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| | Church & State
Written by Jason Odell Williams
Directed by Carol Fisher
A fast-paced, seriously funny take on faith, politics, and "The Twitter". It's three days before Charlie Whitmore's Senate reelection, and he's decided to tell the public exactly what's on his mind, with no filter. What is he going to say, and what could possibly go wrong? Playwright Williams "avoids demonizing his conservative Southerners, who are winning, strikingly intelligent, and above all, sincere in their beliefs .... The moral struggle that follows fuels a sophisticated dialectic that presents both sides of the gun debate.... It's surprisingly subtle and gripping entertainment. Simply superb!" LA TIMES
January 12 – February 2, 2019
Fridays/Saturdays at 8pm ($21)
Sundays at 2pm ($17)
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| | Mission: Improv-able 3
Directed by Terri Caust
Perhaps our season's greatest mystery of all: what exactly will come out of the mouths of our quickwitted, fast-talking improvisation artists when they are provided scenarios and have zero time to prepare? There's only way to find out...buy your ticket now to our third iteration of an evening of improvisational comedy as there are only two scheduled performances.
Saturday, January 26 at 2pm
Sunday, January 27 at 7pm
All performances $11
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| | Veronica's Room
Written by Ira Levin
Directed by Ellyn Essig
In typical Ira Levin fashion (Rosemary's Baby, Deathtrap, The Stepford Wives, The Boys from Brazil), the plot features numerous twists and turns encircled by a sensation of supernatural mystery. False identities, time periods crossed, murder, incest, a woman driven toward insanity by others... if you're looking for creepy, you've found the right place! "Bring a seatbelt - the theatre doesn't provide them, and given the whirlwind you're sitting in, you might feel safer strapped in." BROADWAY WORLD
February 16 – March 9, 2019
Fridays/Saturdays at 8pm ($21)
Sundays at 2pm ($17)
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| | A Streetcar Named Desire
Written by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Jacqueline Poquette
In Tennessee Williams' most famous (and successful) play, faded Southern belle Blanche DuBois makes her way to New Orleans to stay with her sister and crass brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski. Why did she leave her mansion home back in Mississippi? Did she break the law? Cause a scandal? And which sister really causes Stanley to bellow the most famous single name ever heard on stage: "STELL-A!"? "The play is written with a triumphantly heightened naturalism, in which the rhythms and images of ordinary life are subtly combined and contrasted with a verselike elegance of phrase." THE NEW REPUBLIC
March 23 – April 13, 2019
Fridays/Saturdays at 8pm ($21)
Sundays at 2pm ($17)
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| | Rumors
Written by Neil Simon
Directed by Peter Colletto
Neil Simon returned to laugh-out-loud comedy in this 1988 farce which finds us at a dinner party in which the first guests discover the hostess is missing and the host upstairs with a superficial gunshot wound. To prevent a scandal, the first couple hides this situation from the second, and they hide it from the third, all the way down the line. Filled with half-prepared meals, car accidents, marital affairs, slapstick pratfalls, back spasms, mistaken identities and illogical alibis...and that's just Act One! These hilarious rumor-based circumstances provide an evening that is "...loud, raucous, fast-paced, witty and pretty much over the top from curtain to curtain." NEWS TRIBUNE
May 4 – June 2, 2019
Fridays/Saturdays at 8pm ($21)
Sundays at 2pm ($17)
** No performances May 12 and May 24-26
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| | The Typists
Written by Murray Schisgal
Directed by Jerry Pettinati
Exploring the cycle of life, complete with the humor, sadness, self-delusion and reconciliation which underlie and infuse the human condition, this Off-Broadway 1963 hit was awarded the Drama Desk Award, Obie Award, Vernon Rice Award, Saturday Review Critics Poll Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best New Playwright. And speaking of the author, did you know that besides being a prolific writer and producer, Murray Schisgal is perhaps best known as the co-author of the film Tootsie?
Saturday,June 8 at 8pm
Sunday, June 9 at 2pm
All performances $11
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| | Featuring the hilarious Brad Zimmerman (stand-up comic and creator of My Son the Waiter, A Jewish Tragedy) in his brand new one-man show, My Rise to the Middle, which digs deep into his long odyssey from obscurity and self-defeat to the sunshine of self-fulfillment. His send-ups of his childhood, family, misbegotten love life and career are as warm and poignant as they are hysterical. As Brad says, “What is it that gets us to finally give ourselves permission to pursue our dreams, no matter how daunting that may be? My Rise to the Middle just might have the answer. And then again, it might not. Either way, you’re going to laugh your tuchas off…”
Brad Zimmerman was born and raised right here in Oradell, where he attended River Dell High School. He went to sleep-away camp at Camp Akiba in Reeders PA and was bar mitzvahed at Temple Emmanuel in Westwood, NJ. The actor/comedian has been featured on “The Sopranos” and on the same stand-up bill with legends such as George Carlin, Brad Garrett, Susie Essman, Freddie Roman, Dick Capri, Pat Cooper and Joan Rivers (“the best comic… in his price range.”).
Don’t miss this fantastic fundraising event with the hugely talented Brad Zimmerman!
Fun Fact: Did you know that after touring his show in nearly every American city that has at least one Jewish family, Brad Zimmerman has received close to 600 marriage proposals?*
* Most of these have been by mothers on behalf of their daughters.
Brad Zimmerman is still single.
My Rise to the Middle
Created and Performed by Brad Zimmerman
June 15, 2019 at 8pm
ALL TICKETS $35
Includes meet-and-greet reception with Brad
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