Much Ado About Live Theater: Comedy, Music and Drama from the Rutgers/ NJIT Theatre Program

The combined talents of Rutgers University-Newark and NJIT students and faculty will result in several spring productions by the Rutgers/NJIT Theatre Program, a successful, decades-long theatrical partnership between Rutgers University-Newark and the New Jersey Institute of Technology.  The shows are offered at unbeatable prices, ranging from free (children under 15) to $15.  All programs, dates and locations are subject to change.  Both Bradley Hall and Kupfrian Hall are handicapped-accessible.

Feb.  5, 7 p.m.,  Shynag, A Code Generated Opera, FREE Staged Reading
Libretto and media composed by Christopher Funkhouser and Sonny Rae Tempest; co-directed by Louis Wells and Brian O’ Mahoney
Bradley Hall Theatre, 3rd floor, 110 Warren St., Rutgers University-Newark campus

March 4, 5, 6, 7, 7 p.m.; March 8, 2:30 p.m., The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Music and lyrics by William Finn, book by Rachel Sheinkin, conceived by Rebecca Feldman, additional material by Jay Reiss; directed by Michael Kerley
Jim Wise Theatre, Kupfrian Hall, NJIT Campus

April 15, 2015, 2:30-4 p.m., Second Concert of the String and Wind Ensemble, free admission. NJIT Campus Center Atrium

April 22, 23, 24, 25, 7 p.m., April 26, 2:30 p.m.
Woyzeck, a play by Georg Buchner, directed by Louis Wells
Bradley Hall Theatre, 3rd floor, 110 Warren St., Rutgers University-Newark campus

TICKETS: general admission: $15; children under 15: free.  Information: 973/596-3457, or theatre@njit.edu. Tickets: http://theater.njit.edu/tickets.php; PARKING: Free parking, NJIT PARKING DECK on Summit Street, just off Warren Street. 

Events are supported in part by grants from the Cultural Programming Committee at Rutgers University, Newark.  Additional support for selected programs has been received from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

Media contact: Carla Capizzi, capizzi@rutgers.edu

(Pictured: A previous production of “Pippin.”)