Two River Theater

YOU DON’T WANNA MISS THIS 😱 Three-time Tony Award® recipient and Broadway legend Bernadette Peters lights up the stage at our concerts NOV 8–9 / 2024! https://tworivertheater.org/whats-on/bernadette-peters/

Get ready to snag your seat! 🎟️ Tickets are LIMITED and go on sale SEPT 12 @ 12PM EST

📸 by Andrew Eccles

PHOTO FLASH📸 AMERICAN MARIACHI rehearsals have officially begun and we are SO excited to see everything this talented cast can do! Get ready for plenty of music and good vibes, tix on sale now!🎟️https://tworivertheater.org/whats-on/american-mariachi/

A moving comedy full of humor, heart and joyful live music! Meet the cast of AMERICAN MARIACHI!🎸🌹

https://tworivertheater.org/whats-on/american-mariachi/

See these artists onstage SEPT 28 - OCT 20 / 2024, get tickets NOW🎟️

IN FRAME: Jordan Arredondo, Maggie Bofill, Crissy Guerrero, Addie Morales, Marina Pires, Bobby Plasencia, Marta Rymer, Martín Solá, Heather Velazquez

Director: James Vásquez
Arrangments: Cynthia Reifler Flores
Music Director: Alvaro Paulino Jr.
Trumpet: Christopher Casado
Guitarron: Edgar Jamil Mata
Violin: Emilio Hernandez
Vihuela: Jared Martinez
Scenic Designer: Diggle
Costume Designer: Christopher Vergara
Lighting Designer: Rui Rita
Sound Designer: Fitz Patton
Hair and Makeup Designer: Gabbie Vincent
Production Stage Manager: Carolina Arboleda
Assistant Production Stage Manager: Leslie Ann Boyden

Something exciting is dropping in your inbox this weekend📩 The only question is: Are YOU ready to be in on this exclusive surprise? Don’t miss out — join our email list today! 👀✨
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Soaking up the last moments of summer in our Two River gear☀️ but don't sweat it! There is still plenty of time to get yourself some merch that will impress through every season.🤩👍https://www.bonfire.com/store/two-river-theater/

This weather has been feeling very... Augtober. 🍂👻

Pictured:
BE MORE CHILL (2015) 📸 by T. Charles Erickson
CHARLOTTE'S WEB (2011) 📸 by T. Charles Erickson
THREE SISTERS (2022) 📸 by T. Charles Erickson
EL COQUI ESPECTACULAR AND THE BOTTLE OF DOOM (2018) 📸 by Richard Termine
ROMEO AND JULIET (2023) 📸 by T. Charles Erickson
MACBETH (2008) 📸 by T. Charles Erickson

🚨AUDITION ALERT🚨 Get ready for auditions and interviews for A Little Shakespeare: THE TEMPEST! Be a part of telling the Bard's bewitching tale of enchanted islands and the power of love 🏝️✨ Full info on our website: https://tworivertheater.org/a-little-shakespeare/

📍Audition Interest Forms due by OCT 1 / 2024
📍 In-Person Auditions: OCT 2 / 2024
📍Backstage Interest Forms due by OCT 2 / 2024

📸 by Brad Resnick

Some highlights from our 13th annual CROSSING BORDERS (CRUZANDO FRONTERAS) festival! We beat the heat (and the rain🌦️) at our Community Kick-Off, jammed to summertime tunes, snacked, sipped and enjoyed the shows! Thanks to everyone who made the weekend so much fun! We can't wait to do it all again next year!💛 https://tworivertheater.org/crossing-borders-cruzando-fronteras/

📸 by Brad Resnick

We understand that everyone needs a good laugh or a heartfelt cry from time to time. 🫶🏻 Discover all the ways you can chase the feeling you crave (and maybe even something unexpected!) at Two River! https://tworivertheater.org/whats-on/

Subscribe to catch every single emotion of our 2024/25 season (and get discounts and perks👀) https://tworivertheater.org/season-subscriptions/

Pictured:
HAIR (2023) 📸 by T. Charles Erickson
NOISES OFF (2019) 📸 by T. Charles Erickson
THE HOMBRES (2022) 📸 by T. Charles Erickson
RAISIN IN THE SUN (2017) 📸 by T. Charles Erickson
CAMELOT (2014) 📸 by T. Charles Erickson
OO-BLA-DEE (2019) 📸 by T. Charles Erickson

ACCESS UNLOCKED🔓 Learn about all of our AMERICAN MARIACHI Access Performances and get tickets to these dates for only $25 using code ACCESS. https://tworivertheater.org/accessibility/

💛PLAY DATES: OCT 12
Parents and guardians can take in our performance while their little ones have some creative fun with childcare pros from Monmouth Daycare, right here at the theater.

