Curtain Up!

Saturday, September 23 at 8:00 PM

Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center

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This MODERN DAY RAT PACK is unlike any other four-man vocal group touring today.  The Company men deliver a high energy theatrical concert experience in which the group "mashes" today's Top 40 hits with reimagined classics of the last eight decades, blending artists from Sam Cooke to Sam Smith and The Temptations to The Weekend and many more!

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Young Audience Series

September 28 - October 2

The Little Theatre: 400 Jefferson Street

One day in class, Grace Campbell discovered there has never been a female president. “Where are the girls?” she asked, as her third-grade teacher rolls out a poster of all 44 U.S. presidents. Frustrated by the lack of female faces in the White House, Grace decides she wants to be president and inspires a school election. She seems the likely winner until the most popular boy runs against her. Through the throes of campaigning and pep rallies, service projects and posters, Grace and her classmates discover what it takes to be the best candidate and find the fun and hilarity in the wonderful world of politics! Join us in Mrs. Barrington’s classroom this election year!

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NEXTstage Repertory

October 12 - 16

Sitnik Theater: Lackland Performing Arts Center

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by Qui Nguyen

In post-apocalyptic "Lost Vegas," a young gunslinger named Jess December enlists the help of a mysterious samurai cowboy to help avenge the murder of her sister.  However, the gang they'll be going against has powers that go way beyond just gunpowder and steel.  To get revenge, they may have to become just as bloodthirsty as the monsters they're facing.

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"Overflowing with awesome stage combat and imaginative writing, this show packs a huge theatrical punch in just under 90 minutes."

- TheatreMania

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Fringe Festival

October 19 - 22

Kutz Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center

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Written & Performed by Melinda Buckley

'MOTHER (and me)' is the story of a larger-than-life Hungarian Mama Rose who's slowly waltzing into dementia, as her Broadway baby, Melinda shimmies into middle age.  An outrageous one woman show about stepping up and into your own light.

Fringe Festival

October 26 - 29

Kutz Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center

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by Daniel Hall Kuhn

It's an evening of suspense by that master of horror Edgar Allan Poe as Daniel Hall Kuhn brings his show ALONE, Stories by Edgar Allan Poe to the intimate Kutz theatre.  This multi-disciplinary immersive show brings six stories and poems by Poe, including The Raven, Tell Tale Heart, and Annabel Lee to life in a way you'll never forget!

Fringe Festival

November 2 - 5

Kutz Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center

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by Rosemary Loar

STING*chronicity offers an unexpected combination of monologues with a stunning variety of musical arrangements of the music of brilliant contemporary songwrite, Sting.  The show is "set" in Madison Square Garden on the occasion of the final reunion concert of the iconic band, The Police, which was headed by Sting.

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"Audiences starved for good music and solid entertainment can be grateful that cabaret and Rosemary Loar have found one another."

- NY Post

Dance Series : Family Friendly

Sunday, November 12 at 2:00 PM

Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center

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ONCE UPON A TIME is a family show taking its audience on a comical tour through some of classical ballet's greatest stories.  Part educational, part dance, the performers will dissect classic tales, providing insight into the movement while giving you a fun and entertaining peek behind the balletic curtain.  Excerpts from:  Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Romeo & Juliet.

Nov. 24  - Dec. 10

Sitnik Theatre: Lackland Performing Arts Center

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Ariel, King Triton's youngest daughter, wishes to pursue the human Prince Eric in the world above, bargaining with the evil sea witch, Ursula, to trade her tail for legs. But the bargain is not what it seems, and Ariel needs the help of her colorful friends, Flounder the fish, Scuttle the seagull and Sebastian the crab to restore order under the sea.

New Jersey Civic Youth Ballet

December 15 - 17

Sitnik Theatre | 715 Grand Ave.

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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, this production is sure to delight!

Young Performer Workshop

December 15 - 17

Little Theatre | 400 Jefferson Street

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Really Rosie: Rosie, the sassiest kid on her block of Brooklyn’s Avenue P, entertains herself and her friends by acting out showbiz fantasies, notably directing and starring in an Oscar-winning movie. 

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Gifts of the Magi: A heart-warming, captivating musical treat, The Gifts of the Magi is easy to stage, warmed by sentiment and humor, filled with lilting songs, and certain to please audiences of all ages.

