Theater, October 2026-December 2027

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Ronnie Marmo wrote and will star in “I’m Not a Comedian … I’m Lenny Bruce” at The Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway, Oct. 2.

Oct. 1-3: “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” at Burlington County Footlighters, Cinnaminson.
Oct. 1-3: “Golden Girls Halloween” (murder mystery) at Carriage House at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.

Oct. 1-4: “The Piano Lesson” at Two River Theater, Red Bank.
Oct. 1-4: “Come From Away” at Bell Theater at Bell Works, Holmdel.
Oct. 1-4: “Vanities” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.
Oct. 1-4: “9 to 5: The Musical” at Gateway Playhouse, Somers Point.

Oct. 1-4 and 7-11: “Teen Dad,” presented by Passage Theatre Company at Mill Hill Playhouse, Trenton.

Oct. 1-4, 7-11 and 14-18: “Your Name Means Dream” at Cape May Stage.

Oct. 1-4, 8-11 and 15-18: “Hold These Truths” at Luna Stage, West Orange.
Oct. 1-4, 8-11 and 15-18: “Rent” at Art House Productions, Jersey City.

Oct. 1, 4, 6-8, 10, 13-15 and 20-22: “Send Me No Flowers” at Hunterton Hills Playhouse, Hampton.

Oct. 1-4, 8-11, 15-18 and 2225: “Nacho Ate Spiderman” at New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch.

Oct. 2: “I’m Not a Comedian I’m … Lenny Bruce” at Union County Arts Center, Rahway.
Oct. 2: “What the Constitution Means to Me,” presented by Pioneer Productions and Morris Arts at The Amp, Dover.

Oct. 2-3: “Hocus Pocus Parody Show” at Avenel Performing Arts Center.
Oct. 2-3: “The Thanksgiving Play,” presented by Chatham Community Players at Chatham Playhouse.

Oct. 2-4: “Death of a Salesman” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.
Oct. 2-4: “The Wolves,” presented by Asbury Park Theater Company at Jersey Shore Arts Center, Ocean Grove.
Oct. 2-4: “The Realistic Joneses,” presented by Center Players at Jersey Shore Arts Center, Ocean Grove.
Oct. 2-4: “The Last Virginity Tour” at Barn Theatre, Montville.
Oct. 2-4: “The Comedy of Errors,” presented by St. James Players at St. James Church, Montclair.
Oct. 2-4: “Native Gardens” at South Camden Theatre Company.

Oct. 2-3 and 9-10: “Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson — Apt. 2B,” presented by Magnolia Productions at Navesink Library, Atlantic Highlands.

Oct. 2-4 and 9-10: “The Producers,” presented by Bergen County Players at Little Firehouse Theatre, Oradell.

Oct. 2-18: “And Then There Were None” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

Oct. 3: “Stop the Funeral: The Remix” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.
Oct. 3: “Bill W. and Dr. Rob” at Stockton Performing Arts Center at Stockton University, Galloway.

Oct. 5: “Neither Snow nor Rain” (reading) at Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken.

Oct. 7-11: “Deceived” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Oct. 7 and 9-11: “Late Night Catechism: ‘Til Death Do Us Part” at Carriage House at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.

Oct. 7-25: “A Beat of Our Own” at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

Oct. 8-18: “B.I.N.G.O., or Brittney Isle’s Nice Geriatric Orgy” (workshop production), presented by Vivid Stage at Oakes Center, Summit.

Oct. 8-24: “Shrek the Musical” at Grand Theatre, Williamstown.

Oct. 8-25: “Pipeline,” presented by Vanguard Theater Company at Vanguard Theater, Montclair.

Oct. 8-Nov. 1: “The War of the Worlds: The Panic Broadcast,” presented by East Lynne Theater Company of Cape May at Clemans Theater for the Arts at the Allen AME, Cape May.

Oct. 9: “Jaane Pehchaane Anjaane” at Union County Performing Arts Center, Rahway.

Oct. 9-17: “Assassins
” at Villagers Theatre, Somerset.
Oct. 9-17: “Tiny Beautiful Things” at Burlington County Footlighters, Cinnaminson.

Oct. 9-18: “Destroying David,” presented by American Theater Group at DMK Theater at Union Arts Center.

Oct. 9-25: “Trolls and Men” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

Oct. 10: “The Halal Brothers” (reading) at Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken.

Oct. 10, 17 and 24: “Little Shop of Horrors” at Resorts, Atlantic City.

Oct. 10-Nov. 15: “Hamlet,” presented by Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre at Drew University, Madison.

Oct. 11: “Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Oct. 13: “Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.

Oct. 13-Nov. 1: “The Unexpected 3rd,” presented by George Street Playhouse at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

Oct. 14: “Sunshine Madness” (reading) at Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken.

