Our Opening Night festivities seem to get more and more exciting with each season!
For the Opening Night of Heisenberg on
Thursday May 23rd, we are excited to celebrate with the following:
Pre-Show Celebration
Starting at 6:30 pm in front of the theatre, join us for a fun pre-show celebration. Arrive in style on the Red Carpet and rub elbows with some of Cape May Stage's most committed supporters.
Wine will be available for $5 a glass and complimentary cheese and accouterments will be provided by
Seaside Cheese
Co.
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SeaWeeds Giveaway
Before the show begins, Roy will announce which two random lucky patrons will receive jewelry courtesy of
SeaWeeds by the Sea.
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After-Party
After the performance of Heisenberg is complete, join us at
Sea Salt for our after-party to celebrate alongside the cast, crew and creative team that brought the show to the stage. Complimentary light fare will be served along with a cash bar.
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Interested in attending the Opening Nights for all of our Mainstage shows? Our Opening Night packages are the perfect way to see each show in style while also saving money.
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Friday, May 24th - 11:00 am
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Join us for a special ribbon cutting ceremony to commemorate
Cape May Stage Day, which is celebrated annually by proclamation from Mayor Lear!
A Piece of Cake will generously be donating a delicious cake for all attendees to enjoy.
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Sunday June 2nd - 6:00 PM
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The Cape May Stage Gala is Cape May Stage’s largest annual fundraising event. The 2019 Gala features the theme “Sail Away with Cape May Stage” and embraces the inherent nautical nature of Cape May.
Stunning Harbor Views ... Open Bar... Dancing to the "Love Affair" Band... International Hors d'oeuvres... a Live & Silent Auction.. and helping Cape May Stage at the same time!
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Monday June 3rd - 8:00 PM
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The ghost of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the 18th-Century philosopher, playwright, novelist, composer, and religious-social-and-political gadfly, is awakened from his 240-year slumber by an irate young woman from OUR century, who demands that he answer for various horrors and disasters of the past two centuries - many of which have been blamed on his writings.
Horrified that so much tyranny, death and destruction have been laid at his door, Rousseau sets out to clear his reputation, at least in the eyes of this attractive young opponent.
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Celebrate
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Pride with Cape May Stage!
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In order to celebrate LGBTQ+ month in June,
Cape May Stage
and
East Lynne Theater Company
are proud to announce they are joining forces to present two powerful play readings about the founding of two integral gay rights organizations.
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Up first on
Monday June 10th at 8:00 PM at Cape May Stage’s Robert Shackleton Playhouse
is
The Normal Heart
. The Normal Heart is a powerful, stirring drama based on the harrowing true story of the beginning of the AIDS crisis in New York City, and the gay men who fought with an entire political system to take their plight seriously. Based on playwright Larry Kramer’s own experiences founding the Gay Men’s Health Crisis in New York in the 1980s, The Normal Heart follows Ned Weeks, a reluctant leader but furious activist, as he campaigns for awareness, and tends to his own friends and lovers who are dying all around him. A strong indictment against ignorance, and a heartfelt story of love and compassion, The Normal Heart is a passionate and searing portrayal of a population at war, and a plague that nips at its heels every step of the way.
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Then, on
Monday June 24th at 8:00 PM at East Lynne Theater Company’s First Presbyterian Church
, join us for
The Temperamentals
. Set in the early 1950s, The Temperamentals is the true story of the founding of The Mattachine Society, one of the earliest gay activism groups in the United States. Created by Communist and social radical Harry Hay and famed fashion designer Rudi Gernreich, the underground organization came together secretly, building its membership through various forms of covert communication during a time when nearly all homosexuals were closeted. The play explores the trials of the society’s founding fathers as they risked their lives and livelihoods to gain equality. More than just a history play, the show is also a love story, detailing the romance of odd couple Hay and Gernreich as their passion for their cause and each other grew.
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