❤️FRAGRANCE FREE: OCT 5
We ask audience members to refrain from wearing colognes, perfumes or scented oils

💜SENSORY INCLUSIVE: OCT 6
Designed to welcome all patrons – those with and without disabilities – into a supportive, judgement free environment.

💙AUDIO DESCRIBED: OCT 19
Using a lightweight headset, with no wires or cables, that operates with a FM system, patrons can hear a live, objective and concise description of the action on stage.

💚OPEN CAPTIONED: OCT 19
A screen, which projects dialogue as the action occurs live on stage, is placed to the side of the stage.

📸 by T. Charles Erickson

Week 2 of Summer Intensives was SCARY good🧛 (IYKYK) We made so many memories at this year's program and it's so hard to see it come to an end! 😭 Same time, next summer?

📸 by Brad Resnick

Stories abound onstage AND offstage at Two River Theater.❤️ Continue your story with us today! Join our Subscriber program to not only get massive savings on tickets to ALL of our shows, but all the tools and perks you could want to craft your perfect theater experience! 🎟️ https://tworivertheater.org/season-subscriptions/

The first ever Metro Meet Up was a SUCCESS! 🎉 There was plenty of catching up with Howard Aronson Metro Scholars from all over, including back from 2005 when it all began. The newest group was celebrated as they were officially welcomed in with open arms! Once a Metro always a Metro🫶

📸 by Lisa Campbell

It's time. 🎸🌹 Our season is starting off with humor, heart and joyful live music! Tickets for AMERICAN MARIACHI are on sale NOW! You know where to go 🎟️ https://tworivertheater.org/whats-on/american-mariachi/

Taking it 🔙 with this one! Check out some pics from Two River's 1st season in 1994/95 as our 31st is right around the corner! Will anyone be able to say they went to both?🤔 Check out our upcoming season: https://tworivertheater.org/31st-season/

PICTURED:
THE HEIDI CHRONICLES (1995)
THE COCKTAIL HOUR (1995)
MISALLIANCE (1995)
📸: Two River Theater

WE GOT MERCH! 😍 So many fun styles just in time for beach days and festival needs. And there's plenty more where that came from! Check out our merch store to find your perfect shade of tie-dye 💁‍♀️ https://www.bonfire.com/store/two-river-theater/

Look familiar?👀 Did you know SIX CROSSING BORDERS (CRUZANDO FRONTERAS) readings transitioned to mainstage productions here at Two River? Don’t miss your chance to be a Day 1️⃣ fan of this year's plays! CROSSING BORDERS (CRUZANDO FRONTERAS) is NEXT WEEK Aug 1-4! 🎉

PICTURED:
PINKOLANDIA (2014) by Andrea Thome, 📸 by T. Charles Erickson
ROPES (2016) by Bárbara Colio, 📸 by T. Charles Erickson
EL COQUI ESPECTACULAR AND THE BOTTLE OF DOOM (2018) by Matt Barbot, 📸 by Richard Termine
THE HOMBRES (2022) by Tony Meneses, 📸 by T. Charles Erickson
LIVING AND BREATHING (2023) by Mando Alvarado, 📸 by T. Charles Erickson
A THOUSAND MAIDS (2024) by Tony Meneses, 📸 by T. Charles Erickson

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT! 🌟 Click through to meet all the talented artists bringing you plays at this year's CROSSING BORDERS (CRUZANDO FRONTERAS) Festival. Don't miss a single one! Snag your FREE tix now and secure your AUG 1-4 weekend plans 👍🤩

Heat wave has us reminiscing about cooler summer days.🥵 There are plenty of ways to spend your time in the sun and Two River knows how to do it all in style! 😎 Which pic is your vibe this week?

