Events

My Italy Story by noted NJ playwright and storyteller Joe Gallo is a nostalgic exploration of family, heritage and the ties that bind us, presented by American Theater Group. Spurred by pleas to help reunite his fractured family, a young man quits his job as a New York account executive and travels to Vallata — the tiny Italian town of his ancestors. Not until he returns home, however, does he discover a secret that unlocks his past.

A Christmas to Remember chronicles the life of Stephen McKenzie, his wife Caryn along with their two daughters, Jasmine and Breonna as they prepare for their favorite time of year, Christmas! Everything is going as usual until an unexpected event threatens their way of life as well as test their faith.

The New Jersey Youth Symphony Jazz Concert celebrates the great American art form of jazz with young musicians performing works by Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Wayne Shorter, & more.

American Theater Group (ATG) presents the premiere staged reading of Pandora Scooter’s Mother’s Day, inspired by Marsha Norman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play ‘Night Mother. The reading is free, but donations will be gratefully accepted.

WBGO presents All That Jazz, a unique series showcasing some of the genre’s most talented and respected performers! This month features smooth jazz musician and visual artist Marion Meadows. This series is a partnership between UCPAC and Smooth Jazz NJ. Enjoy an evening of smooth jazz, beginning in the WBGO Piano Lounge. Come early to enjoy cocktails and live piano music from the phenomenal Leonieke Scheuble on the Fazioli piano before the performance – doors open one hour before showtime. Marion’s art will be displayed and available for purchase at this event!

Join us as American Theater Group (ATG) presents the premiere reading of Paul Marsh’s new comedy The Waiting Room as part of its free Monday Night Play Reading Series. The cast will feature Broadway’s Brenda Braxton (Smokey Joe’s Café – Tony Award nomination; Chicago), Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll and Hyde – Tony nomination; Les Miserables) and Jennifer Smith (Anastasia, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder).

Enjoy a night of live jazz at Hamilton Stage! Grown Groovin’ with saxophonist Anthony E. Nelson Jr., bassist Kenny Davis, and drummer Winard Harper. Free in celebration of Black History Month. Proudly presented by the Union County Board of County Commissioners and the City of Rahway.

Miss Grand New Jersey is the state pageant preliminary to Miss Grand USA, the fastest-growing national and international beauty pageant.

American Theater Group proudly presents Purlie, a 1970 musical adaptation of Ossie Davis’s comedic play Purlie Victorious about a traveling preacher who returns to his hometown in Georgia and concocts a scheme to reclaim his church

American Theater Group (ATG) in partnership with UCPAC present a Free Play Reading Series at Hamilton Stage: King of the Hollywood Fixers by Douglas J. Cohen. In January 1942, MGM “fixers” Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling converge at the El Rancho Hotel in Las Vegas with the studio’s top star, Clark Gable, after a plane carrying his wife, actress Carole Lombard, goes missing in the nearby mountains. Charged with managing the crisis and getting Gable back to work, the two fixers clash over motives, methods, and morals—while all three fight to survive, reflecting the struggles of Hollywood and the nation amid war and rising fascism.

The Willows is a humorous, heart-filled story about mothers and daughters, unexpected friendships, and learning to listen to—and love—the people in our lives we may not agree with. Directed by Chris O’Connor.

Witness the creative, passionate, entertaining performances crafted by Strauss Performing Arts’ devoted teachers and performed by talented children!