Plays by People
A virtual reading of new plays by Matheny Arts Access contributors. The Matheny Arts Access Program enables individuals with disabilities to create art without boundaries.
Shows
Castling
In “Castling,” workers at a local tire shop in Newark play chess as part of their daily morning ritual. But when their long standing workplace becomes the target of a business takeover, they scramble to avoid being put into the ultimate checkmate.
Play Festival Reading Series
You are invited to the 19th Annual Festival Finalists Reading Series, featuring the four finalists of the 2024 Premiere Play Festival at the Bauer Boucher Theatre Center, Kean University.
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Still
Peter arrives at an abolitionist office seeking help from William, an African-American leader in the Underground Railroad. Soon they realize their vastly different pasts will lead them to a deeply connected future.
Diversion
When it’s discovered that someone is diverting medicine on an ICU unit, a group of devoted and hard working nurses must fight to save themselves and the integrity of their unit.
Healing Voices
Healing Voices: Caregivers’ Stories weaves together short works of prose, poetry, and theatre about personal caregiving experiences into an intimate theatrical performance.
Mr. Still
A new, abridged adaptation of last summer’s production of “Still” that is in development to tour schools throughout New Jersey.
The Fertile River
In “The Fertile River,” during the summer of 1958, Cora Lee Burden, the sixty-four-year-old grandmother of a mentally challenged child, has no idea what a white social worker from the government would want with her family.