As one of the nation’s leading theaters and recipient of the
Regional Theatre Tony Award, Paper Mill Playhouse has a
well-earned reputation for launching both performers and shows to Broadway.
Since their inception in 1996, the Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star
Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater have ignited the
careers of many notable performers, all of whom attended high school in New
Jersey. Among previous nominees and winners are Academy Award winner Anne
Hathaway (Les Misérables), Tony Award winners Laura Benanti (Gypsy)
and Nikki M. James (The Book of Mormon), Tony nominee Rob McClure (Mrs.
Doubtfire, Chaplin), Jelani Remy (The Lion King, Ain’t Too Proud),
Josh De La Cruz (Blues Clues & You!, Aladdin), Shanice Williams,
(NBC’s The Wiz Live!) and Olivier Award nominee Jared Gertner (The
Book of Mormon).
The list of 2024 participating NJ high schools is below and at PaperMill.org.
The Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards Presented by Investors Foundation are modeled after the Tony Awards and serves the entire state of New Jersey. Paper Mill Playhouse conceived and created the awards in 1996 to give schools the opportunity to showcase their musical arts programs on a statewide level.
The 2024 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards Production Round began January 18 and continues for 13 weeks through April 14. During the Production Round, musicals at 117 New Jersey high schools in 19 counties will be reviewed more than 70 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards evaluators, with each school receiving three independent evaluations.
Nominations will be announced on April 29. Schools nominated for Outstanding Overall Musical and all the Leading Performer nominees will perform at the 2024 Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards Ceremony, which will take place at the historic theater on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. Recipients are presented with an engraved crystal award from Tiffany & Co.
Paper Mill Playhouse also awards $7,000 in scholarships at the Rising Star Awards Presented by Investors Foundation. Seven cash scholarships are given to outstanding individual students who plan to continue studying theater performance or technical theater in college. Paper Mill Playhouse is pleased to award a prize of $500 to a school receiving the 2024 Educational Impact Award, which acknowledges a school that successfully connects the musical to the district's curriculum, using the production as a teaching tool for the greater student body and local community. Through the Rising Star “Theater for Everyone” Inclusion and Access Award and a partnership with The Cultural Access Network of New Jersey, a project of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Paper Mill Playhouse also will present a cash award of $1,000 to a school to recognize excellence in the promotion and practice of creative inclusion of students and adults with disabilities as performers, designers, musicians and production staff. This award seeks to recognize and reward a school that takes steps to ensure their performances are accessible to audiences with disabilities. Student Achievement Awards are given to outstanding student production designers, creative directors and technical theater technicians. The Outstanding Educator Award garners a $1,000 prize for the recipients’ school theater programs.
Lastly, students receiving final nominations in the lead and
supporting performance categories receive a scholarship to attend Paper Mill
Playhouse's competitive Summer Musical Theater Conservatory and New
Voices Concert, a professional training program with advanced classes in
singing, acting and dance. New Voices offers the nominees an opportunity
to perform on the main stage at Paper Mill Playhouse in the season finale
concert celebrating the regional theater’s 85 seasons, New Voices of
2024: Endless Ovations, on July 26 & 27. New Voices tickets will
go on sale on March 1st at PaperMill.org, and at
the box office 973-376-4343. Students who are not eligible for a Rising
Star Summer Conservatory scholarship may audition independently for a spot in
the summer program and concert. More information on summer auditions may
be found at PaperMill.org.
The Rising Star Awards Presented by Investors Foundation are supported by The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation.
Rising Star scholarships are made possible by Ruth Bedford in memory of Jane Burgio, The Mosser Family in in memory of late father and husband James K. Mosser, Walt Santner in memory of Janet Sovey, and the Douglas Michael Krueger Scholarship Fund. The Theater for Everyone Inclusion and Access Award is supported by the New Jersey Cultural Access Network.
The Hearst Foundations are Paper Mill’s Education & Outreach Partner.
