Open Door Arts Center

09/05/2026

✨ Open Door Arts Center has a NEW look! ✨

We’re excited to introduce our brand-new website! 🎭💻

🎭 Come take a look at the new ODAC: www.opendoorartscenter.org

A very special thank you to James Goddard for creating such a beautiful website for ODAC. We are so grateful for your talent, creativity, and dedication in bringing our new online home to life! ❤️

👉 Visit our new website, explore what’s happening at ODAC, and be sure to subscribe for updates!

09/04/2026

🎭 WE’RE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE OUR FALL PRODUCTION!

Rehearsals are officially underway for The Night I Died, a hilarious murder mystery/comedy coming to the stage this October!

The mystery is taking shape, the laughs are already starting, and soon it will be up to YOU to figure out...

🔎 WHO DUNNIT?

Can you solve the mystery before the final curtain?

📅 October 16–18 & October 23–25, 2026- Fridays and Saturdays at 8p and Sundays at 2p
📍 The Palace Theatre (aka PeopleCare Center Auditorium)
🎟️ Tickets: $20

Follow Open Door Arts Center for more production updates, behind-the-scenes fun, and ticket information!

09/03/2026

Are you ready to laugh? 😆

It's almost here! Join Open Door Arts Center's Comedy Night- September 19th at 7p!!

7 Comedians take the stage...can you handle the hilarity 🤣?

Tickets are $20, cash at the door or reserve online at https://www.opendoorartscenter.org/tickets beginning 9/5!

09/02/2026

📺 WE’RE ON TELEVISION! 📺

ODAC has officially hit the airwaves!

Our episode with NPTV is now available to watch online! 🎬

A huge THANK YOU to Jordan Anderson and the NPTV team for inviting Open Door Arts Center to be part of the program! We had such a great time!

👉 WATCH THE EPISODE NOW:
https://youtu.be/-lwGQWBTV2M?is=J7eRr-2IPRm1nYxi

And you can watch us on Cable- This episode will air later this month!! 📺
Available on Optimum Channel 15 and Verizon Fios Channels 40 or 42 in certain New Jersey towns.

📡 WATCH ODAC ON TV and check out NPTV:
📺 Mondays at 6:30 PM
📺 Wednesdays at 10 PM

You can also watch their other local programming:
On The Loose TV:
📺 Tuesday, Friday & Saturday at 10 PM

The Green Industry Report:
📺 Sundays at 1:30 PM
📺 Wednesdays at 8 PM
📺 Fridays at 9:30 PM

You can also watch the livestream here:
https://www.piscatawaynj.org/departments/pctv/online_livestream.php

We’re so excited to share ODAC with an even bigger audience — and we’d love for you to watch, like, share, and help spread the word! ❤️

Send a message to learn more

08/30/2026

🎭 AUDITIONS: New Jersey, New Voices!

Open Door Arts Center is holding auditions for “New Jersey, New Voices: An Evening of Staged Readings,” featuring original short plays by New Jersey playwrights.

📅 Auditions:
• September 27 at 1 PM
• September 28 at 7 PM

📍 PeopleCare Center
120 Finderne Ave., Bridgewater, NJ

🎬 No advance preparation required! Scripts will be provided and readings will be performed with scripts in hand.

Beginners are welcome! ❤️

The staged readings will be presented November 21 at 7 PM.

📧 Questions/audition information: [email protected]

08/29/2026

🎭 SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED! 🎭

A huge THANK YOU to all of the talented New Jersey playwrights who submitted their work for our upcoming Evening of Staged Readings! ❤️

We’re incredibly grateful that you chose to share your stories, creativity, and voices with Open Door Arts Center. Our reading committee is looking forward to reading all of the submissions and discovering the wonderful work being created right here in New Jersey.

📬 Playwrights whose works are selected will be notified by mid-September.

Stay tuned for more details about our November 21 staged readings at the PeopleCare Center Auditorium in Bridgewater!

Thank you for helping us give New Jersey voices a stage. ❤️🎭

08/28/2026

Do you Crew? Then ODAC needs you!

08/26/2026

Join Open Door Arts Center on September 19 at 7 PM for COMEDY NIGHT featuring 7 stand-up comedians bringing the laughs to the stage!

📍 The PeopleCare Center Auditorium
120 Finderne Ave., Bridgewater, NJ
📅 Saturday, September 19
⏰ 7 PM

Grab your friends. Make it a date night. Plan a girls’ night. Or just come laugh with us! 🎟️

Tickets:
💵 $20 cash at the door

📍 Bridgewater, NJ

Tag the person you need to bring with you! 👇😂

08/26/2026

👀 Your next night out is right here in Bridgewater, NJ!

😂Need a reason to get out, laugh with your friends, and forget about everything for a couple of hours?

🎭Join Open Door Arts Center on September 19 at 7 PM for COMEDY NIGHT featuring 7 stand-up comedians bringing the laughs to the stage!

📍 The PeopleCare Center Auditorium
120 Finderne Ave., Bridgewater, NJ
📅 Saturday, September 19
⏰ 7 PM

🎟️Grab your friends. Make it a date night. Or just come laugh with us!

Tickets available at www.OpenDoorArtsCenter.org beginning September 1.
💵 $20 cash at the door

📍 Bridgewater • Somerville • Hillsborough • Manville • Somerset County & surrounding NJ

Tag the person you need to bring with you! 👇😂

Send a message to learn more