“SAY GOODNIGHT, GRACIE” TO OPEN @ THE BICKFORD THEATRE

SAY GOODNIGHT, GRACIE
By Rupert Holmes
Directed by John Tillinger

WHEN: January 30 – February 16*
WHERE: The Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Rd., Morristown
TICKETS: $45 for the General Public, $40 for Senior Citizens, Morris Museum members and Bickford Theatre Guild members, and $20 for Students (18 or under with valid college ID).
Group rates are available for groups of 10 or more. For tickets or more information, please contact the Bickford Theatre Box Office at 973.971.3706 or visit www.morrismuseum.org.

Join us for a tender, funny, life-affirming love story...a personal guided tour in the company of George Burns, a man who laughingly lived and loved each day for all it had to offer until he finally went “gently into that good night” to be with his beloved Gracie  Allen. Broadway and television star Joel Rooks brings the legendary George Burns to life in this multi-media winner of the 2004 National Broadway Theatre Award for Best Play. (Above: Joel Rooks as George Burns. )

*Thursday, January 30 and February 6 at 7:30 PM
Thursday, February 13 at 2:00 PM
Friday, January 31, February 7 and February 14 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, February 1, 8 and 15 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, February 2, 9 and 16 at 2:00 PM

The Bickford Theatre is a professional theater that produces and presents year-round entertainment, including a Main Stage Series, two Children’s Theatre series, a Jazz Showcase and many other special concerts and performances. Artistic Director Eric Hafen celebrates his thirteenth anniversary this season.  

Joel Rooks (George Burns), New York, NY
Broadway: Say Goodnight Gracie, The Royal Family, Frankie and Johnny at the Clair de Lune, Taller Than a Dwarf; National Tour: The Sisters Rosenweig; NJ Regional:  Freud’s Last Session (Cape May Stage); National Regional:  Once in a Lifetime, The Last Night at Ballyhoo, A Doll’s House, A Thousand Clowns, A Streetcar Named Desire; TV: Shake It Up!, The Mentalist, Days of Our Lives, Trauma; Film: My Sister Sam, Indecent Proposal, and Door to Door.

• Set and Prop Designer: Ric McAllister, Union City, NJ
• Lighting Designer: Roman Klima, Howell, NJ
• Sound Design: John Lacy, New York, NY
• Incidental Original Music: Rupert Holmes, New York, NY
• Multimedia Design: Howard Werner, New York, NY and Peter Nigrini, New York, NY
• Production Stage Manager: Yumi Matsuura, Morristown, NJ

The theatre is a Senior Member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, a not-for-profit organization of 30 professional theatres throughout the state, and works in conjunction with Actors' Equity Association (AEA) and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC). From its beginnings in 1994 to the present, tens of thousands of theater-goers from across the tri-state area have enjoyed the Bickford Theatre’s many entertaining and diversified offerings in theatre, music and dance. 

The Bickford Theatre is conveniently located within the Morris Museum and offers free parking and full accessibility. Box Office hours for phone sales are Monday through Friday, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Walk-up hours are Tuesday through Friday, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

FLUTE & GUITAR RECITAL IN TOMS RIVER SUNDAY

Marjorie Koharski, Flute & Keith Calmes, Guitar

WHEN: Sunday, January 26, 4:00-5:30 PM
WHERE: The Presbyterian Church of Toms River, 1070 Hooper Avenue, Toms River  Directions
ADMISSION: Requested donation of $10
www.pctr.org
732.349.1331

Music by Bach, Locatelli, Giuliani, Eduardo Martin, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Stanley Myers, Ernesto Codero, Granados, Meranger and Maximo Diego Pujol.

THINK SUMMER @ MCCC SUMMER CAMP OPEN HOUSE

MCCC Summer Camp OPEN HOUSE

WHEN: Sunday, Jan. 26, from noon to 3 PM (Snow date: Sunday, Feb. 2.)
WHERE: Mercer County Community College Student Center, West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road
More information is available at www.mccc.edu/camps

As the temperature heads for single digits, we are thinking SUMMER! 

Camp directors will be on hand to provide overviews of all programs and answer questions. Tours of MCCC's extensive facilities will be available, including computer labs, television studio, Olympic-size swimming pool, tennis courts, cafeteria and more.

