NEW BRUNSWICK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER COMPANIES
The New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC) Member Companies are among the region's most diverse, critically-acclaimed and multi-talented musical, dance and theatrical performing arts groups and include the American Repertory Ballet, George Street Playhouse, Rutgers University Mason Gross School of Arts and Crossroads Theatre Company.
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American Repertory Ballet: American Repertory Ballet’s mission is to bring the joy, beauty, artistry and discipline of classical and contemporary dance to New Jersey and nationwide audiences, and to dance students through artistic and educational programs. The organization comprises: the preeminent professional classical and contemporary ballet company in the state; Princeton Ballet School, one of the largest and most respected non-profit dance schools in the nation; and ARB’s Access & Enrichment initiatives, including the acclaimed DANCE POWER program, the longest, continuously running community and arts partnership in New Jersey.
Crossroads Theatre Company: Crossroads Theatre Company, recipient of the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre in the United States, is the nation’s premier African American theater. Since its founding in 1978, Crossroads has produced over 100 works, many of which were premier productions by the world’s leading African and African American artists. Crossroads has filled an otherwise empty space on the cultural canvas with a collective body of work that remains unparalleled by any other theater in the nation. Crossroads continues to embrace its responsibility to put forth realistic, multi-dimensional images of Black people, and remains committed to spreading the truth far beyond its New Brunswick home to reach other New Jersey communities as well as national and international audiences.
George Street Playhouse: George Street Playhouse is a nationally-recognized professional producing theater company committed to the production of new plays and musicals, and has been represented by numerous productions that have moved to New York, both on and off-Broadway. In addition the Playhouse fills a unique theater and arts-in-education role in our city, state, and greater metropolitan region.
Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts: Mason Gross School of the Arts is a vibrant community of artists and scholars committed to pursuing excellence, innovation, and inclusivity. Its mission is to create socially relevant art, foster diverse programming and curricula, cultivate community partnerships, and advance the arts through teaching, creative activity, advocacy, and research that contributes to the public good. Comprising 1,200 undergraduate and graduate students across programs in music, theater, dance, filmmaking, and art & design, Mason Gross is housed within Rutgers–New Brunswick, a premier Big Ten research university that serves some 50,000 students and is the flagship campus of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The nation’s eighth oldest institution of higher learning, Rutgers reflects the diversity of New Jersey, which is one of the most diverse states in the nation. The Rutgers–New Brunswick campus is located less than an hour by train or car to New York City and the beautiful beaches of the Jersey Shore and is just over an hour to Philadelphia.