The Rising Star Awards are made possible, in part, by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, A Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
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2024 PARTICIPATING
SCHOOL |
CITY |
COUNTY |
SHOW |
DATES OF SHOW |
|
Academy for Performing Arts at UCVTS |
Rahway |
Union |
42ND STREET |
Fri., March 22 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 24 at 2:00 PM |
|
Academy of the Holy Angels |
Demarest |
Bergen |
URINETOWN |
Fri., March 8 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 10 at 2:00 PM |
|
Arts High School |
Newark |
Essex |
SISTER ACT |
Fri., March 22 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 24 at 2:00 PM |
|
Atlantic County Institute of Technology |
Mays Landing |
Atlantic |
9 TO 5 |
Thu., February 29 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 2:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM |
|
Bayonne High School |
Bayonne |
Hudson |
LEGALLY BLONDE |
Fri., March 8 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 10 at 2:00 PM |
|
Bernards High School |
Bernardsville |
Somerset |
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT |
Fri., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 2:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 3 at 2:00 PM |
|
Buena Regional High School |
Buena |
Atlantic |
MATILDA |
Thu., February 29 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 2:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM |
|
Butler High School |
Butler |
Morris |
PIPPIN |
Fri., March 22 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 24 at 2:00 PM |
|
Carteret High School |
Carteret |
Middlesex |
SISTER ACT |
Thu., March 14 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 15 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:00 PM |
|
Cherry Hill High School East |
Cherry
Hill |
Camden |
MEAN GIRLS: HIGH
SCHOOL EDITION |
Fri., March 1 at 7:30 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:30 PM Sun., March 3 at 2:00 PM Fri., March 8 at 7:30 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:30 PM Sun., March 10 at 2:00 PM |
|
Cedar Grove High School |
Cedar
Grove |
Essex |
MATILDA |
Thu., February 29 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 1:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM |
|
Cherry Hill High School West |
Cherry
Hill |
Camden |
THE SOUND OF
MUSIC |
Fri., March 15 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 17 at 2:00 PM Thu., March 21 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 22 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 7:00 PM |
|
Christian Brothers Academy |
Lincroft |
Monmouth |
THE SPONGEBOB
MUSICAL |
Fri., March 8 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 10 at 2:00 PM Thu., March 14 at 5:00 PM Fri., March 15 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:00 PM |
|
Clearview Regional High School |
Mullica
Hill |
Gloucester |
CHICAGO: TEEN
EDITION |
Thu., March 14 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 15 at 7:30 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:30 PM |
|
Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and Fine
Arts |
East
Orange |
Essex |
PHANTOM OF THE
OPERA |
Fri., March 22 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 24 at 3:30 PM |
|
Colonia High School |
Colonia |
Middlesex |
INTO THE WOODS |
Thu., March 21 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 22 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 24 at 2:00 PM |
|
Columbia High School |
Maplewood |
Essex |
MAMMA MIA! |
Fri., March 8 at 7:30 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:30 PM Sun., March 10 at 2:00 PM Fri., March 15 at 7:30 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:30 PM Sun., March 17 at 2:00 PM |
|
Creative Arts High School |
Camden |
Camden |
12 DANCING
PRINCESSES |
Thu., January 18 at 6:00 PM Fri., January 19 at 6:00 PM |
|
Delaware Valley Regional High School |
Frenchtown |
Hunterdon |
NEWSIES |
Fri., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 8 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 2:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:00 PM |
|
Deptford High School |
Deptford |
Gloucester |
SHREK |
Thu., March 7 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 8 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:00 PM |
|
Don Bosco Prep |
Ramsey |
Bergen |
GUYS &
DOLLS |
Fri., March 15 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 17 at 3:00 PM |
|
Dumont High School |
Dumont |
Bergen |
MEAN GIRLS: HIGH
SCHOOL EDITION |
Thu., March 21 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 22 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 2:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 7:00 PM |
|
Dwight-Englewood School |
Englewood |
Bergen |
THE 25TH ANNUAL
PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE |
Fri March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 2:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM |
|
Eastern Regional High School |
Voorhees |
Camden |
URINETOWN |