A variety of popular programs for children ages 6-17 commence on June 23 on MCCC’s West Windsor campus. Programs include Camp College, Specialty Camps, Sports Camps, and Tomato Patch Visual and Performing Arts Workshops.

Before- and after-care is available for all camps. Families will be able to submit their camp registration forms at the Open House, guaranteeing a wide selection from Mercer's offerings. For those who plan to complete the application at the Open House, some medical information is required. Visit www.mccc.edu/camps for more information.

Mercer's summer camps enable children and teens to pursue their individual talents and explore new interests. Camp College provides an enriching alternative to traditional summer camp in two four-week sessions. Campers ages 6-12 can create a personalized schedule from more than 60 subject offerings, with new courses in the arts and computers added for 2014.  Camp College also offers one-week Specialty Camps for ages 6 through 17 in science, technology, cooking, crafts and more. A second session of the highly popular Aviation and Aerospace Academy, held at Mercer Trenton Airport, has been added to the 2014 schedule. Camp College also offers a Counselor-in-Training program for teens ages 15 and 16. 

Mercer's Sports Camps, for ages 6 to 15, offer one-week sessions in nine popular sports and are taught by high school and college coaches, as well as college athletes. Camps include baseball; basketball; field hockey; golf; mountain biking; soccer; softball; speed, agility and quickness; and tennis. Sessions begin June 23 and conclude August 15.

Tomato Patch Visual and Performing Arts Workshops give students entering grades 5 through 7 a multidisciplinary experience in theater, dance, vocal music, visual arts and video. Workshops will be held June 23 to July 17 for grades 8-12 and July 21 to Aug. 7 for grades 5-7.  Older students may follow their first session with a Master Class that covers the business of show business, including job searches and auditions.

Additional details about MCCC's summer youth programs are available at www.mccc.edu/camps or by calling 609-570-3311. Camp College will host three additional information sessions on Feb. 15, March 22 and April 26 from 12 to 2 p.m.

Camp employment opportunities are available for teachers, counselors ages 17 and up, lifeguards and swim instructors. Call 609-570-3311 or email campcollege@mccc.edu.

(Photo: Faculty member Doug Fee teaches budding chefs in last year’s "Kids in the Kitchen" Specialty Camp, which will be offered in morning and afternoon sessions throughout the 2014 season.)

JANUARY MUSICALE FEATURES SONGS AND ARIAS OF LOVE

THAT’S AMORE
featuring songs and arias of love from Puccini, Mozart, Verdi, Bernstein and more!

WHEN: Sunday, January 26, at 3:00 PM
WHERE: The Mansion's Lenfell Hall, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 285 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ
TICKETS: Single $30, Senior $25, Student (under 22) $10
TICKETS & INFORMATION Call 973.443.8620
Opera at Florham

Our musicales feature two hours of opera arias and Broadway songs sung by professional artists in The Mansion's lovely Lenfell Hall, at the Madison, NJ campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University, Sundays at 3 PM. You are welcome to come at 2 PM and bring light fare to enjoy with friends prior to Musicales.  Light refreshments are served at intermission.

Mark your calendars for this season's remaining musicales:

• March 23, 2014 - Opera in the Springtime
• June 15, 2014 - Arias for the Summer

Single tickets $30; Seniors $25; Students (under 22) $10
Groups of 10 or more $20 per ticket

TWO RIVER THEATER CONTINUES ITS 2013/2014 SEASON WITH SHAKESPEARE’S ROMANTIC COMEDY

AS YOU LIKE IT
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL SEXTON
WITH SONGS COMPOSED BY BEN TOTH PERFORMED LIVE BY THE COMPANY

WHEN: January 25 — February 16
WHERE: Rechnitz Theater, 36 Bridges Ave., Red Bank
TICKETS: $37 to $65, with discounts available for groups, seniors, and U.S. military personnel, their families, and veterans.
A limited number of $20 tickets are available for every performance; $20 tickets may be partial view.
Tickets for patrons under 30 are $24 and include the best available seats at every performance.
Tickets are available from www.tworivertheater.org or 732.345.1400

Two River will also launch a new program, A Little Shakespeare, with a 75-minute version of As You Like It performed by high-school students for audiences ages 9 and up in the Marion Huber Theater from February 4-8

Free Inside Two River events for As You Like It include (more info below)

