Theater in Trenton, NJ
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- Passage Theatre
Mill Hill Playhouse
205 E. Front Street
Trenton, NJ 08611
Phone: (609) 392-0766
Passage Theatre is an exciting showcase for many of today's most provocative playwrights-both emerging and established. As a key participant in the revitalization of urban Trenton, we present outstanding plays that celebrate experiences common to all and transcend culture and race.
Passage is a professional theatre company, ensuring the finest talent by employing members of the Actors Equity Association. Passage's performances take place in the historic Mill Hill Playhouse, an intimate 120-seat theatre in the heart of downtown Trenton adjacent to the beautiful Mill Hill district.
- The Actors' NET of Bucks County
Morrisville Heritage Center
635 N. Delmorr Avenue
Morrisville, PA 19067
Phone: (215) 295-3694
The Actors' NET of Bucks County is an actor-driven company -- run by actors, for actors -- attracting the Delaware Valley's best non-union talent to work and grow together in meeting the challenges of a diverse repertoire.
Actors' NET of Bucks County performances are staged at the Heritage Center, located at 635 North Delmorr Avenue (Route 32) in Morrisville, PA. Morrisville is immediately across the Delaware river from Trenton, NJ.
- The Heritage Center
635 N. Delmorr Avenue
Morrisville, PA 19067
The Actors' NET of Bucks County is an actor-driven company -- run by actors, for actors -- attracting the Delaware Valley's best non-union talent to work and grow together in meeting the challenges of a diverse repertoire.
Since its founding in 1996 by Cheryl and Joe Doyle, a married couple whose acting credits nationwide span stage, radio, television and film, The NET has produced more than 60 productions -- from musical revues to Broadway musicals to classic American comedies to new dramas to Shakespeare and Ibsen.
Cheryl serves as the company's artistic director, Joe as managing director and playwright-in-residence. They reside in Morrisville, PA.
As resident theater company at the intimate 85-seat Heritage Center (which The NET's corps of volunteers converted from municipal garage into performance space), Actors' NET enjoys a unique partnership with the Borough of Morrisville. The theater is the centerpiece of the borough's riverfront development project, being led by the Morrisville Heritage Development Association (MHDA), the nonproifit arm of the borough's Economic Development Commission (EDC); soon to include the addition of a tourist's visitors center next door and a seasonal cafe across the street.
An Actors' NET board of directors consisting of area businessmen serve as advisers and is headed by Ted Fletcher of Morrisville. Company technical director is Anne Rudisill of Yardley. Cat Miller of Levittown is staff choreographer. Musical directors are Pat Masterson of Lambertville, Susan Ferrara Barto of Yardley, and Emily Van Praag of Chalfont.
Besides averaging a production a month in the intimate space, Actors' NET offers stage training for youngsters 7 to 17 -- with courses during the school year as well as their popular four-week Summer Star program in July and August. The NET also has launched the Bucks County Historical Theatre Company, which will present stage plays celebrating the region and nation's rich history.
- Trenton War Memorial
Memorial Drive
Trenton, NJ 08608
Phone: (609) 984-8400
The War Memorial has earned acclaim as much for its architectural splendor as for its success as one of the region's top performing arts venues and conference centers. Over the decades, the War Memorial has served as a backdrop for presidents and governors, ballerinas and divas, maestros and magicians, jazz and jokes, crooners and conferences, as well as for the top tier of New Jersey's governmental, social, cultural, and business leadership.
Patriots Theater at the War Memorial proudly hosts a diverse and exciting array of theatrical and concert events -- from comedy to ballet, from opera to gospel, from international to jazz, from classical to country to rock, pop, and folk.