Fri., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 2:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM Wed. March 6 at 4:00 PM Thu., March 7 at 7:00 PM -- No Friday perf. -- Sat., March 9 at 7:00 PM |
|
Ewing High School |
Ewing |
Mercer |
BETWEEN THE
LINES |
Thu., March 14 at 7:30 PM Fri., March 15 at 7:30 PM Sat., March 16 at 2:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:30 PM |
|
Fair Lawn High School |
Fair Lawn |
Bergen |
LEGALLY BLONDE |
Thu., March 14 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 15 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 17 at 2:00 PM |
|
Florence Township Memorial High School |
Burlington |
Burlington |
HAIRSPRAY |
Fri., March 1 at 6:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 6:00 PM Fri., March 8 at 6:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 6:00 PM Sun., March 10 at 2:00 PM |
|
Fort Lee High School |
Fort Lee |
Bergen |
MEAN GIRLS: HIGH
SCHOOL EDITION |
Fri., March 22 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 2:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 8:00 PM Sun., March 24 at 3:00 PM |
|
Freehold High School |
Freehold |
Monmouth |
LITTLE WOMEN |
Fri., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 1:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM |
|
Franklin High School |
Franklin |
Somerset |
CHICAGO: TEEN
EDITION |
Fri., April 11 at 7:00 PM Sat., April 12 at 7:00 PM Sat., April 13 at 7:00 Sun., April 14 at 2:00 |
|
Gateway Regional High School |
Woodbury
Heights |
Gloucester |
SEUSSICAL |
Thu., March 21 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 22 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 2:00 PM |
|
Gill St. Bernard’s School |
Gladstone |
Somerset |
SHE LOVES ME |
Fri., March 8 at 7:30 PM Sat., March 9 at 1:30 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:30 PM |
|
Gloucester County Institute of Technology |
Sewell |
Gloucester |
BIG FISH |
Tue. March 12 at 7:00 PM Wed. March 13 at 7:00 PM Thu., March 14 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 15 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:00 PM |
|
Haddon Township High School |
Westmont |
Camden |
INTO THE WOODS |
Thu., February 29 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 2 at 1:00 PM Fri., March 2 at 7:00 PM |
|
Haddonfield Memorial High School |
Haddonfield |
Camden |
CHICAGO: TEEN
EDITION |
Fri., March 8 at 7:30 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:30 PM Sun., March 10 at 2:00 PM Fri., March 15 at 7:30 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:30 PM |
|
Hanover Park High School |
East Hanover |
Morris |
LEGALLY BLONDE |
Thu., February 29 at 7:30 PM Fri., March 1 at 7:30 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:30 PM |
|
Harrison High School |
Harrison |
Hudson |
STARMITES - HIGH
SCHOOL |
Thu., March 21 at 7:30 PM Fri., March 22 at 7:30 PM Sat., March 23 at 7:30 PM |
|
Highland Regional High School |
Blackwood |
Camden |
MEAN GIRLS: HIGH
SCHOOL EDITION |
Thu., March 21 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 22 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 7:00 PM |
|
Hightstown High School |
Hightstown |
Mercer |
THE SPONGEBOB
MUSICAL |
Thu., March 21 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 22 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 24 at 2:00 PM |
|
Hillsborough High School |
Hillsborough |
Somerset |
SOMETHING
ROTTEN! |
Fri., February 23 at 7:00 PM Sat., February 24 at 7:00 PM Sun., February 25 at 2:00 PM Fri., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM |
|
Hillside High School |
Hillside |
Union |
AIDA |
Thu., March 7 at 6:30 PM Fri., March 8 at 6:30 PM Sat., March 9 at 6:30 PM |
|
Hopewell Valley Central High School |
Pennington |
Mercer |
HOW TO SUCCEED IN
BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING |
Fri., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 8 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:00 PM |
|
Howell High School |
Farmingdale |
Monmouth |
SHREK: THE
MUSICAL |
Thu., February 29 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 1:00 PM Sat., March21 at 7:00 PM |
|
Immaculata High School |
Somerville |
Somerset |
GODSPELL |
Fri., March 8 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 15 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 2:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:00 PM |
|
Immaculate Heart Academy |
Township of
Washington |
Bergen |
MAMMA MIA! |
Fri., March 22 at 7:30 PM Sat., March 23 at 2:00 PM Fri., March 23 at 7:30 PM Sat., March 24 at 2:00 PM |
|
James Caldwell High School |
West Caldwell |
Essex |
CHICAGO: TEEN
EDITION |
Fri., March 8 at 7:30 PM Sat., March 9 at 2:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:30 PM Sun., March 10 at 2:00 PM |
|
Jose Marti STEM Academy |
Union City |
Hudson |
THE 25TH ANNUAL
PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE |
Thu., April 11 at 7:15 PM Fri., April 12 at 7:15 PM |
|
Lakeland Regional High School |
Wanaque |
Passaic |
MEAN GIRLS: HIGH
SCHOOL EDITION |
Thu., March 7 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 8 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 2:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:00 PM |
