UPCOMING EVENTS

Spring 2024

Chris Jarrett
Live at Casa Clara
May 10, 7 pm

218 East 25th St. New York, NY. 10010

New Place Players is proud to present renowned pianist and composer Chris Jarrett performing an intimate recital of solo piano improvisations, interweaving jazz, world and classical music.

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The Masque of Night
At Hopewell Mountain Christian Church
June 7 & 8

11 Mountain Church Rd, Hopewell, NJ 08525

A Romeo and Juliet cabaret. Accompanying Shakespeare’s text with chamber music and song (weaving both classical and contemporary), the four musician-actors will transport you to the very heart of the lovers’ timeless journey.

After an extraordinary debut at Casa Clara in March 2024, The Masque of Night returns at Hopewell Mountain Christian Church, a converted 19th century church turned into a living and performance space, in Hopewell, NJ.

“There are a million ways that Romeo & Juliet has been performed, but there is something so uniquely sweet and endearing about The Masque of Night, that sets it apart from the rest. With an earnest cast, pitch-perfect musical accompaniment, and distinctive setting, this one-hour production of Romeo & Juliet is a delicious bite-sized confection of romance and tragedy.”

– Austin Fimmano

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The Masque of Night at Casa Clara
June 21 & 22

218 East 25th St. New York, NY. 10010

New Place Players returns to Gramercy in NYC with The Masque of Night for a special midsummer celebration of love!

Our mission is to offer Shakespeare and music, together, in intimate settings, where unique spaces are transformed in to new places at truly affordable prices. We’re an ensemble of actors and musicians which creates dynamic, fully realized productions of Shakespeare’s plays. Our unique interplay of acting, live music & sound textures inform every aspect of our performances, from the story, to character development, to the rich imagery and poetry of the text. We perform in theaters, clubs, public spaces and private homes without a fourth wall — our audiences are drawn into the world of the plays in an intimate, powerful and direct shared experience.

Also, our Embodied Shakespeare education program brings teaching artists to high school students as well as disabled adults and children to access and experience the stories, the characters, and Shakespeare's language through the fundamentals of voice, text, stage combat, music and dreamwork. Experiencing and learning Shakespeare on one’s feet and in one’s body will bring much needed joy and energy to the classroom and to life in general!

Your tax deductible donation is our life blood for reaching more people and creating a community where human connection is at the heart of everything we do.

“It is thrilling to be a part of a magical environment where an old-world club is transformed, not through fancy sets and lights, but through physical imagination, and Shakespeare’s language.”

— Forbes Magazine


“After 14 productions of Othello this is the one I've enjoyed the most…Immediacy was so wonderful...Conor Andrew Hall he would have kept you guessing, you could understand why Othello would believe him...Eliott Johnson is very very fine, so human it is the best thing about him."

— Peter Filichia, Broadway Radio