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Trouble In Mind

Chapel Street Players 643 Creek view Rd., Newark, United States
Written in 1955, Trouble in Mind follows the rehearsal process of an anti-lynching play preparing for it's Broadway debut. When Wiletta Mayer, a Black actress and stage veteran, challenges the play's stereotypical portrayal of the Black characters, unsettling biases are unearthed. Empowering, satirical, and ahead of its time, Trouble in Mind is set to make CSP history with this not to be missed production.

Content Advisory: Trouble in mind contains strong language (including racial slurs), themes of racism/discrimination, and mature subject matter, including smoking.

$12 – $22

The Lifespan of A Fact

Chapel Street Players 643 Creek view Rd., Newark, United States

written by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell, Gordon Farrell
directed by Stuart Wenger

A comedic yet gripping battle over facts versus truth. Jim is a fresh-out-of-Harvard fact checker for a prominent but sinking New York magazine. John is a talented writer with a transcendent essay about the suicide of a teenage boy - an essay that could save the magazine from collapse. When Jim is assigned to fact check John's essay, the two go head-to-head in a debate between artistic license versus libel, details versus 'essence'. Can their editor, Emily, save the essay in time to be published - while playing referee between Jim and John? Funny, smart, and timely, this play - based on John D'Agata and Jim Fingal's book of the same name (which detailed the actual debate) debuted on Broadway in 2018 (Daniel Radcliffe, Bobby Cannavale, and Cherry Jones were the performers).

Free – $22

The Lifespan of A Fact

Chapel Street Players 643 Creek view Rd., Newark, United States

written by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell, Gordon Farrell
directed by Stuart Wenger

A comedic yet gripping battle over facts versus truth. Jim is a fresh-out-of-Harvard fact checker for a prominent but sinking New York magazine. John is a talented writer with a transcendent essay about the suicide of a teenage boy - an essay that could save the magazine from collapse. When Jim is assigned to fact check John's essay, the two go head-to-head in a debate between artistic license versus libel, details versus 'essence'. Can their editor, Emily, save the essay in time to be published - while playing referee between Jim and John? Funny, smart, and timely, this play - based on John D'Agata and Jim Fingal's book of the same name (which detailed the actual debate) debuted on Broadway in 2018 (Daniel Radcliffe, Bobby Cannavale, and Cherry Jones were the performers).

Free – $22

The Lifespan of A Fact

Chapel Street Players 643 Creek view Rd., Newark, United States

written by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell, Gordon Farrell
directed by Stuart Wenger

A comedic yet gripping battle over facts versus truth. Jim is a fresh-out-of-Harvard fact checker for a prominent but sinking New York magazine. John is a talented writer with a transcendent essay about the suicide of a teenage boy - an essay that could save the magazine from collapse. When Jim is assigned to fact check John's essay, the two go head-to-head in a debate between artistic license versus libel, details versus 'essence'. Can their editor, Emily, save the essay in time to be published - while playing referee between Jim and John? Funny, smart, and timely, this play - based on John D'Agata and Jim Fingal's book of the same name (which detailed the actual debate) debuted on Broadway in 2018 (Daniel Radcliffe, Bobby Cannavale, and Cherry Jones were the performers).

Free – $22

The Lifespan of A Fact

Chapel Street Players 643 Creek view Rd., Newark, United States

written by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell, Gordon Farrell
directed by Stuart Wenger

A comedic yet gripping battle over facts versus truth. Jim is a fresh-out-of-Harvard fact checker for a prominent but sinking New York magazine. John is a talented writer with a transcendent essay about the suicide of a teenage boy - an essay that could save the magazine from collapse. When Jim is assigned to fact check John's essay, the two go head-to-head in a debate between artistic license versus libel, details versus 'essence'. Can their editor, Emily, save the essay in time to be published - while playing referee between Jim and John? Funny, smart, and timely, this play - based on John D'Agata and Jim Fingal's book of the same name (which detailed the actual debate) debuted on Broadway in 2018 (Daniel Radcliffe, Bobby Cannavale, and Cherry Jones were the performers).

Free – $22

The Lifespan of A Fact

Chapel Street Players 643 Creek view Rd., Newark, United States

written by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell, Gordon Farrell
directed by Stuart Wenger

A comedic yet gripping battle over facts versus truth. Jim is a fresh-out-of-Harvard fact checker for a prominent but sinking New York magazine. John is a talented writer with a transcendent essay about the suicide of a teenage boy - an essay that could save the magazine from collapse. When Jim is assigned to fact check John's essay, the two go head-to-head in a debate between artistic license versus libel, details versus 'essence'. Can their editor, Emily, save the essay in time to be published - while playing referee between Jim and John? Funny, smart, and timely, this play - based on John D'Agata and Jim Fingal's book of the same name (which detailed the actual debate) debuted on Broadway in 2018 (Daniel Radcliffe, Bobby Cannavale, and Cherry Jones were the performers).

Free – $22

The Lifespan of A Fact

Chapel Street Players 643 Creek view Rd., Newark, United States

written by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell, Gordon Farrell
directed by Stuart Wenger

A comedic yet gripping battle over facts versus truth. Jim is a fresh-out-of-Harvard fact checker for a prominent but sinking New York magazine. John is a talented writer with a transcendent essay about the suicide of a teenage boy - an essay that could save the magazine from collapse. When Jim is assigned to fact check John's essay, the two go head-to-head in a debate between artistic license versus libel, details versus 'essence'. Can their editor, Emily, save the essay in time to be published - while playing referee between Jim and John? Funny, smart, and timely, this play - based on John D'Agata and Jim Fingal's book of the same name (which detailed the actual debate) debuted on Broadway in 2018 (Daniel Radcliffe, Bobby Cannavale, and Cherry Jones were the performers).

Free – $22

The Lifespan of A Fact

Chapel Street Players 643 Creek view Rd., Newark, United States

written by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell, Gordon Farrell
directed by Stuart Wenger

A comedic yet gripping battle over facts versus truth. Jim is a fresh-out-of-Harvard fact checker for a prominent but sinking New York magazine. John is a talented writer with a transcendent essay about the suicide of a teenage boy - an essay that could save the magazine from collapse. When Jim is assigned to fact check John's essay, the two go head-to-head in a debate between artistic license versus libel, details versus 'essence'. Can their editor, Emily, save the essay in time to be published - while playing referee between Jim and John? Funny, smart, and timely, this play - based on John D'Agata and Jim Fingal's book of the same name (which detailed the actual debate) debuted on Broadway in 2018 (Daniel Radcliffe, Bobby Cannavale, and Cherry Jones were the performers).

Free – $22

24-Hour Playwriting Festival

Chapel Street Players 643 Creek view Rd., Newark, United States

At 8pm, the curtain will rise on 6 brand new plays written and rehearsed all in the last 24 hours. Join us as we present the culmination of a mad creative dash to beat the clock. Will there be mysteries? Drama? Romance? Tragedy? We don't know! they've not been written yet!

$5

Audition :: 24-Hour Playwriting Festival

Chapel Street Players 643 Creek view Rd., Newark, United States

CSP's NEXT Playwriting Group seeks adventurous actors ready to try something a little bit different! By auditioning for the 2026 24-Hour Playwriting Festival, actors are jumping into a controlled creative chaos that will see 6 new plays written, rehearsed, and performed script-in-hand in a mere 24 hours.

Free