|
Lenape High School |
Medford |
Burlington |
SHREK: THE
MUSICAL |
Fri., March 8 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 1:00 PM Fri., March 15 at 7:00 PM |
|
Linden High School |
Linden |
Union |
MAMMA MIA! |
Thu., March 21 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 22 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 7:00 PM |
|
Livingston High School |
Livingston |
Essex |
RODGERS +
HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA |
Fri., March 8 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 2:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:00 PM |
|
Lodi High School |
Lodi |
Bergen |
MONTY PYTHON’S
SPAMALOT |
Fri., March 8 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 15 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:00 PM |
|
Madison High School |
Madison |
Morris |
MAMMA MIA! |
Fri., March 8 at 7:30 PM Sat., March 9 at 2:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:30 PM |
|
Manasquan High School |
Manasquan |
Monmouth |
INTO THE WOODS |
Thu., March 14 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 15 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 1:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:00 PM |
|
Manville High School |
Manville |
Somerset |
MAMMA MIA! |
Thu., April 11 at 7:00 PM Fri., April 12 at 7:00 PM Sat., April 13 at 3:00 PM Sat., April 13 at 7:00 PM |
|
Marlboro High School |
Marlboro |
Monmouth |
CHICAGO: TEEN
EDITION |
Fri., March 22 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 24 at 3:00 PM |
|
Mary Help of Christians |
North Haledon |
Passaic |
MATILDA |
Fri., March 22 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 24 at 2:00 PM |
|
Middle Township High School |
Cape May Court
House |
Cape May |
THE LIGHTNING THIEF:
THE PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL |
Fri., March 8 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:00 PM |
|
Midland Park Jr.-Sr. High School |
Midland Park |
Bergen |
THE ADDAMS
FAMILY |
Fri., March 22 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 24 at 2:00 PM |
|
Moorestown High School |
Moorestown |
Burlington |
MAMMA MIA! |
Fri., February 23 at 7:00 PM Sat., February 24 at 7:00 PM Sun., February 25 at 2:00 PM Fri., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM |
|
Morris Knolls High School |
Rockaway |
Morris |
LEGALLY BLONDE |
Thu., March 14 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 16 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 17 at 7:00 PM |
|
Morristown High School |
Morristown |
Morris |
MARY POPPINS |
Fri., March 22 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 2:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 24 at 2:00 PM |
|
Morristown Beard |
Morristown |
Morris |
LEGALLY BLONDE |
Wed. March 6 at 7:30 PM Thu., March 7 at 3:30 PM Fri., March 8 at 7:30 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:30 PM |
|
Mount Olive High School |
Flanders |
Morris |
ROCK OF AGES |
Thu., March 21 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 22 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 7:00 PM |
|
Mount Saint Dominic Academy |
Caldwell |
Essex |
ANASTASIA |
Thu., February 29 at 7:30 PM Fri., March 1 at 7:30 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:30 PM |
|
Newark Academy |
Livingston |
Essex |
SOMETHING
ROTTEN! |
Thu., March 7 at 7:30 PM Fri., March 8 at 7:30 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:30 PM |
|
North Brunswick Township High School |
North Brunswick |
Middlesex |
GREASE: SCHOOL
EDITION |
Thu., April 11 at 7:00 PM Fri., April 12 at 7:00 PM Sat., April 13 at 1:00 PM Sun., April 13 at 7:00 PM |
|
North Hunterdon High School |
Annandale |
Hunterdon |
FREAKY FRIDAY |
Thu., February 29 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 3 at 2:00 PM |
|
North Plainfield High School |
North
Plainfield |
Somerset |
SISTER ACT |
Thu., March 14 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 15 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:00 PM |
|
Northern Highlands Regional High School |
Allendale |
Bergen |
MAMMA MIA! |
Fri., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 3 at 2:00 PM |
|
Northern Valley Regional High School Demarest |
Demarest |
Bergen |
FREAKY FRIDAY |
Fri., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 3 at 7:00 PM |
|
Nottingham High School |
Hamilton |
Mercer |
CHICAGO: TEEN
EDITION |
Thu., February 29 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM |
|
Nutley High School |
Nutley |
Essex |
URINETOWN |
Fri., March 8 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 10 at 2:00 PM |
|
Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child |
Summit |
Union |
SHREK: THE
MUSICAL |
Thu., February 22 at 7:00 PM Fri., February 23 at 7:00 PM Sat., February 24 at 2:00 PM |
|
Ocean Township High School |
Oakhurst |
Monmouth |
MEAN GIRLS: HIGH
SCHOOL EDITION |
Thu., March 14 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 15 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 17 at 2:00 PM |
|
OCVTS Grunin Performing Arts Academy |
Lakewood |