• Open Rehearsal on Thursday, January 16
• Shakespeare 101 with Artistic Director John Dias on Thursday, January 23
• Post-play talk by Mary Bly—a scholar also known as the romance novelist Eloisa James—on Sunday, February 9 following the 3 PM matinee
• Screening of Joss Whedon’s film version of Much Ado About Nothing on January 13
• Shakespeare-themed Loser Slam open-mic poetry night on January 27
• Two River’s Book Club on February 2

Shakespeare’s comedy of cross-dressing heroines and triumphant heroes stars Miriam A. Hyman as Rosalind and Jacob Fishel (returning to Two River after his highly acclaimed performance as Henry V last season) as Orlando. As the characters of the play move from the constrained world of the Duke’s court into the Forest of Arden, they must learn to confront their own fears and limitations—and surrender to romance. Sexton’s production will showcase the transformative abilities of the acting company, who will also perform original songs composed by Ben Toth (Sleepless in Seattle at the Pasadena Playhouse) live on stage.

The cast also includes Matt Bittner (First Lord/Silvius), Leighton Bryan (Le Beau/Phoebe), Ben Diskant (Oliver/William), Philip Goodwin (Duke Frederick/Duke Senior), Geoffrey Owens (Jacques), Myra Lucretia Taylor (Adam/Audrey), Brendan Titley (Touchstone), Sara Topham (Celia/Sir Oliver Martext), and J.D. Webster (Charles/Amiens/Corin/Hymen). 

The creative team includes scenic designer Brett J. Banakis; costume designer Tilly Grimes; lighting designer Seth Reiser; sound designer Brandon Wolcott; music director Sarah Taylor Ellis; vocal coach Deborah Hecht; and fight director J. Steven White. The casting is by Samantha Barrie, CSA and the stage manager is Terri K. Kohler. 

“I first thought of As You Like It for this season as a great play for Michael Sexton and Jacob Fishel, who collaborated so beautifully last year on our production of Henry V. And, I wanted to bring our audiences a romantic comedy and a bit of lightness,” says Artistic Director John Dias. “With our new A Little Shakespeare program and the breadth of events we are offering through Inside Two River, we affirm our commitment to foster a love for Shakespeare among all audiences. My grand ambition is to have some Shakespeare resonating in every corner of our theater and to get everyone in our community turned on to the thrill of his exquisite language.”

EDGY MUSICAL RUNS 6 PERFORMANCES ONLY @ HAMILTON STAGE IN RAHWAY

ASSASSINS
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by John Weidman
Directed by Greg Scalera
Choreographed by Josh Schnetzer

WHEN: January 17-25, 8 PM; January 26, 2 PM
WHERE: Hamilton Stage, 360 Hamilton Street, Rahway
TICKETS: $15 ($10 student/senior) and can be purchased online at www.ucpac.org, by phone at 732.499.8226 or the Union County Performing Arts Center box office at 1601 Irving Street, Rahway

Get ready for some seriously thought-provoking theatre when the curtains open on Assassins: A Musical. The Tony award-winning work by Stephen Sondheim & John Weidman has been acclaimed as one of the most creative works in the history of the American musical. As well as one of the edgiest and —unfortunately — still most timely.

Assassins: A Musical offers an incisive, startling, often bizarrely humorous glimpse into the lives of nine individuals who attempted to assassinate the President of the United States.

From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, Assassins bends the rules of time and space, taking the audience on a nightmarish roller coaster ride in which assassins and would-be assassins from different historical periods interact and inspire each other to commit harrowing acts in the name of the American Dream.

Previous Broadway casts have included Neil Patrick Harris, Dennis O’Hare, Debra Monk, Victor Garber and Lynnie Green.

The Hamilton Stage presentation features an 18-person cast drawn from a talented group of New Jersey actors known as Bullet Theatre Collaborative.

Featured as Assassins are Dusty Ballard (John Wilkes Booth), Tony Mowatt (Charles Guiteau), Kyle Bergslien (Leon Czolgosz), Jason Gillis (John Hinckley), Cara Ganski (Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme), Annie Rutherford Lutz (Sara Jane Moore), Daniel Gonzalez (Giuseppe Zangara), Zach McCullough (Samuel Byck) and Dave Seamon (Lee Harvey Oswald).

