June is Busting Out All Over @NJRep

June is Busting Out All Over @NJRep     5 Extraordinary Shows To Inaugurate NJ Rep's Newly renovated West End Arts Center Use discount code: LongBranch2023     A Return Engagement! June 8 - 11 - One Week Only Thursday 7pm; Friday 7pm; Saturday 3pm and 7pm; Sunday 2pm. Due to popular demand "What Doesn't Kill You" returns to NJ Rep after a triumphant run in Dublin, garnering 5 stars in The Irish Times. A heart attack, an obsession with Cher, a trip to a concentration camp, so yes, it's a comedy!  Presented at the newly renovated West End Arts Center, 132 West End Avenue, Long Branch.   BUY TICKETS     A Cosmic Love Story June 8 - 18 - 2 Weeks Only Thursdays 8:30pm; Fridays 8:30pm; Saturdays 4:30pm and 8:30pm; Sundays 3:30pm. It’s a tale as old as time: boy meets boy, boy loses boy, boy punches a hole in universe to get boy back. Join Mico and James as they tell you their reality-bending story of love, loss and trying to find decent sausage rolls in a universe that never invented them. "Warm-hearted and peppered with the tragic and comic, The Silver Bell is intriguing and skillfully performed." Note: Adult themes and language. No one under 17 admitted.  Presented at the newly renovated West End Arts Center, 132 West End Avenue, Long Branch.   BUY TICKETS     A One-Woman Whirlwind June 15-18 - One Week Only Thursday at 7pm; Friday at 7pm; Saturday at 3pm and 7pm; Sunday at 2pm. From a shocking opening that grabs both your attention and your nervous system, from the moment the stage lights come up, “Miss Delta Township” locks on and never let's go. "Miss Delta" starts off in the 1960’s and then moves at warp speed through several decades of life and longing in a “typical” suburban American family. Except that this family, as it turns out, is anything but typical.   Presented at the newly renovated West End Arts Center, 132 West End Avenue, Long Branch.   BUY TICKETS     A Teacher on the Verge June 22 - 25 - One Week Only Thursday at 7pm; Friday at 7pm; Saturday at 3pm and 7pm; Sunday at 2pm. Professor B has been teaching Political Philosophy 101 at Upper Michigan State for ten years, but now, he drinks during class and uses sock puppets of Plato and Socrates to convince his students that democracy sucks. There's an online petition to have him fired. His only hope is an outstanding rating from his students on the Course Evaluations. Desperate, he reaches back into his past as a theater kid at the Stage Door Summer Camp, to give his students the most exciting last class on democracy in the history of Upper Michigan State.   Presented at the newly renovated West End Arts Center, 132 West End Avenue, Long Branch.   BUY TICKETS     She's Back! June 22 - 25 - One Week Only Thursday, Friday at 8:30 Saturday at 4:30 and 8:30; Sunday at 3:30 Sister Mary was a foundling, discovered on the steps of St Peter's of the Sisters of the Third Removed, in the heart of London's West End. It is rumored she is the secret love child of West End Musical Theatre Star, Elaine Paige. Sister Mary loves showtunes and making homemade flapjacks. Join Sister Mary as she battles the blues with her unique style of comedy and songs. No pulpit. No psalms. No prayers. She's not that kind of nun!  Presented at the newly renovated West End Arts Center, 132 West End Avenue, Long Branch.   BUY TICKETS   Buy a festival Pass And see all five shows for one low price. Use Code: LongBranch 2023. Call the theater for details 732-229-3166.  Presented at West End Arts Center, 132 West End Avenue, Long Branch.   FESTIVAL PASS   And at 179 Broadway ...     Langston Hughes  A Very Special One-Night Stand David Mills as Langston Hughes - Monday, June 19 at 7pm. What better way to celebrate Juneteenth than with Harlem Renaissance writer Langston Hughes. Affectionately known as Shakespeare in Harlem, this one-person-dramatic rendition of Langston Hughes’ poems and short stories is presented by actor/writer David Mills, whose performance takes the audience on an odyssey spanning five decades Presented at NJ Rep's studio theater, 179 Broadway, Long Branch.   BUY TICKETS   NJ Rep @West End Arts 132 West End Avenue, Long Branch, NJ 07740 and 179 Broadway, Long Branch, NJ 07740 732-229-3166 www.njrep.org