Ocean |
THE PROM |
Fri., February 23 at 7:00 PM Sat., February 24 at 7:00 PM |
|
Old Bridge High School |
Matawan |
Middlesex |
THE MUSIC MAN |
Thu., March 21 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 22 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 7:00 PM |
|
Overbrook High School |
Pine Hill |
Camden |
DAMN YANKEES |
Thu., March 21 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 22 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 7:00 PM |
|
Paramus High School |
Paramus |
Bergen |
NEWSIES |
Thu., March 14 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 15 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 2:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:00 PM |
|
Pascack Hills High School |
Montvale |
Bergen |
RODGERS AND
HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA |
Thu., March 21 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 22 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 24 at 2:00 PM |
|
Perth Amboy High School |
Perth Amboy |
Middlesex |
MEAN GIRLS: HIGH
SCHOOL EDITION |
Fri., February 9 at 7:00 PM Sat., February 10 at 7:00 PM Sun., February 11 at 2:00 PM |
|
Pinelands Regional High School |
Little Egg
Harbor |
Ocean |
THE LITTLE
MERMAID |
Thu., February 29 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 1:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 3 at 1:00 PM Thu., March 7 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 8 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 1:00 PM Sat., March9 at 7:00 PM |
|
The Pingry School |
Basking Ridge |
Somerset |
INTO THE WOODS |
Thu., February 22 at 7:00 PM Fri., February 23 at 7:30 PM Sat., February 24 at 7:30 PM |
|
Piscataway High School |
Piscataway |
Middlesex |
MEAN GIRLS: HIGH
SCHOOL EDITION |
Thu., March 7 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 8 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:00 PM |
|
Pope John XXIII Regional High School |
Sparta |
Sussex |
PIPPIN |
Thu., February 22 at 7:00 PM Fri., February 23 at 7:00 PM Sat., February 24 at 2:00 PM Sat., February 24 at 7:00 PM |
|
Princeton High School |
Princeton |
Mercer |
DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND
THE BEAST |
Thu., March 14 at 7:30 PM Fri., March 15 at 7:30 PM Sat., March 16 at 2:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:30 PM |
|
Rahway High School |
Rahway |
Union |
DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND
THE BEAST |
Fri., March 22 at 7:30 PM Sat.,. March 23 at 7:30 PM Sun., March 24 at 2:00 PM |
|
Randolph High School |
Randolph |
Morris |
INTO THE WOODS |
Thu., March 21 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 22 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 1:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 7:00 PM |
|
Red Bank Catholic High School |
Red Bank |
Monmouth |
THE ADDAMS
FAMILY |
Fri., March 15 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 17 at 2:00 PM |
|
Ridge High School |
Basking Ridge |
Somerset |
SOMETHING
ROTTEN! |
Thu., February 29 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 2:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM |
|
Ridgefield Park Jr.-Sr. High School |
Ridgefield Park |
Bergen |
CHICAGO: TEEN
EDITION |
Thu., March 7 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 8 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:00 PM |
|
Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School |
Rumson |
Monmouth |
ANYTHING GOES |
Fri., March 15 at 7:30 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:30 PM Sun., March 17 at 2:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 7:30 PM Sun., March 24 at 2:00 PM |
|
Rutgers Preparatory School |
Somerset |
Somerset |
MAMMA MIA! |
Fri., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 3 at 2:00 PM |
|
Saddle River Day School |
Saddle River |
Bergen |
SHREK: THE
MUSICAL |
Thu., March 7 at 7:00 PM Fri.,. March 8 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:00 PM |
|
Sayreville War Memorial High School |
Parlin |
Middlesex |
TUCK
EVERLASTING |
Fri., March 15 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 1:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:00 PM |
|
Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School |
Scotch Plains |
Union |
THE ADDAMS
FAMILY |
Thu., March 14 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 15 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 17 at 2:00 PM |
|
Secaucus High School |
Secaucus |
Hudson |
THE ADDAMS
FAMILY |
Fri., March 15 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 17 at 2:00 PM |
|
Shawnee High School |
Medford |
Burlington |
SINGIN’ IN THE
RAIN |
Fri., February 23 at 7:00 PM Sat., February 24 at 2:00 PM Sat., February 24 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 2:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM |
|
Somerville High School |
Somerville |
Somerset |
MEAN GIRLS: HIGH
SCHOOL EDITION |
Thu., March 7 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 8 at 7:00 PM Sat., March |
|
South Hunterdon Regional Middle/High School |
Lambertville |
Hunterdon |
THE DROWSY
CHAPERONE |
