Tag: Middletown Arts Center

  • ‘Accidentally On Purpose’ premieres at the Middletown Arts Center

    ‘Accidentally On Purpose’ premieres at the Middletown Arts Center

    What happens when you put seven real-life, true crime Victorian female serial killers in a room together somewhere in limbo between heaven and hell as they wait to discover their eternal fate? David J.V. Meenan’s new comedy, “Accidentally on Purpose,” will make its premiere debut at the Middletown Arts Center, 36 Church St., Middletown, from…

  • Independent News Briefs, Dec. 22

    Independent News Briefs, Dec. 22

    The Middletown Arts Center has announced the formation of the MAC Players, the organization’s new community theater company for adults/young adults age 15 and up. Led by Theater Education Director Kathy Connolly, the group will kick off its first season in 2022 with “Shrek The Musical” on March 3, 4, 5 and 12, according to…

  • Monmouth Arts announces recipients of ArtHelps funding for 2022

    Monmouth Arts announces recipients of ArtHelps funding for 2022

    Monmouth Arts has announced the ArtHelps Local Arts Program Awards for Fiscal Year 2022, through a partnership with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. These competitive grants are awarded to local nonprofit arts organizations that provide high quality art programs and events to residents throughout Monmouth County each year, according to a press…

  • Middletown Arts Center to present ‘The MAC One-Acts’ festival

    Middletown Arts Center to present ‘The MAC One-Acts’ festival

    MIDDLETOWN – The Middletown Arts Center has announced the selections to “The MAC One-Acts,” a two-night, outdoor play-reading festival to be held June 4-5 at 7 p.m. The lineup includes seven finalists from New Jersey, age 13 and up, showcasing their original works in front of a live audience in the MAC’s patio canopy space,…

  • Independent News Briefs, April 28

    Independent News Briefs, April 28

    The Middletown Arts Center is calling for submissions to The MAC One-Acts, a play-reading festival featuring original, one-act works by New Jersey playwrights. The deadline for entries is May 10th. The MAC will present this year’s festival outside, under the arts center’s patio canopy, on June 9 at 7 p.m. The live reading will feature…

  • Middletown Arts Center seeks participants for virtual talent show

    Middletown Arts Center seeks participants for virtual talent show

    MIDDLETOWN – The show must go on! With that in mind, the Middletown Arts Center (MAC) is being creative and giving people in the community a chance to express their love for the performing arts. On June 26, the MAC will present a virtual talent show that will be streamed through YouTube. Managing Director Jake…

  • Artists sought to participate in ‘Sign of the Times’ public art project

    Artists sought to participate in ‘Sign of the Times’ public art project

    MIDDLETOWN – The Middletown Arts Center is calling on artists of all ages and abilities to decorate lawn signs for a “Sign of the Times” public art event to help celebrate the strength of the community and to celebrate the power of art to heal and unite. All entries must be returned to the Middletown…

  • Middletown Arts Center will live-stream ‘The MAC One Acts’

    Middletown Arts Center will live-stream ‘The MAC One Acts’

    MIDDLETOWN – The Middletown Arts Center will live-stream “The MAC One Acts,” a one-act play festival via Zoom on May 16-17 at 7 p.m. Five finalists (four adults and one teen), chosen through a competitive open submission process, will read their pieces with actors in front of the live, online audience. The festival is free…

  • Middletown Arts Center seeks submission of one-act plays

    Middletown Arts Center seeks submission of one-act plays

    MIDDLETOWN – The Middletown Arts Center is accepting online submissions to The MAC One Acts, an upcoming one-act play festival. Five finalists will be chosen from two age groups (ages 13-18 and adults) to read their pieces with actors in front of a live stream audience and, down the line, at a physical festival at…