October 3-18 2008 (Weekends)

NJ PREMIERE

Book & Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens Music by Stephen Flaherty Based on the novel by Sherley Anne Williams Directed by Gregory Allen Set in 1847 and based on the acclaimed novel of the same name by Sherley Anne Williams, Dessa Rose tells a powerful tale of courage, brutality, redemption and friendship between a pregnant runaway slave and the woman who shelters her.  From the creative team that wrote Ragtime and Once on this Island.

 

January 30, 31 February 1, 6,7,8 2009

Book & Lyrics by Tom Jones Music by Harvey Schmidt Based on The Fourposter by Jan de Hartog Directed by Gregory Allen This crowd pleasing story, from the team behind The Fantasticks and 110 in the Shade, spans fifty years of a marriage from the wedding night through children born and leaving home and all the trials, tribulations, laughter and tears that a couple endures.

April 2,3,4 2009

Announced Soon  Directed by Gwen Ricks-Spencer Off The Wall" explores the unusual, the seldom seen, or even a non-musical theatre piece.  This series takes 4th Wall's mission of producing lesser known works (musicals and plays) to a new level.

June 5-20 2009 (Weekends)

Book by Michael John LaChiusa & George C. Wolfe Music & Lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa Directed by Kate Swan	A "dark, sensual and glittering musical" based on the 1928 Joseph Moncure March narrative poem that centers on a party - fueled by bathtub gin, cocaine, and the uninhibited behavior of the roaring twenties.  With 7 Tony nominations, this musical turned Broadway upside down with its vaudevillian, conceptual approach to strong subject matter.