Oct. 15-25: “Effa Loves Baseball,” presented by Premiere Stages at Enlow Recital Hall at Kean University, Hillside.
Oct. 15-25: “Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson,” presented by NEXTstage Repertory Company at Kutz Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

Oct. 16: “A Bronx Tale” featuring Chazz Palminteri at URSB Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center.

Oct. 16-17: “Jersey Boys” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.
Oct. 16-17: “The Improvised Shakespeare Company” at South Orange Performing Arts Center.
Oct. 16-17: “Meredith Willson’s The Music Man” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.
Oct. 16-17: “The Light Between: A Modern Cabaret” at Atlantic Highlands Arts Council.

Oct. 16-18: “Married by the Mob” at Avenel Performing Arts Center.

Oct. 16-25: “Oliver!” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

Oct. 17-Nov. 1: “By the Water” at Summit Playhouse.

Oct. 22-25: “Agnes of God,” presented by Fool Moon Theatre Company at Studio;Space, Somers Point.

Oct. 23: “Night of the Living Drag: Camp Slayaway” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Oct. 23-25: “Destroying David,” presented by Sieminski Theater, Basking Ridge
Oct. 23-25: “The American Soldier: Stories From the Front Lines” at Cape May Stage.

Oct. 23-26: “Secret Cities” at Luna Stage, West Orange.

Oct. 23-25 and 28-31: “The House of Bernarda Alba” at Philip J. Levin Theater at Rutgers Theater, New Brunswick.

Oct. 23-25 and 30-31 and Nov. 1: “Macbeth,” presented by OCC Repertory Theatre Co. at Black Box Theater at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.

Oct. 23-Nov. 7: “X” at Nutley Little Theatre.

Oct. 23-Nov. 8: “Agatha Christie’s Go Back for Murder,” presented by Somerset Valley Players at Somerset Valley Playhouse, Hillsborough Township.

Oct. 23-Nov. 15: “A Christmas Story” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.
Oct.-23-Nov. 15: “Disney’s Freaky Friday” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

Oct. 24: “My Big Gay Italian Casino Adventure” at Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City.

Oct. 24-Nov. 14: “Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors,” presented by Bergen County Players at Little Firehouse Theatre, Oradell.

Oct. 26: “Mary Astor’s Purple Diary” (staged reading) at West End Arts Center, Long Branch.

Oct. 26-31: “Hansel & Gretel” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

Oct. 30: “Rocky Horror Live” at Dream Live at American Dream, East Rutherford.

Oct. 31-Nov. 22-: “Stir” at Two River Theater, Red Bank.

Nov. 5-7: “The Screwtape Letters” at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.
Nov. 5-7: “A Dickens of a Murder” at Carriage House at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.

Nov. 5-8: “Too Fat for China,” Fringe Festival at Kutz Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

Nov. 6-8: “Harvey” at Gateway Playhouse, Somers Point.
Nov. 6-8: “Parade,” presented by Phoenix Productions at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Nov. 6-21: “The Drowsy Chaperone” at Burlington County Footlighters, Cinnaminson.
Nov. 6-21: “The Philadelphia Story” at Village Playbox, Haddon Heights.

Nov. 6-22: “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Deal.

Nov. 7-9: “The Guys,” presented by Bergen County Players at Little Firehouse Theatre, Oradell.

Nov. 12: “Love, Loss and What I Wore” at Eagle Theatre, Hammonton. Benefit for Funny Farm Animal Rescue.

Nov. 12-14: Stockton Theater Project at Experimental Theatre at Stockton University, Galloway.

Nov. 12-15: “Ghost Dance: A Picture of a Madman,” Fringe Festival at Kutz Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

Nov. 13-14: “Vicki Lawrence & Mama: A Two-Woman Show,” presented by George Street Playhouse at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

Nov. 13-15: “The Pillowman” at Cumberland Players, Vineland.
Nov. 13-15: “Remember the Ladies” (staged reading) at Liberty Hall Museum Carriage House at Kean University, Union.

Nov. 13-21: “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
” at Villagers Theatre, Somerset.

Nov. 13-22: “Teeth,” presented by Asbury Park Theater Company at Jersey Shore Arts Center, Ocean Grove.
Nov. 13-22: “Annie” at Levoy Theatre, Millville.

Nov. 13-29: “Matilda: The Musical” at Barn Theatre, Montville.

Nov. 14-15: “A Bridgerton Murder Mystery Experience” at Avenel Performing Arts Center.

Nov. 18-Dec. 27: “Murder for Two: The Holiday Edition” at Cape May Stage.

Nov. 18-Jan. 3: “Mary Poppins” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.

Nov. 19: “Menopause the Musical” at BergenPAC, Englewood.

