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#RIFT Takes Theatre Beyond the Stage

Playwright Gabriel Jason Dean navigates a deeply personal landscape in #RIFT: his brother is currently incarcerated, and the two had barely spoken in...

Hard Questions about Class, Race, Education, and Duty Raised in SCTC's "Pipeline"

In this moving drama from Dominique Morisseau, a dedicated inner-city public high school teacher is desperate to give her only son opportunities her...

Shen Shellenberger

McCarter Theatre’s "The Manic Monologues" Rises to an Ambitious Agenda in Virtual Theatre Programming and Mental Health Advocacy

"The Manic Monologues” takes viewers on a journey through the minds and voices of people who bravely shared the way mental illness has affected their...

Passage Theatre Presents “Surely Goodness and Mercy” Online as Part of 2021 Stages Festival

This story follows a bright little boy named Tino who befriends Bernadette, the lunch lady at his school. Through quick conversations, a few moments...

A Borderless Exhibit at the Noyes Galleries

Right now, 21 artists from 14 countries are being featured in “Borderless: Digital Practices in Changing Times” in Hammonton. We recently spoke with...

Christopher Benincasa

A "Waking Nightmare" at Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts

“Waking Nightmare” shows works selected from the Rutgers-Camden Collection of Art, and although the works were created at different times amid...

Shen Shellenberger

New Exhibits at Montclair Art Museum Reimagine Norman Rockwell and Spotlight Recent Acquisitions

Montclair Art Museum, which is reopened to the public in a limited fashion, has launched two new exhibits in February. “Fragile Freedoms: Maggie...

Passage Theatre's “Babel” Explores Parenting in a "Perfect" World

Jacqueline Goldfinger’s 90-minute play glories in rapid-fire dialogue, comic visuals, and relatable characters—but its underlying issues are deadly...

Shakespeare Theatre Creates PPE (Pandemic Playhouse Entertainment)

Pandemic Playhouse Entertainment is STNJ's new initiative that brings live performances of theatrical classics to your screens. Partly inspired by...