Charlotte Cohn has been appointed Producing Artistic Director of American Theater Group, succeeding founder Jim Vagias, who is retiring after leading the organization since its founding.
American Theater Group (ATG) is topping off their 2025-2026 season with a superb main stage production of Lerner and Loewe’s musical theatre gem, My Fair Lady.
We had the opportunity to interview Jim Vagias about the show, his work at ATG and his plans for the future.
Jim Vagias, Producing Artistic Director and Co-Founder of American Theater Group, has announced that he will be stepping down at the end of this season. Learn more here!
American Theater Group (ATG) will present Lerner and Loewe's beloved My Fair Lady as its final main stage production of the 2025-26 season. The production will run Feb. 26-March 15, 2026 at three NJ venues.
American Theater Group (ATG) will present a talkback following the Sun. Dec. 14th 2pm performance of Joe Landry’s It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play at the DMK Black Box Theater
We had the pleasure of interviewing Director Joe Discher about his career and 'It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play' by ATG.
American Theater Group will present IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY December 5–7 in Basking Ridge and December 12–21 in Union. The Joe Landry adaptation is performed as a 1940s radio broadcast with five actors and a live foley artist.
American Theater Group will host a post-show discussion titled From Classroom to Stage following the Thursday, November 6 performance of Our Town at the Sieminski Theater in Basking Ridge.
American Theater Group will host a special post-performance discussion, The Enduring Legacy of Our Town, on October 30 following its 7 p.m. performance of Our Town at the DMK Theater in the Union Arts Center.
American Theater Group will open its 2025–2026 season with Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, running October 23–November 9 in Union and Basking Ridge, NJ. Directed by Merete Muenter, the production stars Timothy Ware-Hill and Carrie Keating and features several New Jersey drama teachers in supporting roles.
American Theater Group will present Juneteenth: A Celebration of Liberation at the DMK Stage at the Union Arts Center, located at 1980 Morris Avenue in Union, NJ.
The Township of Union and American Theater Group are launching a partnership that will bring professional theater and diverse arts programming to the newly constructed DMK Black Box Theater.
American Theater Group (ATG) will participate in the Grand Opening Weekend of the new Union Arts Center with its presentation of Broadway Tales and Tunes, a unique “behind-the-scenes” look at Broadway with veteran theater critic Peter Filichia.
American Theater Group (ATG) in partnership with the Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC), will present the premiere reading of Sharyn Rothstein’s new play The Willows as part of its free Play Reading Series.
Broadway will come to Basking Ridge when American Theater Group presents a unique “behind-the-scenes” look at Broadway with veteran theater critic Peter Filichia at the Sieminski Theater in Basking Ridge, NJ. Learn how to join.
American Theater Group will present the premiere reading of King of the Hollywood Fixers by Douglas J. Cohen as part of its free Monday Night Play Reading Series. Learn how to attend.
A top production of the hit musical, Purlie is now being presented by American Theater Group (ATG) at Hamilton Stage in Rahway, and the show is wowing its audiences.
American Theater Group (ATG) will present a Talkback session entitled “The Origins of Purlie” following the Fri. March 7th 7pm performance of Purlie at Hamilton Stage in Rahway.
Broadway veteran Kenny Ingram will direct American Theater Group’s (ATG) production of the exhilarating and Tony Award-winning musical Purlie at Hamilton Stage in Rahway, NJ. Gary Mitchell, Jr. will provide Musical Direction.
