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NINE Final 2 Shows! Tickets are selling fast!     BUY TICKETS   TONY AWARD WINNER: Best Musical & Best Original Score FRI, MAY 17 - 8:00 pm SAT, MAY 18 - 8:00 pm The spectacular musical adaptation of Fellini's 8½ features one man and the dozens of women in his life. Celebrated but impetuous film director Guido Contini, succumbing to the pressures of filming his latest film epic, suffers a midlife crisis. One by one, women from his past and present – including his mother, his wife, his mistress, and his leading lady – haunt, instruct, scold, seduce and encourage him until he finally learns to grow up.       VISIT SHOW PAGE       Auditions for JERSEY VOICES   30th Annual One-Act Play Festival Sun, May 19, 2024, 6pm Mon, May 20, 2024, 7pm     The Chatham Community Players will hold open auditions for the 30th annual Jersey Voices One-Act Festival on Sunday, May 19th at 6pm and Monday, May 20th at 7pm at the Chatham Playhouse, 23 North Passaic Ave., Chatham. Performers are asked to arrive and check in within the first hour of auditions.  Performances will take place on July 26th, 27th, August 1st, 2nd and 3rd at 8pm and August 4th at 3pm. Please visit the Audition page for complete show descriptions, directors, audition form and audition sides:   SHOW DESCRIPTIONS AND SIDES   CONSTELLATIONS Jun 7 - Jun 9, 2024 One Weekend Only     BUY TICKETS   FRI, June 7 - 8:00 pm SAT, June 8 - 8:00 pm SUN, June 9 - 3:00 pm **Matinee** CONSTELLATIONS by Nick Payne is a view of the many possibilities that exist within a life, seen through the lives of Marianne, a physicist, and Roland, a beekeeper. Follow their tragic love story as we see the influence of choices, big and small, on their parallel universes. “Constellations” is a play for anyone who has ever wondered “what if?”     Registration is Open THEATER CREATIONS 2024     REGISTER HERE   Calling all 7- to 10-year-olds who love performing! Come and be part of The Chatham Community Players Theater Creations. Program runs Monday through Friday, 9 am to 11:30 am ~ August 12 thru August 23. Young actors will learn the fundamentals of acting onstage while using their imaginations and artistic creativity to develop their very own play! Through various games and exercises, kids will also learn about different theatrical elements and how they are used to shape a performance. An original script will be created using the kids' chosen storyline and characters. This work will be rehearsed and ultimately presented on the Chatham Playhouse stage in a full performance with no scripts in hand for family and friends.   MORE DETAILS     Proud To Announce Our Upcoming 103rd Mainstage Season     We are proud to announce our 2024-2025 season! This marks our 103rd Mainstage season here in Chatham. Sideways (Sept/Oct 2024) A Christmas Carol (December 2024) You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown! (Feb/March 2025) Home, I'm Darling! (May 2025) We will be seeking directors for all 3 productions, official submission info to come soon, so watch this space or follow us on Social Media – Facebook/Instagram.     Please give to help us fund Our Playhouse Roof     If you're still in a giving mood after this holiday season, we hope you will consider Chatham Community Players as a worthy recipient. When you are 102 years old, you require maintenance. This year, we are hoping to raise enough funds to replace the Chatham Playhouse roof, and keep the elements on our stage solely theatrical. Please help us kick off our roofing campaign by making a tax deductible donation.  Just click the link below. And if you are unable to donate, you can still help us by sharing the link!  Thank you!!   HOW TO SUPPORT US     COMING TO CHATHAM PLAYHOUSE   The Chatham Community Players have been bringing theater to Chatham and surrounding towns for OVER 100 YEARS!!!  Tickets are now on sale for select shows.   Please Consider a Tax Deductible Donation Any amount, no matter how small, is greatly appreciated. Please donate with PayPal, a credit card, or simply send your check to "The Chatham Community Players, Inc.," PO Box 234, Chatham, NJ 07928-0234.  For more information, please visit the DONATE PAGE on our website. The Chatham Community Players is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.  Your contribution is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.   DONATE     Join our community At Chatham Players we offer a welcoming and fun environment to practice your craft, make new friends and help create some of the most exceptional community theater in New Jersey!  We are a not-for-profit, volunteer driven organization where our trustees, council, actors, designers, technicians, and others all contribute their time and energy to help produce valuable and exceptional theater for the community. We’d love to have you join our community!   VOLUNTEER INFORMATION