 24, 2026

New Jersey Repertory Company (NJ Rep) is launching their exciting 2026 Mainstage Season with the world premiere of 'Samantha Inside Out' by the award-winning playwright, Marisa Smith....

Review: COME FROM AWAY at Paper Mill Playhouse-Kindness Takes Center Stage


by Marina Kennedy - February 10, 2026

The re-imagined production of 'Come From Away' is now on stage at Paper Mill Playhouse through Sunday, March 1. The production, ingeniously directed and choreographed by Richard J. Hinds, features actors playing musical instruments live onstage...

Review: EBENEZER SCROOGE’S BIG JERSEY CHRISTMAS SHOW at GSP-Holiday Fun for All


by Marina Kennedy - December 10, 2025

The Christmas spirit is on full display at George Street Playhouse with a show that will surely please all. 'Ebenezer Scrooge’s Big Jersey Christmas Show' will be performed through...

Review: IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY at STNJ-A Holiday Treasure


by Marina Kennedy - December 09, 2025

‘Tis the season for a show that will delight and inspire.  'It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play' is now being performed at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ) and it tops off their 2025 season....

Past Shows

The Mousetrap
The Mousetrap
Oct 18 – Nov 2, 2025

The MousetrapDirected by Mead WintersStep into the world’s longest-running play — a classic whodunit packed with secrets, suspicion, and murder. Snowed in at a remote...

Fun Home
Fun Home
Apr 25 – May 10, 2025

In Fun Home, a groundbreaking and deeply personal musical, Alison Bechdel revisits her past to make sense of her father’s secrets and her own journey...

The Crucible
The Crucible
Feb 21 – Mar 8, 2025

The CrucibleDirected by Kevern CameronAssistant Director: Elissa StrellCo-Producers: Leslie Schwartz and Kay GunnStage Manager: Christine PetruzzellAssistant Stage Manager:  Mary McCormackIn a world where fear fuels...

Is He Dead?
Is He Dead?
Apr 26 – May 11, 2024

The Summit Playhouse presents Mark Twain's comedy, Is He Dead? A young painter of genius is in love but in debt. To achieve fame and fortune, he...

The Minutes
The Minutes
Oct 13 – Oct 28, 2023

A play by Tracy LettsDirected by Gordon WienerStage Manager Christine PetruzzellProducers Joann Scanlon and Pam HellerPERFORMANCES:October 13, 14, 20, 21, 27,28 @ 8pmOctober 15, 22...

The Old Settler
The Old Settler
Feb 24 – Mar 11, 2023

Sparks fly in a 1943 Harlem tenement between an old spinster and her skeptical sister when a handsome young man arrives on their doorstep. Full...

Sense & Sensibility
Sense & Sensibility
Oct 21 – Nov 5, 2022

A play by Kate Hamill.An adaptation of Jane Austen's novel follows the fortunes and misfortunes of the Dashwood sisters after their father's sudden death leaves...

Spring Awakening
Spring Awakening
Jul 22 – Jul 31, 2022

The winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, told by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, Spring Awakening explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood...

The Addams Family
The Addams Family
Jul 7 – Jul 10, 2022

This comical feast embraces the wackiness in every family. Featuring an original story and every fathers nightmare. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has...

Bright Star
Bright Star
Apr 29 – May 15, 2022

Directed by Lynn PolanMusical Direction by Joe DeVicoChoreographed by Megan FerentinosThis buoyant musical tells a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against the rich...

Death by Design
Death by Design
Feb 25 – Mar 12, 2022

What could be funnier than homicide?! How about the same murder committed by several different people with various weapons and wildly dissimilar motives. A spoiled...

Elf Jr.
Elf Jr.
Dec 3 – Dec 12, 2021

Join us for some SparkleJollyTwinkleJingley fun! Elf Jr. tells the story of Buddy, a young orphan, who mistakenly crawls into Santa's bag of gifts and...

Talley's Folly
Talley's Folly
Oct 22 – Nov 6, 2021

Directed by Joann Lopresti ScanlonCharles Grayson as Matt FriedmanMiriam Salerno as Sally TalleyIt's July 4th, 1944, in a dilapidated boathouse in Lebanon, MO. Matt and...

Dear Edwina Jr
Dear Edwina Jr
Jul 9 – Jul 11, 2021

Join the adventures of the sometimes bossy but lovable advice-giver-extraordinaire, Edwina Spoonapple, as she directs the neighborhood kids in her latest edition of her weekly...

Dinner with Friends
Dinner with Friends
Nov 7

By Donald MarguliesDirected by KC Cameron***Registration Required***In their Connecticut home, Karen and Gabe, international food writers, are giving a dinner for Beth and Tom, which...

4000 Miles
4000 Miles
Oct 24

By Amy HerzogDirected by Mark Phelan***Registration Required***After suffering a major loss while he was on a cross-country bike trip, 21 year-old Leo seeks solace from...

The Gin Game
The Gin Game
Oct 17

By D.L. CoburnDirected by Joann Scanlon***Registration Required***This winner of the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, which originally starred Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn and was...

{Proof}
{Proof}
Oct 10

***Registration required*** Visit www.thesummitplayhouse.org for more info.On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant...

Summit Playhouse's Virtual Kick Off Party
Summit Playhouse's Virtual Kick Off Party
Sep 26

Please join us for Summit Playhouse's Virtual Kick Off Party on September 26 at 7:30 PM!Meet the Directors for this new and exciting season and...

The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank
Feb 28 – Mar 14, 2020

By Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett Adapted By Wendy Kesselman Directed by Karen Thornton This enduring tale of hope captures the claustrophobic realities of eight...

A Doll's House, Part 2
A Doll's House, Part 2
Nov 1 – Nov 16, 2019

In the final scene of Ibsens 1879 ground-breaking masterwork, Nora Helmer makes the shocking decision to leave her husband and children and begin a life...

Bye Bye Birdie
Bye Bye Birdie
Jul 27 – Aug 5, 2018

Put on a Happy Face! It's the 1960s, Army-bound rock star Conrad Birdie is the talk of the town, and All-American girl Kim MacAfee is...

To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
May 4 – May 20, 2018

Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout...

Boeing Boeing
Boeing Boeing
Mar 2 – Mar 17, 2018

It’s the 1960s, and swinging bachelor Bernard couldn’t be happier: a flat in Paris and three gorgeous stewardesses all engaged to him without knowing about...

The Bridges of Madison County
The Bridges of Madison County
Nov 3 – Nov 18, 2017

Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown Book by Marsha Norman Based on the novel by Robert James Waller The path of Francesca Johnson's future...

Violet
Violet
May 5 – May 20, 2017

Recently revived on Broadway with Sutton Foster and with music by Jeanine Tesori (Shrek, Fun Home, Thoroughly Modern Millie) the award-winning musical "Violet" tells of...

Defiance
Defiance
Feb 24 – Mar 11, 2017

THE SUMMIT PLAYHOUSE TO PRESENT POWERFUL DRAMA "DEFIANCE" (Summit NJ - February 21, 2017) - The Summit Playhouse will present the powerful drama “Defiance” by...

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