In addition to a live six-piece musical ensemble, Ben Regan, Ashley Kraus, Chris DeBono, Ariel Josephine Sheridan, James Dunn, Patrick Getty, Christine Danelson, Will Carey and Christine Sanders contribute roles as Emma Goldman, David Herold and various Presidents and Citizens.

“Assassins is not a show that provides pat answers, but one that puts questions into conversation,” says director Scalera. “These infamous characters don’t ask you to sympathize with their actions, or even to fully understand them. But they do ask you to hear their side of the story and will keep you on the edge of your seat while they tell it.”

WOMEN’S THEATER COMPANY TO HOLD AUDITIONS FOR “WORKING”: 2 EQUITY CONTRACTS AVAILABLE

AUDITION NOTICE:

WORKING
written by Stephen Schwartz & Nina Faso

WHEN: Saturday, January 25, from 11 AM to 2 PM
WHERE: Women’s Theater Company, in residence at the Parsippany Playhouse, located at 1130 Knoll Road, Lake Hiawatha

WORKING will run March 7-23, 2014 at the Parsippany Playhouse

The musical WORKING paints a vivid portrait of the men and women the world so often takes for granted: the school teacher, the phone operator, the waitress, the millworker, the mason, and the housewife, just to name a few. WORKING explores the relationships and reveals aspects of their humanity, regardless of the trappings of the job itself.

The cast consists of three men and three women with two equity contracts available. The remaining roles are non-equity with a stipend.

Actors should prepare 32 bars of a musical theater song and one monologue for the audition.

ABOUT WOMEN’S THEATER COMPANY:

The Women’s Theater Company’s mission is to provide a fertile environment for the advancement of professional women theater artists and to provide quality theater for the community at large. Through their main stage, educational outreach, and new works development programs, the Women’s Theater Company supports the development of new women artists, promotes new works in the American theater, and provides entertaining and enriching productions for growing audiences. Women’s Theater Company is located at The Parsippany Playhouse, 1130 Knoll Road, Parsippany, NJ. For more information contact 973.316.3033, or e-mail info@womenstheater.org.

The Women’s Theater Company is proud to be a member of the New Jersey Theater Alliance.

Funding for the Women’s Theater Company has been made possible in part by funds for the Morris Arts through the New Jersey State Council on the Art/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Women’s Theater is proud to be a member of the Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce.

ACTORS 15+ YEARS OF AGE NEEDED FOR BRIDAL COMEDY @ interACT THEATRE IN SOUTH ORANGE

AUDITION NOTICE:

FATHER OF THE BRIDE
by Caroline Francke
directed by Ilene Carter

WHEN: JANUARY 25th 11 AM-3 PM  & JANUARY 27th 6 PM-9 PM
WHERE: Baird Theatre (3rd floor), 5 Mead Street, South Orange

PERFORMANCE DATES: MARCH 21-23, 28-30, 2014

CASTING MEN and WOMEN 15 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER ONLY.

APPOINTMENTS STRONGLY SUGGESTED. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO AND TO SCHEDULE YOUR AUDITION.

Auditions will be by cold reading only.

Mr. Banks learns that one of the young men he has seen occasionally about the house is about to become his son-in-law. Daughter Kay announces the engagement out of nowhere. Mrs. Banks and her sons are happy, but Mr. Banks is in a dither. The groom-to-be, Buckley Dunstan, appears on the scene and Mr. Banks realizes that the engagement is serious. Buckley and Kay don't want a "big" wedding-just a simple affair with a few friends! We soon learn, however, that the "few" friends idea is out. Then trouble really begins. The guest list grows larger each day, a caterer is called in, florists, furniture movers and dressmakers take over, and the Banks household is soon caught in turmoil-not to mention growing debt. When Kay, in a fit of temper, calls off the wedding, everyone's patience snaps. But all is set right, and the wedding (despite more last-minute crises) comes off beautifully. In the end, the father of the bride is a happy, proud man, glad that the wedding is over, but knowing too that it was worth all the money and aggravation to start his daughter off so handsomely on the road to married life.

REVIEW: BAROQUE ORCHESTRA OF NJ OFFERS MOZART AND FRIENDS

By Sheila Abrams

Fans of the Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey have come to expect the unexpected in programming. Musical director Robert W. Butts is a consummate educator and he loves to share his extensive and every-growing musical knowledge with the audience.

