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Trilogy Repertory

P.O. Box 199
908-604-4800

Mission:

Trilogy Repertory Company strives to provide area residents with rewarding opportunities to participate in all aspects of dramatic, musical and historical theater performances, production and appreciation.

Purpose:

Our purpose is to nurture and celebrate artistic expression, delight and challenge our audiences in order to make our area a better place to live through the experience of live theater and the performing arts.

Each season, Trilogy presents a fall and spring show and traveling children's participation theater performed at local libraries. In the summer, two shows are produced in conjunction with the Bernards Township Department of Parks and Recreation. During the school year, Trilogy conducts a Theater Workshop Day, teaching basic theater skills to Girl Scouts. Over 5,000 scouts have qualified for their Theater Merit Badges through this program.

Trilogy conducts theater and costume workshops at museums and local schools. The organization also works closely with the Ridge High School Drama Club. Costumes from Trilogy's extensive collection have been made available to countless schools and organizations.

History:

Trilogy Repertory Company was founded in 1981 to bring together theater, community and school. Trilogy worked to present theater works not often seen and projects by new directors and playwrights in our area. The first two productions took place in the gym at Liberty Corner School, but the group soon moved into the new Little Theater created at Ridge High School.

The next sixteen years were spent improving the Little Theater and producing plays in that space. Trilogy worked closely with Ridge High School and a close partnership of shared materials and knowledge developed to provide quality theater for the Community.

In 1985, Trilogy Repertory was approached by the Bernards Township Department of Parks and Recreation to produce a musical in the amphitheater in Pleasant Valley Park. This joint venture has grown from three performances to an award-winning season that includes a full-scale musical and classical production.

In 1999, Ridge High School closed the Little Theater and Trilogy has been seeking a new home since that time. Plays in the Park, Children's Participation Theater and revue-type productions are still performed and Trilogy maintains a relationship with the Ridge Drama Club. With the continued support of the community Trilogy Repertory Company will move forward and establish a permanent home for live theater in the Somerset Hills.