Theater J

The United States' largest and most prominent Jewish theater.

Hailed by The Washington Post as “the most influential Jewish theater company in the nation," and nominated for over 70 Helen Hayes Awards, Theater J is one of the most distinctive, progressive and respected Jewish theaters on the national and international scene.

06/06/2026

JOIN US FOR THE FINAL DAY! 💥 Light refreshments and the two final staged readings of our Festival of Favorites and Firsts go up today at 1:00 PM and 7:30 PM. Don't miss out! 🎟️ Get tickets and learn more at TheaterJ.org
The Sisters Rosensweig
by Wendy Wasserstein
Directed by Jess Chayes
1:00 PM
I Know of Plagues
by Kendell Pinkney
Directed by Reginald L. Douglas
7:30 PM

06/05/2026

❄️ Only 3 SPOTS open for Frozen Jr ❄️

This three-week summer camp culminates with an end-of-session fully produced performance on Thursday, July 16.

Young artists in grades 2–9 will spend the day singing, dancing, acting, and making friends. Frozen Jr. features all of the memorable songs from the animated film, with music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, plus five new songs written for the Broadway production.

Dates: Jun 29 - Jul 16
Register NOW at TheaterJ.org

06/03/2026

MEET THE COMPANY of I Know of Plagues by Kendell Pinkney ✨ The Shapiro-Rosenblatt-Cunningham clan has gathered in White Plains, New York to do what it does every Passover: commemorate, sanctify, dispute, remember, rehearse, indict, celebrate and “passively regress” the ancient feast of Jewish liberation. When estranged daughter Skye returns home with an unexpected guest and a pet-project in tow, everyone is forced to confront long simmering grievances and repressed truths that threaten to wreck the holiday, and maybe the family, for good.I Know of Plagues excavates the unique ways that only family can fracture when race, politics, religion, and generational grudges can no longer be kept at bay.
Tickets and passes at TheaterJ.org
Celebrating 36 years of Theater J - and 100 years of theater at the JCC - our Festival of Favorites and Firsts brings together beloved works from our past alongside powerful new voices shaping the future. We welcome the artists who bring these stories to life and empower us to continue our work!

06/02/2026

MEET THE COMPANY of The Sisters Rosensweig by Wendy Wasserstein ✨ The sisters Rosensweig are three extraordinary Brooklyn-born Jewish women. Sara lives an ostensibly happy, man-free life in London with her intelligent daughter, Tess. Pfeni is an eccentric travel writer who pursues an unsatisfactory relationship with Geoffrey, a bisexual theatre director. And Gorgeous has the perfect husband and family in Massachusetts, where she pursues a ‘funsy’ career as a radio agony aunt. When they meet up at Sara’s home in Holland Park, reawakened familial bonds cause each woman to confront her past and her future.
Tickets and passes at TheaterJ.org
Celebrating 36 years of Theater J - and 100 years of theater at the JCC - our Festival of Favorites and Firsts brings together beloved works from our past alongside powerful new voices shaping the future. We welcome the artists who bring these stories to life and empower us to continue our work!

05/30/2026

💥 MAY 30-JUNE 6 💥 We begin Friday - do you have your tickets and passes yet? There's still time to grab them and dive into this extraordinary experience of your theatrical favorites and firsts side by side. Join us this weekend at TheaterJ.org 🎟️

05/27/2026

MEET THE COMPANY of Linguicide by Ali Viterbi ✨After the hit world premiere production of The World to Come, Theater J presents a staged reading of playwright Ali Viterbi’s new play, Linguicide. In 1984, a mother goes door to door campaigning for her 22-year-old son. In 1870, a newlywed couple creates a radical newspaper. In 1939, a young politician proposes to his illicit lover on the brink of war. And in 2055, a student and teacher meet atop all their graves. Linguicide is a love letter to the dying language of Ladino, the families who spoke it, and the worlds they built. It asks: how can a language die? And when it does, what happens to the identity it shaped?
Tickets and passes at TheaterJ.org
Celebrating 36 years of Theater J - and 100 years of theater at the JCC - our Festival of Favorites and Firsts brings together beloved works from our past alongside powerful new voices shaping the future. We welcome the artists who bring these stories to life and empower us to continue our work!

05/26/2026

MEET THE COMPANY of Queens Girl in the World by Caleen Sinnette Jennings ✨ It’s summer 1962 in Queens, New York. The sounds of doo-wop music fill the night and 12-year-old Jacqueline Marie Butler is on the verge of adulthood. When Jacqueline’s parents abruptly transfer her to a progressive, predominantly Jewish school in Greenwich Village, she is thrust out of her comfort zone. As one of only four black students, Jacqueline discovers a new city and a whole new world. After having its world premiere at Theater J in 2015 as part of the Women’s Voices Theatre Festival, Queens Girl in the World went on to win awards across North America and have a successful Off-Broadway run. Playwright Caleen Sinnette Jennings went on to write Queens Girl in Africa and Queens Girl: Black in the Green Mountains.
Tickets and passes at TheaterJ.org
Celebrating 36 years of Theater J - and 100 years of theater at the JCC - our Festival of Favorites and Firsts brings together beloved works from our past alongside powerful new voices shaping the future. We welcome the artists who bring these stories to life and empower us to continue our work!

05/21/2026

MEET THE COMPANY of The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry ✨ In 1939 Atlanta, Georgia, the social event of the season is Ballyhoo – a part-festival, part-ball for high society members. The Freitag family’s hopes are pinned on the last night of Ballyhoo, in this play full of romantic sparks and family secrets. || Tickets and passes at TheaterJ.org

Celebrating 36 years of Theater J - and 100 years of theater at the JCC - our Festival of Favorites and Firsts brings together beloved works from our past alongside powerful new voices shaping the future. We welcome the artists who bring these stories to life and empower us to continue our work!

05/20/2026

☀️ Summer comes quickly! Don't miss signing your kid up for Theater J's summer musical theater camps!

Leap into the magic of musical theater this summer. Young artists in grades 2–9 will spend the day singing, dancing, acting, and learning the history of musical theater in America. Each session will culminate with a performance for families and friends.

Only a few spots left for Frozen Jr., our three-week full production of this Disney favorite! ☃️ Registration closes Jun 15 – don't get iced out!

Our three single-week camp registrations must close in July!

Don't miss the deadline and sign your young ones up for an awesome camp this summer at TheaterJ.org

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