Winter Thaw Music Festival

Saturday, January 13 at 8:00 PM

Sitnik Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center

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Jazz trumpeter, vocalist, and composer Jumáane Smith has performed on 5 GRAMMY Award-winning records (selling more than 60 million copies), 2

Emmy Award nominated TV performances, the GRAMMY Awards with Stevie Wonder, in Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story," and more.

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He has spent the last 17 years touring and recording with Michael Bublé as lead trumpeter and vocalist, and has toured with his own band to such world -class venues as Jazz At Lincoln Center, Vail Jazz Festival, Java Jazz Festival, Low's Regency, North Star Festival, Joe's Pub, Rochester International Jazz Festival, Catalina Island Jazz Festival, and many more.

Winter Thaw Music Festival

Saturday, January 20 at 8:00 PM

Sitnik Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center

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Firmly grounded in their collective Irish roots, Reverie Road embraces humor with musical insight and natural abilities.  Featuring fiddler Winifred Horan and accordionist John Williams (founding Solas members) alongside former Gaelic Storm fiddler Katie Grennan and Jazz and Raga pianist Utsav Lal, they weave the roots of Irish musical traditions with new departures and curated gems including distilled airs, continental waltzes, and upbeat reels and jigs.

Winter Thaw Music Festival

Saturday, January 27 at 8:00 PM

Sitnik Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center

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Vocal, flute, drums, and machines - that's ROSAWAY: a Pop-jazz band hailing from Paris.  Distinctly French, somewhat theme-tune-style, and a whole lot of groovy, this four-piece group is a blend of past and present.

Winter Thaw Music Festival

Saturday, February 3 at 8:00 PM

Sitnik Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center

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Hailing from a long line of Senegalese musicians and storytellers known as griots, Diali Cissokho made the transatlantic move almost ten years ago.  Shortly afterward, he formed the band Kaira Ba with the aid of several like-minded Piedmont musicians.  Together, they blend the traditions and rhythms of West African music with subtle timbres of the American South.  In essence, Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba makes dance music that bridges the continental divide.

NEXTstage Repertory

February 8 - 12

Little Theatre | 400 Jefferson Street

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"For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo"

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Two young people fall in love but are doomed.  It is not simply that their families disapprove; the Montagues and the Capulets are engaged in a blood feud, and the tragic ending seems almost inevitable.  Shakespeare's timeless tale of star-crossed lovers comes to life!

Professional Theatre Series

February 16 - March 3

Sitnik Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center
 

Tartuffe by the master of comedy Moliere, comes to life again on the Centenary Stage. Moliere’s classic comic romp of greed, hypocrisy and scandal is just as relevant today as it was in 1664 when it was first performed, (and banned). Orgon, a wealthy French merchant, has fallen under the spell of Tartuffe, who preaches piety and austerity while stealing secrets and seducing the ladies of the house. Only by hiding in closets, listening at doors and climbing under tables (after all, it is a farce) can they, and their maid Dorine, hope to expose Tartuffe and his true motives. Starring Randall Duk  Kim as Orgon and directed by Annie Occhiogrosso.

Concert Series

Thursday, March 14 at 7:30 PM

Sitnik Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center

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The Tartan Terrors are their own Celtic Invasion, mixing music energy with traditional folklore, dance, and humor.  With an arsenal featuring classic bagpipes and fiddle, driving drum tones, and signature guitar styles, The Tartan Terrors are a force not to be denied!  Come see why they have sold out arenas all over the country!

Concert Series

Saturday, March 23 at 8:00 PM

Sitnik Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center

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Carrying on his Father's legacy and band, Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. finds himself the front-men to legendary "Ils Sont Parti Band".  This Grammy and Emmy Award Winning band has performed over 2,500 shows and a host of television appearances (David Letterman, CBS, Morning News, & Good Morning America to name a few).  The Creole cousin of jazz, Zydeco music will have you up dancing in the isles!

WPS : Professional Theatre Series

April 4 - 14

Kutz Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center

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A National New Play Network

Rolling World Premiere.

 

by Jacqueline Goldfinger

When a soldier returns from war carrying the ghosts of their tour, they're faced with a sobering decision:  address their alarming PTSD with Virtual Reality therapy, or risk losing access to their family forever.  Can this new technology recalibrate the brains and bodies of wounded soldiers?  This electric, vivid, one-person show explores the power of healing and finding strength in vulnerability.  Developed with support from the Sloan Foundation and Operation Warrior Resolution.