Nov. 19-22: “Unseen,” Fringe Festival at Kutz Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

Nov. 19-Dec. 5: “Solid Gold: A Show-stopping Cabaret” at Grand Theatre, Williamstown.

Nov. 20-22: “A Christmas Story: The Musical” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Nov. 20-Dec. 13: “A Christmas Carol” at Music Mountain Theatre, Lambertville.

Nov. 25: “Golden Gays: Sophia Got Run Over by a Reindeer” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

Nov. 27-29: “A Christmas Carol” at Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook.

Nov. 27-Dec. 13: “Disney’s Frozen the Musical,” presented by Centenary Stage Company at Sitnik Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

Nov. 27-Dec. 20: “Jitney,” presented by Passage Theatre Company at Mill Hill Playhouse, Trenton.

Dec. 1-20: “2 Pianos 4 Hands,” presented by George Street Playhouse at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

Dec. 2-20: “Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn” at Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven.

Dec. 3-20: “Annie,” presented by Vanguard Theater Company at Vanguard Theater, Montclair.
Dec. 3-20: “A Christmas Carol,” presented by Chatham Community Players at Chatham Playhouse.
Dec. 3-20: “Fully Committed,” presented by East Lynne Theater Company of Cape May at Clemans Theater for the Arts at the Allen AME, Cape May.

Dec. 4: “A Christmas Carol” at Wilkins Theatre at Kean University, Union.

Dec. 4-20: “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

Dec. 4-21: “Little Women: The Musical,” presented by Somerset Valley Players at Somerset Valley Playhouse, Hillsborough Township.

Dec. 5: “A Christmas Carol,” presented by Yates Musical Theatre at Grunin Center for the Arts at Ocean County College, Toms River.
Dec. 5: “The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year” (murder mystery) at URSB Carteret Performing Arts and Events Center.

Dec. 5-20: “Frozen” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.
Dec. 5-20: “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” presented by Bergen County Players at Little Firehouse Theatre, Oradell.

Dec. 5-24: “A Christmas Carol: Live Radio Play” at Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken.

Dec. 5-31: “The Gifts of the Magi,” presented by Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey at F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre at Drew University, Madison.

Dec. 8-27: “A Christmas Carol” at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

Dec. 11-12: “It’s a Wonderful Life: A New Musical,” presented by Stars Theatre Company at First Presbyterian Church of Rutherford.

Dec. 11-13: “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: The Musical” at Eagle Theatre, Hammonton.

Dec. 11-19: “The Twelve Dates of Christmas” at Nutley Little Theatre.

Dec. 12: “A Christmas Carol” at Avenel Performing Arts Center.
Dec. 12: “A Very Special Special” (holiday variety show), presented by Vivid Stage at Oakes Center, Summit.

Dec. 14: “Waitress” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Dec. 26-27: “The Calamari Sisters’ Christmas Carol” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

Jan. 7-8: “The Who’s Tommy” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Jan. 8-10: “The Drowsy Chaperone” at Eagle Theatre, Hammonton.

Jan. 15-16: “Waitress” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

Jan. 15-17: “Water for Elephants” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

Jan. 15-23: “Kodachrome” at Burlington County Footlighters, Cinnaminson.

Jan. 15-31: “Judgement at Nuremberg” at Barn Theatre, Montville.

Jan. 15-Feb. 7: “Million Dollar Quartet” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

Jan. 16-24: “Arsenic and Old Lace” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

Jan. 16-Feb. 6: “Calendar Girls,” presented by Bergen County Players at Little Firehouse Theatre, Oradell.

Jan. 21-Feb. 13: “Purpose” at Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

Jan. 27-Feb. 21: “Lend Me a Tenor” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.

Jan. 28-Feb. 14: “A Woman” at Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken.

Feb. 4-14: “Agamemnon,” presented by NEXTstage Repertory at Little Theatre at Centenary University, Hackettstown.

Feb. 4-28: “The Beautiful Future Is Coming” at Luna Stage, West Orange.

Feb. 5-14: “The Other Place,” presented by Chatham Community Players at Chatham Playhouse.

Feb. 5-20: “Wait Until Dark” at Village Playbox, Haddon Heights.

Feb. 5-28: “Mean Girls” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

Feb. 6-7: “Mystic Pizza: A New Musical” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

Feb. 12-14: “Disney’s Frozen” presented by Phoenix Productions at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.
Feb. 12-14: “Forever Plaid” at Eagle Theatre, Hammonton.

Feb. 12-27: “Rabbit Hole” at Nutley Little Theatre.

Feb. 18-28: “Life Expectancy,” presented by Vivid Stage at Oakes Center, Summit.

Feb. 19-27: “Tuck Everlasting
” at Villagers Theatre, Somerset.

Feb. 19-21 and 26-28: “Deathtrap” at Brookdale Performing Arts Center at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft.