📸:
A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD photographed by T Charles Erickson
DANCING AT LUGHNASA photographed by T Charles Erickson
LITTLE SHAKESPEARE: TWELTH NIGHT photographed by Yurik L. Lozano
MELISSA ARTIC photographed by T Charles Erickson
ROMEO AND JULIET photographed by T Charles Erickson
HAIR photographed by T Charles Erickson
ALL MY SONS photographed by T Charles Erickson

Week One of Summer Intensives and Pro Series was full of lessons, laughs and mysteries 🕵️‍♂️ (you really had to be there) There's still time to join in on the fun👀, register today for the FINAL week!

Keep an eye out to see what Week Two will bring!☀️🎭

SNEAK PEEK! 👀 These excerpts are just a snippet of all the laughs and love in this summer's CROSSING BORDERS (CRUZANDO FRONTERAS) Festival lineup! Decide which readings you can’t miss or just come see them all August 1-4!☀️

LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER! 😱 There are so many ways to create with Summer Intensives and Pro Series at Two River and you can do it all! 

Last week of Summer Intensives and Pro Series is NEXT WEEK, register quick for these final offers ⬇️
🎭 Onstage Track - Jul 15-19
🎧 Backstage Track - Jul 15-19
⚔️ Pro Series: Stage Combat - Jul 13
📚 Pro Series: Scene Study - Jul 15-17

Don't miss the summer theater opportunity of a lifetime 🤭

📸 by Brad Resnick

🌈 The most fabulous event of the year 💅🏳️‍🌈 The weather was gorg and the stage was sizzling at our annual PRIDE ON THE PLAZA celebration! We turned the party UP with the sweetest treats (shout out Crazees Ice Cream and Triumph Brewery), the fiercest queens (Lady Celestina Asia Monroe and Lady Keyante) and the hottest beats by DJ Lovelace.

Thank you to our beautiful community for coming out and celebrating with us. Can't wait to do it again next year! 🗓️

📸 by Trade Photography LLC

Last boat naut least, August Wilson's GEM OF THE OCEAN, the final production of our 30th Anniversary Season, has come to a close! 💎🌊 Thank you for journeying with us to the City of Bones – and join us in sending ALL the love and congratulations to the incredible artists who made it all possible! ❤️



Directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg

CAST
Stephanie Berry (Aunt Ester)
Brian D. Coats (Eli)
Crystal A. Dickinson (Black Mary)
Brandon J. Dirden (Caesar Wilks)
Bill Irwin (Rutherford Selig)
James A. Williams (Solly Two Kings)
Stephen Tyrone Williams (Citizen Barlow)

CREATIVES
Scenic Designer: Lawrence E. Moten II
Costume Designer: Nicole Jescinth Smith
Lighting Designer: Sherrice Mojgani
Sound Designer & Composer: Fitz Patton
Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer: Cici Campbell
Intimacy and Movement: Kaja Dunn
Production Stage Manager: Kate Croasdale
Assistant Stage Manager: Alex Murphy
Casting: David Caparelliotis and Joseph Gery

📸 by T. Charles Erickson

This cast is a HIT! 🙌 🤩 Critics are loving this fantastical production and YOU will too but time is RUNNING OUT! August Wilson's GEM OF THE OCEAN must close on JUN 30! Don't miss out, get your tickets now at the link in our bio!🔗

In Frame: Stephanie Berry, Brian D. Coats, Crystal A. Dickinson, Brandon J. Dirden, Bill Irwin, James A. Williams, Stephen Tyrone Williams

📸: T Charles Erickson

Help keep the arts alive in New Jersey! In the last 24 hours, state legislation was proposed that would include a five million dollar cut to arts spending, plus the removal of a provision which diverts funding away from cultural arts, history, and tourism and into the general fund. Without that provision, future funding for cultural institutions in our state could be gutted at any time. New Jersey has such a wealth of incredible cultural institutions which rely on this funding to help make our state the vibrant, beautiful, artistic powerhouse that it is. They-- and we-- need your help!

The vote to approve the budget is TOMORROW, June 28! Visit https://p2a.co/is35XTz to urge your state representatives to VOTE NO on this proposed legislation, and protect state arts and cultural funding.

📸: Emerson Mae Smith in LOVE IN HATE NATION photographed by T Charles Erickson