Alice Gerstenberg News

Metropolitan will present a Virtual Playhouse Double Feature Saturday, May 2, 2020.

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse will welcome Zero Boy to its on-line live-streaming presentations with a weekly show of sonic storytelling and improvisational repartee:

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse will present a 'screened' reading of Alice Gerstenberg's 191 one-act, OVERTONES, via live stream video on Saturday, April 18, 2020 at 8 PM, EST.

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse will present a 'screened' reading of Alice Gerstenberg's 1917 one-act, HEARTS, via live stream video on Saturday, April 11, 2020 at 8 PM, EST. Available by Zoom and YouTube: www.metropolitanplayhouse.org/virtualplayhouse

Metropolitan Playhouse will present a 'screened' reading of Eugene O'Neill's 1918 one-act, THE ROPE, via live stream video on Saturday, April 4, 2020 at 8 PM, EST.

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse will present a stage reading of Alice Gerstenberg's short one-act, HE SAID AND SHE SAID, via live stream video on Saturday, March 28, 2020 at 7 PM.

According to this reviewer's admittedly casual bit of Googling, the first Broadway production based on Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' was playwright Alice Gerstenberg's version, which opened at the Booth in 1915. But undoubtedly there were many other variations before then.

A social worker, a business exec, and a guy who lives in the basement, all walk into a park. Their mom is missing, and they all want to get her safely back to the seniors' home … or do they?

Once again the exciting young Gateway Opera company shows us that you don't need a massive budget to create wonderful opera.

Every summer, Centenary Stage Company's Young Performers work tirelessly to perfect their dance moves, learn all of their lines, and get their vocal harmonies just right for the annual Summer Festival of Shows. These talented young thespians between the ages of 8 and 18 will fill the Little Theater with a variety of shows and musicals to entertain audiences of all ages August 8th-17th.

Jonathan Pearson and Joseph Trefler, the musical theatre songwriting team behind 'The End of The World'-one of William Finn's favorite cabaret songs of 2013-will premiere The Unusual Engagement of Chester Pringle on Friday, July 18 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, July 20 at 4 p.m. at The Wild Project during the Fresh Fruit Festival.

'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents,' grumbles Jo March in Louisa May Alcott's 'Little Women.' Join Jo and her sisters, Meg, Beth, and Amy, along with Marmee, Hannah, the faithful servant, Laurie, the next door neighbor, and friends who perform one of Alcott's early plays, in an adaptation by Gayle Stahlhuth, based on Alcott's timeless classic and an Elizabeth Lincoln Gould adaptation from 1900.

On Thursday, March 24 at 7:00pm, enter the wonderful world of 'Alice in Wonderland' at the West Cape May Elementary School, 301 Moore St., West Cape May, performed by 23 students under the direction of East Lynne Theater Company's artistic director, Gayle Stahlhuth.

On Thursday, March 24 at 7:00pm, enter the wonderful world of 'Alice in Wonderland' at the West Cape May Elementary School, 301 Moore St., West Cape May, performed by 23 students under the direction of East Lynne Theater Company's artistic director, Gayle Stahlhuth.

Just because East Lynne Theater Company isn't currently doing four shows a week in Cape May doesn't mean the company is idle. This is the time to work with designers and keep track of ELTC's touring shows, and prepare for, along with other Equity professional theaters in the state, New Jersey Theatre Alliance's (NJTA) The Stages Festival, and Family Week at the Theatre.

On Friday, July 17 at 8:30p.m., there will be an American Sign Language Interpretation of the delightfully witty 'Alice on the Edge' produced by the East Lynne Theater Company, recently voted one of the Top Two Equity theaters in the state in the Discover Jersey Arts' 'People's Choice Awards.'

Audience members will get the opportunity to ask questions of the five-member cast of 'Alice on the Edge' on Friday, June 26 immediately after seeing the Equity professional East Lynne Theater Company's delightful production of Alice Gerstenberg's one-act plays directed by Karen Case Cook.

'You have a most annoying habit of talking to me when people are present. Sometimes it is all I can do to keep my poise and appear not to be listening to you.'

East Lynne Theater Company, recently voted one of the top two Equity professional theaters in the state in Discover Jersey Arts' 'People's Choice Awards,' offers an exciting season filled with classic gems and world premieres.

Not sure what to give someone? Why not the gift of entertainment with East Lynne Theater Company's 2009 Season Tickets? One size fits all and the recipient can choose what days to attend - and even bring friends! Five tickets cost only $90.00, and may be used in any way. Patrons may see every new production, or bring friends to see one or two shows, or use all five for one performance!