As The Summer Heats Up, So Does Our Stage With Rehearsals For “The Toxic Avenger” – The Musical

As we see it, America seems to be on pretty shaky ground. From gun violence to global warming to book-banning to fascist rhetoric, we seem to have completely lost the ability for civil discourse and human connection. Theatre has always been a vehicle for exploring important, sometimes uncomfortable themes, and our 2024 Season will do just that.

We opened with Philadelphia playwright James Ijames’s powerful and satirical play, KILL, MOVE, PARADISE, which explores the themes of stereotypes, fear, and threat of death that black men of all ages face every day. Next up, we’re confronting corporate greed and its impact on the environment as we stage our premiere musical theatre production, the very funny and pertinent THE TOXIC AVENGER. And we conclude the season with the brutally entertaining GOD OF CARNAGE, a comedy of manners without manners, delving into conflict and human nature.

September
13,14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29

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New Jersey’s first Superhero takes the stage in this monster of a comedy based on the classic cult film.

Based on Lloyd Kaufman’s cult film and winner of the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical, The Toxic Avenger is a charming love story and laugh-out-loud musical that has it all: an unlikely hero, his beautiful girlfriend, a corrupt New Jersey mayor and two guys who play… well, everyone else … bullies, mobsters, old ladies and stiletto-wearing back up singers. With book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro and music and lyrics by David Bryan, the show also features the most memorable and unbelievable duet you’ll ever see on any stage.

It’s a toxic love story with an environmental twist! The Toxic Avenger will leave you laughing in the aisles as it rocks the house. Featuring a wailin’ rock score, this comical musical has something for everyone to enjoy.

The Toxic Avenger is a glorious schticky, tongue-in-cheek musical in no danger of taking itself too seriously and reveling in the bawdy camp of its source material.  — DC Theatre Arts

November
8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24

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Recipient of the 2009 Tony Award® for Best Play

A playground altercation between eleven-year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter. At first, diplomatic niceties are observed, but as the meeting progresses, and the rum flows, tensions emerge, and the gloves come off, leaving the couples with more than just their liberal principles in tatters.

“Reza has established herself as a master [of] magnificently constructed plays.” —Entertainment Weekly

Our Next Two Play Readings Are On Monday, August 19th And September 16th @ 7:00 PM

These play readings are Free of charge and are designed to help playwrights develop their work for the stage

DIRECTED BY GENE TERRUSO

A lecture by an expert on urban forestry becomes a metaphor for her early career, her youthful adjustment to life in New York, and her relationships with the evolving gay culture of the 1980s.  

DIRECTED BY DAN HICKEY

A 24-hour vigil in a Philadelphia hospital’s waiting area is the setting for a confluence of familial, generational, and professional issues, posing complex and comic challenges for the principals involved to resolve.

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