Knowing Butts, we would guess that it was irrepressible enthusiasm for the music of a little-known composer that brought an overture by Josef Mysliveçek to the orchestra’s annual Wassail concert, held Jan. 12 at Grace Church in Madison.

The piece, essentially a short symphony in three movements, was an effervescent and melodic introduction to the composer, a close friend of Mozart. Born in Prague some 19 years before the birth of Mozart, Mysliveçek was a busy working musician who had the good fortune to meet the young prodigy and his influential father. The friendship lasted through Mysliveçek’s short life, as evidenced in a touching letter the 21-year-old Mozart wrote to his father, describing a hospital visit to his ailing friend.

The influence of Mysliveçek’s music on Mozart resides in its sprightly and infectious joy. Mozart made no secret of his ability to learn from other composers, and in this case it is evident, even to the layman. Maestro Butts was not wrong in thinking that an audience that came to hear Mozart would enjoy “meeting” Josef Mysliveçek.

Taking a brief detour away from Mozart and friends, the concert continued with a performance by The Gargoyles, a singing group from Grace Church, composed of young men from 7^th to 12^th grade, who offered a few short selections. The young choristers, who are directed by Dr. Anne Matlack, concluded their presentation with a doo-wop offering, “Sweet Caroline.” As Butts observed, at a Wassail concert, you never know what you’re going to get!

But back to Mozart. The next offering was his Symphony No. 25, familiar to fans of the movie Amadeus from the dramatic way themes from the first movement are used in the film. (Personal note: If you love music and/or movies and have never seen this film, make time to see it. It is truly a masterpiece!)

Butts pointed out that this work, from Mozart’s early adult period—he composed it when he was seventeen—is revolutionary in a number of fairly technical ways. Themes from one movement are used in subsequent movements. There are extreme melodic leaps, giving the abstract music surprising emotional impact. Musicologists have observed that this symphony (one of only two Mozart composed in a minor key) shows marked influence of both Haydn and Glück.

Following an intermission, the program took another brief detour, offering two musical theater songs composed by Butts and presented by soprano Emily Thompson-Schweer. The songs were written for two different works. Though it isn’t easy to put over a song out of its theatrical context, Thompson-Schweer, an opera singer by training, did a good job, particularly in the second number, “I Once Was Young,” from the play, A Night in the Wilde Wild West.

The concert concluded with a true grand climax, the performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21, with soloist Sohyun Ahn at the keyboard. The concerto begins with a full three-minute-long orchestral introduction, as if playing a fanfare to welcome the solo piano. This movement, allegro maestoso, is joyful and energetic, and Ahn’s performance combines virtuosic brilliance with emotional impact.

The second movement, marked andante, is probably the most familiar part of the concerto, at least to an audience of a certain age. It was the theme used in the Swedish movie, Elvira Madigan, which enjoyed something of a cult status in 1967. Though the movie has mostly faded from memory, the music, possibly the best part of the film, has retained its reputation as the Elvira Madigan concerto.

The music of the andante is so lush and romantic that it is easy to see it emerging some 50 years later in musical history. It demonstrates, among other things, what a revolutionary Mozart was, composing this passionate music in 1785, at the peak of the classical period.

The concerto ends with a bright, sun-filled allegro vivace assai, again highlighting the brilliant technique of Sohyun Ahn.

And, by the way, wassail refers to an ancient, probably pre-Christian, Anglo-Saxon tradition involving singing (and sometimes drinking) to celebrate the time of year.

FREE DEMO CLASSES @ THE MAPLEWOOD MEMORIAL LIBRARY

PREVIEW CLASSES BY THE THEATER PROJECT 
Free demonstration session in Juggling, Puppetry, Improv and Glee

WHEN: Saturday, January 18, at 2 PM
WHERE: Maplewood Memorial Library, 51 Baker Street, Maplewood
ADMISSION: free

Kids and their parents will have the opportunity to meet the teachers and sample the classes of THE THEATER PROJECT CLASSROOM in a free demonstration class.

Subsequent classes run once a week for six or twelve weeks, and take place at the Burgdorff Center for the Arts, 10 Durand Road, also in Maplewood. The classes—Juggling, Puppetry, Glee and Improv—are designed to allow kids to have fun, build confidence and enjoy discovering new interests.

