Mission Statement
Trilogy Repertory Company provides
area residents with rewarding opportunities to participate in all
aspects of 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.
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A Brief 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.
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