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The Bergenstages theatre troupe performs numerous shows each season, including “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” last fall.
PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College’s student theatre troupe, Bergenstages, will dedicate its 52nd season to the memory of departed faculty member Jared Saltzman. Bergenstages producer and theatre professor Jim Bumgardner said the season will “take us all on many exciting adventures through time, place and humanity” while serving as a living tribute to Saltzman, who passed away earlier this year. Professor Salzman’s family, friends and colleagues have established a Bergen Community College Foundation scholarship fund in his honor. For tickets, more information and to donate to the Professor Jared Saltzman Memorial Scholarship fund, visit tickets.bergen.edu. All performances will take place at Bergen’s main campus at 400 Paramus Road in Paramus.
This season, Bergenstages will present:
“Listen to the Black Chick Sing: A Ritual” by Thomas O’Neill, Ed.D.
Thursday, September 25, 11 a.m.
Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre
Written by Bergen staff member Thomas O’Neill, Ed.D., in the early 1990s, the event will feature a vintage recording of actress and activist Omkari Williams performing the work that follows the title character’s navigation through her newfound Native American roots, personal pain and inner peace. Additionally, Williams will attend in-person and discuss her award-winning novel, “Micro Activism.”
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“Unnecessary Farce” by Paul Slade Smith
Friday, October 24-Saturday, November 1, Various Times
Ender Hall Lab Theatre
In this award-winning comedy, an embezzling mayor arranges to meet his female accountant in an economy hotel room as two undercover police officers wait in the next room to record any possible criminal activity. Confusion arises regarding who’s in which room, who’s being recorded, who’s taken the money and who’s hired a hitman.
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“Murder on the Nile” by Agatha Christie
Friday, December 5-Saturday, December 13, Various Times
Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre
A wealthy couple on their honeymoon travel in a paddle steamer down the Nile River when a shocking and brutal murder spoils the idyllic surroundings.
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“The Drawer Boy” by Michael Healey
Friday, February 27-Saturday, March 7, Various Times
Ender Hall Lab Theatre
Transporting audiences back to 1972 Ontario farm, a young actor from the “big city” lives with two aging bachelor farmers to gather stories about rural life. The farmers’ lives change when art imitates life.
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“Hair” by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot
Friday, April 3-Saturday, April 11, Various Times
Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre
In the tribal rock musical taking place in the East Village during the 1960s, the production celebrates the era’s counterculture in its barefoot, long-haired, bell-bottomed, beaded and fringed glory.
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2026 Director’s Lab One-Act Play Festival
Thursday, April 30-Saturday, May 2, Various Times
Ender Hall Lab Theatre
The Bergenstages season ends with a celebration of student directors who will present their work.
Based in Paramus, Bergen Community College (www.bergen.edu), a public two-year coeducational college, enrolls more than 13,000 students at locations in Paramus, the Philip Ciarco Jr. Learning Center in Hackensack and Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands in Lyndhurst. The College offers associate degree, certificate and continuing education programs in a variety of fields. More students graduate from Bergen than any other community college in the state.
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