Juggling is being offered for the first time by THE THEATER PROJECT, and it’s perfect for children who like being active. Students will improve their coordination, concentration, and amaze themselves with how much they can do. NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. Instructor Louis De Lauro, an award winning NJ teacher, is the founder of Juggling for Life, a non-profit helping disadvantaged children learn to juggle and learn how to teach juggling.

Puppetry is also new on the schedule. Constructing and working with puppets allows even shyer children to experience the joy of performing though the character of the puppet. Teacher Penny Rapicano is carrying on her family’s long heritage in puppetry. With a degree in Child Development, she founded the Garden State Puppetry Guild, and works with children and senior recreational programs.

Glee (Show Choir), is for children who want to develop singing skills coordinated with movement to express a song’s lyrics and emotions. Gail Lou, a professional vocalist, actress and musician, brings her experience from films, stage and television to her teaching. She studied at Berklee College of Music and holds a degree in Vocal Music Performance from Montclair State University.

Improv is returning again this year. This class emphasizes creativity, teamwork, and develops extemporaneous public speaking skills. Lulu French brings her love of theatrical improvisation and 10 years’ experience to her classroom. She studied with the Upright Citizens Brigade in Chicago, and appeared in New York at Gotham City Improv and the Magnet Theater among others.

Classes will be limited to 15 students. Small classes enable every child to receive the time and attention each deserves. All the classes develop kids’ confidence in themselves while they develop skills and attitudes that go beyond the stage. Whether they go on to Broadway or the board room, these skills will last a lifetime!

At the end of the fall semester, each class concludes with a final presentation that shows off all that the children have learned, and adds the final element – the audience. Parents can get more information about the introductory workshop by email at Education@thetheaterproject.org or by calling Education Director Daaimah Talley at 908.809.8865. Please visit our website at www.TheTheaterProject.org.

THE THEATER PROJECT INVITES PERFORMERS TO OPEN MIKE NIGHT FUNDRAISER

 OPEN MIKE NIGHT

WHEN: Monday, January 20, at 7:30 PM (Performers can sign in when the doors open at 7 PM; entertainment will begin at 7:30)
WHERE: The Highland Place Restaurant, 5 Highland Place,  Maplewood
ADMISSION: $12 admission per person with a 2-drink minimum for everyone. Food will also be available for purchase.
Performers should be sure to bring friends and family to cheer them on.

The Theater Project, Maplewood’s professional theater company, welcomes performers to their Open Mike Night. Singers, singer-songwriters, musicians, poets, comics, actors—performers of any specialty are invited. Everyone gets an opportunity to unleash their inner diva, try out new material in front of an audience, or just have fun.

“At previous Open Mike Nights we’ve hosted, I’ve seen even the most anxious performer end up having a great time on stage. Our audiences root for absolutely everyone. They enjoy seeing new talent and having a truly unique, fun night out,” said producer Daaimah Talley.

Pianist Gail Lou will accompany vocalists. Ms. Lou is an accomplished singer, songwriter, and musical director. Her original musical theater piece, An American Tea Opera, performed at the Citi Theater in NYC. For the past three Christmas seasons, she has been the musical director of the Crossroads Theater's Holiday Jubilee.

The Theater Project is the professional company in residence at the Burgdorff Center for Performing Arts in Maplewood. Known for presenting outrageous comedy as well as drama with social commentary, the company tackled marriage equality, presenting a one-night-only reading of “8” by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black. Information about after-school classes in Juggling, Puppetry, Music Theater and Improv can be obtained on the web site: TheTheaterProject.org.

(Above: Daaimah Talley and Gail Lou, featured in last spring’s production of HAVING OUR SAY, will host and perform at The Theater Project’s OPEN MIKE fundraiser. )

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TRILOGY TEEN CABARET SEEKS TEENS FOR ROCK SHOW

Teen Cabaret Auditions: Broadway...Rocks

WHEN: Sunday, January 19, 5 PM
WHERE: Bernards Township Community Center, 289 South Maple Ave. Basking Ridge
Contact Mariella Klinger: 908.938.9546 or mariella.klinger@gmail.com

From the people who brought you The Who's Tommy comes a night of Broadway rock songs!

Open casting for all parts.

Please bring a Broadway rock song to sing for the audition.