Kaleidoscope Kabaret
A vaudeville of new work
August 1-3
Oakes Center, 120 Morris Avenue, Summit, NJ
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SIX PLAYWRIGHTS IN SEARCH OF AN AUDIENCE:
KALEIDOSCOPE KABARET
Annual festival of songs and short plays from our Playwrights Workshop and Young Playwrights Competition
August 1-3
Friday - Saturday at 7:30pm
Sunday at 2pm
Meet-and-greet after each performance
Limited off-street parking -- arrive early!
Playwrights forum caps each evening where audiences can dialogue with some of the published/frequently produced TTP member playwrights represented in the Kabaret: Lynn Marie Macy, Rosemary Parrillo, Jonathan Samarro, and Joseph Vitale, and two plays from winners of this year's Young Playwrights Competition, Lucas Luchsinger and Karma Beech Wilson.
Music provided by the singers / instrumentalists
Gail Lou, David Tillistrand, and Sandra Toll,
and the band MAYBE TOMORROW:
Renee Gomez, vocals
Juliet Luchsinger, violin and vocals
Shamar Thomas, guitar
Jonathan Tejada, keys, guitar, vocals
Kamar Thomas, bass guitar
Lucas Luchsinger, drums
Made possible in part by the generosity of our many sponsors and donors, especially Mr. Joseph Kubala and Ms. Stephanie Fein, and a Union County LAP Grant
THE PLAYS AND THE PLAYWRIGHTS
COLLEGE
By Lucas Luchsinger
Decisions, decisions on college selection – consult an expert or toss a coin?
Lucas Luchsinger graduated from the Academy for Performing Arts at Union County Vocational-Technical School. College was a winner in the 2025 Young Playwrights Competition at The Theater Project.
SISTER RESISTERS
By Lynn Marie Macy
Two women meet and form a bond in a Ladies Lounge while escaping an American protest march.
Actor, playwright, and director Lynn Marie Macy has been published in Playing With Canons, Explosive New Works From America's Indie Playwrights.
PAY DAY
By Rosemary Parrillo
Two friends engage in a blowout bust-up following a financial collapse that threatens their economic survival.
Rosemary Parrillo is a New Jersey playwright and journalist whose work has been performed at festivals and community theaters across the country and in Canada.
The Darkness Between Dreams
by Jonathan Samarro
A retiring gravedigger trains his replacement. Maybe.
Jonathan Samarro is an award-winning and published playwright with works including Grandma Serafina’s Famous Tiramisu, The Darkness Between Dreams, The Sentinel of Volume H, and Alas and Alack in Alaska.
A EULOGY
By Joseph Vitale
A minister who's delivered one too many eulogies lets it all hang out and lets us know how he really feels.
Joseph Vitale is the author of a number of plays including The Interpreter, which was performed at The Theater Project last summer.
DEAR MARGARET
By Karma Beech Wilson
Siblings Jenna and Noah unearth and must deal with a disturbing family secret.
Karma Beech Wilson is a senior at Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy in Elizabeth. Dear Margaret was a winner in the 2025 Young Playwrights Competition at The Theater Project.
