UNION, NJ — The Theater Project, a leading incubator for rising talent and a showcase for New Jersey artists, is reaching out to high school students throughout the state for entries in the prestigious Young Playwrights Competition. Submission deadline for the 21st Young Playwrights Competition is Jan. 22. Scripts, between 10-20 pages in play format, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A collection of three one-act plays about a group of Jersey guys, which their author, Linden resident Bill Mesce Jr., said fit nicely together into a single play titled “A Jersey Cantata,” will be staged at Burgdorff Cultural Center in Maplewood for eight shows, starting Thursday, Aug. 18. Mesce, who was born […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Theater Project, a leading incubator for rising talent and a showcase for New Jersey artists, is returning to the Maplewood’s Burgdorff Cultural Center, 10 Durand Road, with its first live performances in two years with its “three plays in three months” summer season. Mary Jane Walsh’s “Finishing it Off!” — a […]
UNION, NJ — Nutley resident Brennan Columbia-Walsh, a 16-year-old junior from Montclair Kimberley Academy, and Alejandro Espinal, a 17-year-old senior at the Academy for Performing Arts in Scotch Plains, have been selected to share first prize in the Theater Project’s prestigious 19th annual Young Playwrights Competition. Ryan Rosenthal, a 16-year-old junior at Cranford High School, […]
UNION, NJ — Twelve talented students will be honored at the Theater Project’s 18th annual Young Playwrights Competition Performance and Awards Ceremony on Monday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m. The event also celebrates the launch of the 2021 competition. The goal of the competition is to encourage the next generation of theater practitioners by honoring […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Which play will be voted audience favorite: the romance, the thriller or the comedy? And which author will take the $500 Judge’s Award? Join The Theater Project in Maplewood at its showcase of seven short plays in the seventh annual one-act play competition, THINK FAST, from Feb. 21 to 23 at the […]
UNION, NJ — The Theater Project is once again reaching out to creative young people for its 18th annual Young Playwrights Competition. Winners receive cash prizes and see their work performed by professional actors at the awards ceremony in March of 2020. The submission deadline is Jan. 24. New Jersey’s high school playwrights submit their […]
Kaleidoscope Kabaret offers the best one-act plays in NJ
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Theater Project, the New Jersey-based theater company that produces its mainstage shows in Maplewood, will hold its annual “Kaleidoscope Kabaret” of one-act plays at the Burgdorff Cultural Center from Feb. 24 through 26. This year’s event features the debut of five plays written by members of the Theater Project’s Playwrights Workshop, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — In line with its mission of providing writers the opportunity to present new work, in February the Theater Project is showcasing playwrights from near and far in two annual short play festivals: “Think Fast” is a competition for writers new to The Theater Project and “Kaleidoscope Kabaret” is a showcase for members […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The award-winning professional company The Theater Project has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to produce the musical “Crowns” at its home base in Maplewood’s Burgdorff Center for the Arts. Performances will run Sept. 29 through Oct. 23 on Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at […]