Thu., February 29 at 7:30 PM Fri., March 1 at 7:30 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:30 PM |
|
Southern Regional High School |
Manahawkin |
Ocean |
MAMMA MIA! |
Wed. February 28 at 7:00 PM Thu., February 29 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM |
|
Spotswood High School |
Spotswood |
Middlesex |
MEAN GIRLS: HIGH
SCHOOL EDITION |
Thu., March 21 at 6:30 PM Fri., March 22 at 6:30 PM Sat., March 23 at 1:30 PM Sat., March 23 at 6:30 PM |
|
St. Joseph Regional High School |
Montvale |
Bergen |
LES MISÉRABLES |
Fri., January 26 at 7:00 PM Sat., January 27 at 2:00 PM Sat., January 27 at 7:00 PM Sun., January 28 at 3:00 PM Thu., February 1 at 7:00 PM Fri., February 2 at 7:00 PM Sat., February 3 at 2:00 PM Sat., February 3 at 7:00 PM |
|
St. Peter’s Prep |
Jersey City |
Hudson |
HOW TO SUCCEED IN
BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING |
Thu., March 14 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 15 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 17 at 7:00 PM |
|
Summit High School |
Summit |
Union |
ANYTHING GOES |
Thu., March 29 at 7:00 PM Fri March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 1:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM |
|
Toms River High School East |
Toms River |
Ocean |
CATCH ME IF YOU
CAN |
Thu., February 29 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM |
|
Toms River High School North |
Toms River |
Ocean |
MAMMA MIA! |
Thu., March 14 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 15 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 1:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:00 PM |
|
Union Catholic High School |
Scotch Plains |
Union |
EMMA! A POP
MUSICAL |
Fri., March 15 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 22 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 23 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 24 at 3:00 PM |
|
Union City High School |
Union City |
Hudson |
MAMMA MIA! |
Thu., February 1 at 7:00 PM Fri., February 2 at 7:00 PM Sat., February 3 at 12:00 PM Sat., February 3 at 6:00 PM |
|
Vernon Township High School |
Glenwood |
Sussex |
FREAKY FRIDAY |
Thu., March 7 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 8 at 7:30 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:30 PM |
|
Verona High School |
Verona |
Essex |
MEAN GIRLS: HIGH
SCHOOL EDITION |
Thu., February 29 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 2:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM |
|
Wallkill Valley Regional High School |
Hamburg |
Sussex |
CATCH ME IF YOU
CAN |
Fri., March 8 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 10 at 3:00 PM |
|
Washington Township High School |
Sewell |
Gloucester |
THE PROM |
Thu., March 14 at 7:30 PM Fri., March 15 at 7:30 PM Sat., March 16 at 2:00 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:30 PM |
|
West Milford Township High School |
West Milford |
Passaic |
FOOTLOOSE |
Thu., March 7 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 8 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 7:00 PM Sun., March 10 at 2:00 PM |
|
Westfield High School |
Westfield |
Union |
HEATHERS: TEEN
EDITION |
Thu., March 14 at 7:30 PM Fri., March 15 at 7:30 PM Sat., March 16 at 7:30 PM |
|
Williamstown High School |
Williamstown |
Gloucester |
LEGALLY BLONDE |
Thu., February 29 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 2:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM |
|
Woodstown High School |
Woodstown |
Salem |
BRIGADOON |
Thu., February 29 at 3:30 PM Fri., March 1 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 2 at 7:00 PM Thu., March 7 at 7:00 PM Fri., March 8 at 7:00 PM Sat., March 9 at 2:00 PM |
PAPER MILL PLAYHOUSE, recipient of the 2016 Regional Theatre Tony Award, is a nationally renowned not-for-profit theater under the direction of Mark S. Hoebee (Producing Artistic Director) and Michael Stotts (Executive Director). A beloved New Jersey arts institution since 1938, Paper Mill creates and produces groundbreaking new musicals and reimagined classics. Several productions have gone on to Broadway and launched national tours, including Disney’s Newsies, Les Misérables, Honeymoonin Vegas, A Bronx Tale, and Bandstand. The theater is also the home to an award-winning center for musical theater education and artist training, with outreach programs that impact thousands of students each year. As one of the nation’s premier musical theaters, Paper Mill fosters a creative environment to advance the art form, educate students, develop future theater lovers, nurture inclusion, and provide access for all. We acknowledge that our theater stands on the traditional land of the Lenni-Lenape, and we honor the Indigenous people who inhabited it for thousands of years before European settlers arrived. Paper Mill Playhouse programs are made possible, in part, by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Paper Mill Playhouse is a member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, the Council of Stock Theatres, and the New Jersey Theatre Alliance.
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