Feb. 19-March 7: “Sylvia,” presented by Centenary Stage Company at Sitnik Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

Feb. 20-27: “To Kill a Mockingbird” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

Feb. 20-March 7: “Marjorie Prime” at Summit Playhouse.

Feb. 20-March 13: “The Imaginary Invalid,” presented by Bergen County Players at Little Firehouse Theatre, Oradell.

Feb. 27: “Menopause the Musical” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

March 5-28: “Memphis” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

March 6-7: “The Wiz” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

March 10-21: “Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest” at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

March 10-April 4: “Loch Ness” at Two River Theater, Red Bank.

March 11-27: “Kind of Blue,” presented by Passage Theatre Company at Mill Hill Playhouse, Trenton.

March 12-28: “The Shark Is Broken” at Barn Theatre, Montville.

March 16-April 4: “Bad Dates: End Game,” presented by George Street Playhouse at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

March 17-April 25: “Million Dollar Quartet” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.

March 19: New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, “The Pirates of Penzance” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

March 19-21: “A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

March 25: “Disenchanted!” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

March 30-31 and April 1: “Mystic Pizza” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

April 1-18: “Cost of Living” at Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken.

April 2-10: ” ‘night, Mother
” at Villagers Theatre, Somerset.

April 2-11: “Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground,” presented by Centenary Stage Company at Kutz Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

April 2-18: “Of Mice and Men” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

April 3-11: “Tootsie: The Musical” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

April 3-24: “One Man, Two Guv’nors,” presented by Bergen County Players at Little Firehouse Theatre, Oradell.

April 7-8: “Legally Blonde: The Musical” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

April 8-18: “It’s You,” presented by Vivid Stage at Oakes Center, Summit.

April 9-24: “The Moors” at Nutley Little Theatre.
April 9-24: “The Welkin,” presented by Chatham Community Players at Chatham Playhouse.

April 10-11: “The Who’s Tommy,” at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

April 16-18 and 23-25: “American Idiot” at Brookdale Performing Arts Center at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft.
April 16-18 and 23-25: “Our Town” at Eagle Theatre, Hammonton.

April 22-May 9: “Clyde’s,” presented by Vanguard Theater Company at Vanguard Theater, Montclair.

April 22-May 2: “Evil Dead: The Musical,” presented by NEXTstage Repertory at Sitnik Theatre at Lackland Performing Arts Center, Hackettstown.

April 23-25: “Memphis: The Musical,” presented by Phoenix Productions at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

April 27-May 16: “The Cocktail Party Effect,” presented by George Street Playhouse at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center.

April 29-30: “Stomp” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

April 29-May 23: “Bobby Robotowitz” at Luna Stage, West Orange.

April 31-May 17: “Pippin” at Village Playbox, Haddon Heights.

May 1-16: “Once” at Summit Playhouse.

May 5, 12, 19 and 26: “Meet the Artist” (new play readings), presented by Vivid Stage at Summit Community Center.

May 7-22: “Hello Dolly” at Burlington County Footlighters, Cinnaminson.

May 8-16: “42nd Street” at Algonquin Arts Theatre, Manasquan.

May 8-30: “True Marriage” at Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theater Center, Princeton.

May 14-June 5: “Come From Away” at Barn Theatre, Montville.

May 14-June 6: “American Idiot” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

May 19-June 27: “Dear Evan Hansen” at Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn.

June 4-6: “Shucked” at State Theatre, New Brunswick.

June 4-13: “Permanent Collection,” presented by Chatham Community Players at Chatham Playhouse.

June 5-27: “Trip Around the Sun” at Two River Theater, Red Bank.

June 10-27: “Jesus Christ Superstar,” presented by Vanguard Theater Company at Vanguard Theater, Montclair.

June 11-26: “Sister Act
” at Villagers Theatre, Somerset.
June 11-26: “The Grown-Ups” at Nutley Little Theatre.

June 25-27: “Les Misérables” presented by Phoenix Productions at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

July 2-25: “Disney’s Frozen: The Broadway Musical” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

July 7, 14, 21 and 28: “Summer Solos” (play readings), presented by Vivid Stage at Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit.

July 23-25 and 30 and Aug. 1: “Anything Goes” at Eagle Theatre, Hammonton.

Aug. 27-Sept. 12: “Doubt: A Parable” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

Sept. 3-26: “Jesus Christ Superstar” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

Oct. 8-24, 2027: “Frankenstein” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

Oct. 15-17 and 22-24, 2027: “Dear Evan Hansen” at Eagle Theatre, Hammonton.

Oct. 22-Nov. 14, 2027: “Annie” at Broadway Theatre of Pitman.

Dec. 3-19, 2027: “A Christmas Carol” at Ritz Theatre Company, Haddon Township.

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