New Jersey Stage Issue 66 | Page 79

Goodnight Nobody - January 10 - February 9 McCarter Theatre, Princeton Think: The Big Chill meets This Is Us. In this deeply moving and funny play, a group of old friends reconnect after years apart. They reminisce with wild abandon, until the things they aren’t telling each other come hurtling to the surface. The production features two-time Emmy Award winner Dana Delany. One Man Star Wars Trilogy - January 10-11 Avenel Performing Arts Center, Avenel Canadian actor and uber geek, Charles Ross, brings his solo madcap creation One-Man Star Wars Trilogy to the stage in this mind-bending whirlwind of a show. Ross retells the classic bad hair trilogy- no cos- tumes, no props, no sets- all the characters, the music, the ships, and the battles. Officially endorsed by Lucasfilm, One Man Star Wars Tril- ogy has been performed for over a million Star Wars fans. American Rookie - January 11-20 Luna Stage, West Orange Part coming-of-age tale, part social commentary, and part comedy, American Rookie grapples with what it means to be an immigrant at a time when the country can’t stop talking about it. Inspired by Bram- handkar’s experiences in America after moving from Mumbai to rural Upstate New York, American Rookie brings to life the joy, humor, and pain of the assimilation process — from mimicking 80’s fashion and studying Judy Blume books to constructing a new American persona altogether. NJ STAGE - ISSUE 66 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 79