Women Playwrights Series

Wednesday, April 10 at 7:00 PM

Kutz Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center

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What happens when an out-of-town tryout of “The Crucible” - helmed by a once-legendary director making his comeback and funded by his renowned actress wife - casts an arrogant veteran theatre actor opposite a beauty influencer with absolutely no experience? A Lot! In 2024, the search for truth in the role of Abigail Williams puts Arthur Miller's classic on trial…

Women Playwrights Series

Wednesday, April 17 at 7:00 PM

Kutz Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center

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When fiercely independent Vivian gets a knock on her door from Carla, a young hospice volunteer desperate to shine, the two strike up an unlikely and unforgettable friendship. Enter Val (Valium) and Di (Digoxin), who lend a hand in exploring life's choices.

Through a series of red carpet rants, Lifetime interviews, and a truly unique game show, Vivian and Carla help each other in making some life-altering decisions.

NEXTstage Repertory

April 18 - 28

Sitnik Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center

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Book by Joe Tracz
Music & Lyrics by Rob Rokicki
Adapted from the book The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

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The half-blood son of a Greek god, Percy Jackson has newly-discovered powers he can't control, a destiny he doesn't want, and a mythology textbook's worth of monsters on his trail.

Women Playwrights Series

Wednesday, April 24 at 7:00 PM

Kutz Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center

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It’s 1974. Cosmonauts Dmitri and Yuri are aboard a secret Soviet space station,

a tiny capsule miles above Earth. As the cosmonauts argue the mundane intricacies

of life--particularly the best way to woo Pat Nixon--they're interrupted by an urgent radio message.

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Suddenly the fate of the world rests in the hands of these two unlikely heroes, who must do everything in their power to discover the truth and ultimately determine the right thing to do.

Hackettstown Rotary Club Fundraiser

Saturday, May 18 at 8:00 PM

Sitnik Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center

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Gypsy performs the greatest hits from Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac, including: Stand Back, Rhiannon, Gold Dust Woman, Don't Stop, Stop Dragging My Heart Around, Silver Springs and so many more!  Diane Lutz gives a stunning performance as Stevie Nicks with spot-on vocals and visuals that magically capture Nicks' stage presence.

Young Performers Workshop

May 31 - June 2

Little Theatre | 400 Jefferson Street

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Godspell: A small group of people help Jesus Christ tell different parables by using a wide variety of games, storytelling techniques and hefty doses of comic timing.

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The Clown: The Clown is the story of Mumbles, a shy clown, who falls in love with the beautiful ballerina, Doria.  When Dr. Tutto, the jealous circus owner discovers this, he frames Mumbles with the theft of the cicus's money box, and Mumbles is banished.

Summerfest

July 11 - 21

Sitnik Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center

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by Warren Casey and Jim Jacobs

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Here is Rydell High's senior class of 1959: duck-tailed, hot-rodding "Burger Palace Boys" and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking "Pink Ladies" in bobby sox and pedal pushers, evoking the look and sound of the 1950s in this rollicking musical.  Head "greaser" Danny Zuko and new (good) girl Sandy Dumbrowski try to relive the high romance of their "Summer Nights" as the rest of the gang sings and dances its way through such songs as "Greased Lightnin", "It's Raining on Prom Night", "Alone at the Drive-In Movie", recalling the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley that became the soundtrack of a generation.

Summerfest

July 27 @ 8PM

Sitnik Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center

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Frontiers is the world’s number one tribute to Journey. These five talented, skilled, renowned NYC area musicians recreate the music of Journey to perfection, note for note - every nuance, every iconic riff, all the feels.  Frontiers covers all the greatest hits of Journey, taking you back to the late 70’s during Journey’s magical inception with Gregg Rolie and Neal Schon, and to the 80’s with Steve Perry and Jonathan Cain, when Journey’s timeless, chart topping hits such as Open Arms, Separate Ways, Send Her My Love, Faithfully, Stone in Love, Don’t Stop Believing, Who’s Crying Now, Anyway You Want It, and many others ruled the airwaves.

Summerfest

Aug. 1 - 11

Sitnik Theatre | Lackland Performing Arts Center

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This celebration of the mating game takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum know as “the relationship.” Through sketches and songs, Act I explores the journey from dating and waiting to love and marriage, while Act II reveals the agonies and triumphs of in-laws and newborns, trips in the family car and pick-up techniques of the geriatric set.