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Upcoming Events 2022/23
The Marvelous Wonderettes
NEXTstage Rep
July 28 - Aug. 7
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
This smash Off-Broadway hit takes you to the 1958 Springfield High School prom, where we meet Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy, and Suzy: four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts! As we learn about their lives and loves, the girls serenade us with classic ‘50s hits including “Lollipop,” “Dream Lover,” “Stupid Cupid,” and “Lipstick on Your Collar.” In Act II, the Wonderettes reunite to take the stage and perform at their ten-year reunion.
2022 Summer Festival of Shows
Young Performers Workshop
August 5 - 14
Little Theatre : 400 Jefferson Street
FEATURING:
I Do! I Do! I Do! I Do!
A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking
Two for Four / One Act Festival
Laurel Canyon
Curtain Up!
Saturday, September 24 at 8:00 PM
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
Laurel Canyon is an acoustic tribute to the music of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Featuring recreations of their seminal works as well as songs from their early bands and their solo years, Laurel Canyon is a trio consisting of Grammy Award winning writer/producer Mark Hudson, Hall of Fame Songwriter Gary Burr, and singer songwriter Mark Mirando.
A Year with Frog and Toad
Young Audience Series
Sept. 30 - Oct. 3
Little Theatre: 400 Jefferson St.
Waking from hibernation in the Spring, Frog and Toad plant gardens, swim, rake leaves, go sledding and learn life lessons along the way. The two best friends celebrate and rejoice in the differences that make them unique and special. Part vaudeville, part make believe... all charm, A Year with Frog and Toad tells the story of a friendship that endures throughout the seasons.
Parallel Exit - The Artist will be With You in a Moment
Fringe Festival
Oct. 13 - 16
Kutz Theatre : Lackland Performing Arts Center
An immersive audience experience in a solo comic performance as an artist, performer, and clown. A creative force who "can get laughs simply by breathing" (The New York Times).
My Witch: The Margaret Hamilton Stories
Fringe Festival
Oct. 20 - 30
Kutz Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
If there is one movie we all share, it's The Wizard of Oz, but now it is time to pay attention to the woman behind the cackle. The story of Margaret Hamilton, whose Wicked Witch of the West has left an indelible mark on us all.
Living Dead in Denmark
NEXTstage Rep
Nov. 3 - 7
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
When the dead walk... you run! An action-adventure/horror sequel to William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Set five years after the events of the original, the undead have risen to power and are trying to take over the world, led by the zombie lord and true king of Denmark.
Cinderella
Family Holiday Spectacular!
Dec. 1 - 11
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
The timeless enchantment of a magical fairy tale is reborn with the Rodgers & Hammerstein hallmarks of originality, charm, and elegance.
Winter Festival of Shows
Young Performers Workshop
Dec. 9 - 18
Little Theatre: 400 Jefferson St.
TBA. A selection of musical theatre favorites performed in repertory by the students of Centenary Stage Company's Young Performers Workshop.
The Nutcracker
New Jersey Civic Youth Ballet
Dec. 16 - 18
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
An enchanting ballet and holiday favorite, The Nutcracker is a classic production for all ages. With the talented young dancers of the New Jersey Civic Youth Ballet, Warren County's only non-profit ballet company, and featuring professional dancers from around the world.
Dominick Farinacci Quartet
January THAW Music Festival
Saturday, January 14 at 8:00 PM
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
Trumpeter Dominick Farinacci was named the very first Global Ambassador to Jazz at Lincoln Center by Wynton Marsalis. He has performed in more than 120 cities in 14 countries around the world, was a featured guest on ABC's Good Morning America, and is a TED Speaker.
Damn Tall Buildings
January THAW Music Festival
Saturday, January 21 at 8:00 PM
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
In their early days, Brooklyn-based Damn Tall Buildings didn't rehearse - they busked. Now, whether live or on record, the band still radiates the energy of a ragtag crew of music students playing bluegrass on the street. But anchoring that energy is their instrumental chops, their strong songwriting, and their varied influences that stretch beyond bluegrass and American roots.
Chuchito Valdes
January THAW Music Festival
Saturday, January 28 at 8:00 PM
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
Born and raised in Havana, Cuba, pianist, composer, and arranger Jesus "Chuchito" Valdes Jr. is the third-generation manifestation of a Cuban jazz piano dynasty that includes his father, Chucho Valdes, and grandfather, Bebo Valdes.
Macbeth
NEXTstage Rep
Feb. 2 - 6
Little Theatre: 400 Jefferson St.
Considered one of Shakespeare's darkest and most powerful works. Set in Scotland, the play explores the corrosive psychological and political effects produced when evil ambition is chosen as a means to gain power.
The Ladykillers
Professional Theatre Series
Feb. 17 - March 5
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
Based on the 1955 comedy of the same name starring Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers. Posing as amateur musicians, Professor Marcus and his gang rent rooms in the lopsided house of sweet but strict Mrs. Wilberforce. The villains plot to involve her, unwittingly, in Marcus' brilliantly conceived heist job but Mrs. Wilberforce becomes wise to their ruse... and there is only one way to keep the old lady quiet.
Divas of Soul: starring CeCe Teneal
Concert Series
Saturday, March 18 at 8:00 PM
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
A country girl blessed with a powerful voice that is filled with soul and resonance. Back by popular demand, CeCe Teneal captivates with a brand new show, celebrating the women of soul music.
Off the Map
WPS / Professional Theater Series
March 23 - April 2
Kutz Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
Denny and Claire have retired to the wilds of Central America, where they quickly discover that things are not as they were expecting, neither in their relationship, nor in their new property. A mysterious mound is discovered by a pair of archeologists who arrive on the scene, making a shattering discovery which will challenge all their beliefs about what is every truly real and what is imagined.
WPS: 1
Women Playwrights Series
Wednesday, April 12 at 7:30 PM
Kutz Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
TBA.
WPS: 2
Women Playwrights Series
Wednesday, April 19 at 7:30 PM
Kutz Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
TBA.
WPS: 3
Women Playwrights Series
Wednesday, April 26 at 7:30 PM
Kutz Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
TBA.
The Addams Family
NEXTstage Rep
April 20 - 30
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
A comical musical that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it's every father's nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man - a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn't upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother.
The Cast of Beatlemania
Hackettstown Rotary Club Fundraiser
Saturday, May 20 at 8:00 PM
Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center
THE CAST OF BEATLEMANIA is a US Beatles' tribute band formed in 1980. The Cast is one of the longest running Beatles' tribute band in the world. The group currently features Lenie Colacino, a former cast member of the 1977 Broadway musical Beatlemania.
Spring Festival of Shows
Young Performers Workshop
May 26 - June 4
Little Theatre: 400 Jefferson St.
TBA. A selection of musical theatre favorites performed in repertory by the students of Centenary Stage Company's Young Performers Workshop.