The Theater Project, in partnership with the Friends of the Cranford Library, will present a free staged reading of B.B.’S, a new play by Bill Mesce, Jr., inspired by the writings of three acclaimed New Jersey authors.
The Theater Project will continue its fall 2025 New Play Readings and discussion series at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 18, at Cranford Community Center's 110-seat theater. Learn more!
The Theater Project will launch its 2025 New Play Readings series 2pm, Saturday, September 20, at Cranford Community Center's 110-seat theater. Admission is free, with no registration required.
The Theater Project will present Kaleidoscope Kabaret ’25 from August 1–3 at the Oakes Center Theater in Summit, NJ. The annual festival of short plays and songs highlights the work of both seasoned professionals and emerging voices, including winners of the organization’s 2025 Young Playwrights Competition.
Even Paradise has support staff, according to Intake: Heaven, Sheila Duane's comedy about the afterlife's processing department, which will have its first public presentation as part of The Theater Project's 2025 New Play Reading Series. Learn more!
Discover new plays at a free staged reading event at Cranford Community Center, presented by The Theater Project and Cranford Library, followed by a playwright-audience discussion. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
Lauren Gunderson's The Revolutionists will be presented by The Theater Project this summer. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.
Experience THE REVOLUTIONISTS by Lauren Gunderson, presented by THE THEATER PROJECT in West Orange, NJ from July 11-21.
Theater 2020 presents THE TEMPEST, a captivating production of Shakespeare's classic play. Join us for an unforgettable theatrical experience filled with magic, intrigue, and drama.
Discover the latest reading from the ON HER SHOULDERS program by New Perspectives Theatre Company, introducing plays by women from the past to contemporary audiences. The upcoming feature is DIDO: The Tragic Queen of Carthage.
The Theater Project will present Kaleidoscope Kabaret, its annual showcase of new work, July 28-30. Audiences are invited to see a variety of short plays by members of the company's Playwrights Workshop whose work has been performed in Canada, Great Britain, New York and around the US.
udiences are invited to see a variety of new work from authors whose plays have been performed in Canada, Great Britain, New York and around the US. This year’s event also includes four plays by high school playwrights, winners of The Theater Project’s 2021 Young Playwrights Competition.
On Her Shoulders will present a virtual reading of El Conde Partinuplés (c. 1640) by Ana Caro, translated by Hardley Eardman, and directed by Lynn Marie Macy, via NPTC's YouTube Channel: NewPerspectivesTC. Melody Brooks provides dramaturgy via The Play in Context, which situates the script in its historical time and place.
On Her Shoulders will present a virtual reading of Gabriel (1839) by George Sand via NPTC's YouTube Channel: NewPerspectivesTC.
The Theater Project will present Kaleidoscope Kabaret, an evening of short plays from its Playwrights Workshop This annual showcase of new work will be offered this year on Zoom, Friday and Saturday November 20 and 21 at 7:30 PM.
Actors Reading with Kids -- ARK -- was piloted by The Theater Project and the Union Public Library on the premise that acting and teaching have much in common, and that, as skilled, trained readers, actors could coach children in developing confidence and excitement for the vital exercise of reading aloud.
The Theater Project is hosting its first virtual event: a reading of Vile Things in Dark Corners at 2 PM, Saturday, April 18. Registration is required for this live event, which will be hosted on the Zoom teleconferencing platform.
On Her Shoulders is pleased to present a staged reading of Sappho of Lesbos by Estelle Anna Lewis, directed by Lynn Marie Macy on Wednesday, January 22, 2020. Doors open at 6:45pm for a 7:00pm start with The Play in Context by Emily Rainbow Davis, who situates the script in its historical time and place, followed by the reading and a post-performance Q&A with refreshments. Admission is by Donation ($10 suggested). The performance is at New Perspectives Studio, 458 West 37 Street @10th Avenue. R.S.V.P. to OnHerShouldersReservations@gmail.com.
Comedy and drama are on the table with the turkey this Thanksgiving, when Kaleidoscope Kabaret, an annual program of short plays by the members of The Theater Project's Playwrights Workshop comes to Union Center, November 23 and 24. Two of the plays in the program are about the joys and woes of the approaching holidays.
On Her Shoulders will present a staged reading of Fatal Friendship by Catherine Trotter, directed by Melody Brooks on Friday, November 8, 2019. Doors open at 6:45pm for a 7:00pm start with The Play in Context by Lynn Marie Macy, who situates the script in its historical time and place, followed by the reading and a post-performance Q&A with refreshments. Admission is by Donation ($10 suggested). The performance is at New Perspectives Studio, 458 West 37 Street @10th Avenue. R.S.V.P. to OnHerShouldersReservations@gmail.com.
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