“Theater skills are skills for life.” These wise words hang over the blackboard of a classroom converted by Saint Joe’s into a performance space for its nationally recognized, critically acclaimed, and ever-growing Theater Arts program. 

The musicals at Saint Joe’s are widely known as the best in northern New Jersey, with parts for actors, singers, dancers, and stage crew. Talented girls from surrounding high schools join the young men on the stage each year, making plays one of the best ways to make new friends.

FOR INFORMATION ON OUR UPCOMING WINTER MUSICAL FOOTLOOSE, 

SELECT THE WINTER MUSICAL FOOTLOOSE TAB TO YOUR RIGHT.

Congratulations to the Cast, Crew & Production Team of Les Miserables for their Overall Outstanding Production Metros Award!

For additional information contact John Asselta at [email protected]

SJR Performing Arts Previous Productions

Recent SJR productions have included Mystic Pizza, Something Rotten, The Addams Family, and Bright Star. Since 2007, the performing arts program has also included a spring comedy or drama. Recent productions have included Love/Sick and Neil Simon’s Rumors, which was named Best High School Comedy in New Jersey by the Montclair State High School Theater Awards program.

Our school musicals have earned the Papermill Playhouse Educational Impact Award a record six times, and our 2008 production of West Side Story earned national recognition as a USA Today High School Showstopper, one of only five high school musicals to be so named. Our 2015 musical, Miss Saigon, earned Nick Berninger ’16 the Rising Star Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role from the Papermill Playhouse. In 2017, Christopher Marzulla ’18 was named Best Lead Actor in a Drama by Montclair State for his performance in Ordinary People and in 2018, James Zitelli was named Best Actor in a Comedy for his star turn in Neil Simon’s Rumors. In 2021, our school's production of Something Rotten was named Outstanding High School Musical by Montclair State University, and Brendan Moran was awarded Outstanding High School Actor for his role in the production. Since the inception of our spring “non-musical”, Saint Joe’s has been nominated as Best High School Comedy/Drama for nine consecutive years, and has won that award four times. Additionally, members of the cast of our shows have appeared on Fox Five Good Day New York on several occasions, including a special on St. Joe's high school world premiere of Mystic Pizza in 2022. Our students may also be seen on Fox Five ushering in new seasons of American Idol with a cappella performances.

In 2018, SJR added the Inserra Theater Rehearsal Studio (which includes a full dance floor, makeup stations and complete property room) to its already outstanding facilities.

Whether it’s Summer Theater Camps for grade school students, private instruction from Broadway performers, or show time for the winter musical and the spring drama, the Inserra Theater at St. Joe's is always getting ready for its next opening night. 

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