Passage artists take to the streets to announce the new theater, "Celebrating the New American Play". This shot was taken one block north of the Mill Hill Playhouse.

Passage's first play was a "keeper". Bill Mastrosimone kicked off his long relationship with Passage; directed by Veronica Brady, with Mary Martello playing Lorr and an unknown actor as Berk.

Bill Mastrosimone has premiered many of his plays at Passage. This is 2003's Afghan Women, directed by Jonathan Bernstein.

Dan Lauria graced Passage's stage in the 2007 revival of Bill Mastrosimone's classic drama, directed by Julie Boyd. The production went on to an off-Broadway run.

A couple reenact 50 years of marriage in a 7 minute tour-de-force; a scene from the 2000 world premiere of Bill Mastrosimone's Blinding Light, directed by Julie Boyd.

1992's world premiere by Jim McGrath, directed by Stephen Stout, was performed in an abandoned factory building in the Roebling Complex.

1995's hit musical by John Jilon and Ray Leslie. Directed by Stephen Stout. Featuring Gwen Stewart and Forrest McClendon

2004's world premiere Gospel Musical starring Queen Esther Morrow, directed by Mercedes Ellington.

2010's world premiere by Princeton playwright James J. Christy, directed by resident director Adam Immerwahr.

The play was developed in Passage's Play Lab and opened to critical acclaim. Chris Stack and Julianna Zinkel (L to R).

2006's one woman show starring Elizabeth Van Dyke as Lorraine Hansbury.

Tony-award winner Chuck Cooper starred in 2002's revival of Philip Hayes Dean's play about Paul Robeson along with Cary Gant, directed by Jeffrey V. Thompson.

2003 was the second production, and NJ premiere, of Leslie Ayvazian's Rosemary and I.

Playwright Leslie Ayvazian also starred in the production, directed by Blair Brown.

2004's world premiere of Jean Sterrett's Vietnam war drama, directed by Bob Kalfin.

The play won the 2001 Award of Distinction from the Onassis International Cultural Competition.

The hit of the 2009 season was a play written by David Lee White and directed by Adam Immerwahr. Chris Coucill, June Ballinger and Charlotte Northeast pictured.

Lauren Weedman's one woman show was the hit of the 2009 Solo Flights Festival and ran in rep with companion piece No You Shut Up!

Yusef Komunyakaa's first play, The Deacons, received a workshop production featuring Tony award winner Chuck Cooper and Peter J. Fernandez.

The world premiere of Yusef Komunyakaa's The Deacons took place in 2007, directed by Kemati Porter and featuring Gerard Catus, Letecia Moore and Count Stovall.

Miche Braden stars as blues singer Bessie Smith in this 2007 hit production, which moved on to the George Street Playhouse and off-Broadway.

NJ residents Demetria Bailey and Vince Di Mura starred in this 2009 musical about the life of Ethel Waters written by Larry Parr and directed by Rob Lanchester.

2009's world premiere production, written by Caridad Svich, directed by Daniella Topol, and featuring Bryan Close, Frank Harts, Kate Hopkins, Polly Lee, Gerardo Rodriguez, and Heidi Schreck.

An original musical by Weeden, Finkel, and Fay, it received it's world premiere on Passage's stage in 1998 and was revived in this production in 2005.

This second production of Mat Smart's drama was the critically acclaimed hit of the 2010 season, starring Jamal Mallory-McCree and Paul Notice, directed by Jade King Carroll.

2008's World Premiere was written by Russell Davis, directed by Will Pomerantz, and featured (L to R) Robert Wu, Indika Senanayake, Nitya Vidyasagar, and Amy Kim Waschke. Creative use of puppets evoked the mindset of a child from whose viewpoint the play is told.

2008's world premiere production written by Amber Kain and directed by Jade King Carroll featured Krystal Lucas, Scott Price, Marie Thomas and Gerard Catus (not pictured).

2001's world premiere, by Thomas Dunn, directed by Russell Kaplan, was set in New Orleans at the dawn of the Jazz Age in the early days of audio recording. Featuring Brennan Brown and Lori Prince.

2006's world premiere by Seret Scott featured Billy Eugene Jones and April Yvette Thompson.

The production was directed by AUDELCO winner Regge Life.

2001's world premiere musical, by Susan Dworkin & Mel Marvin.

The new musical was a co-production with the Playwright's Theatre of NJ, directed by Ahvi Spindell, featuring Lauren Mufson, Adam Heller, Martin Vidnovic, Jill Abramovitz, Jonathan Brody, Connie Day, Beth Glover, and Ted Grayson

Joseph Edward's one-man tour de force, adapted for the stage by Joseph Edward & Wynn Handman from the autobiography of Claude Brown, highlighted the 2002 Solo Flights, and was brought back by popular demand the following year.

Robin Hirsch's 3-part dramatic reading kept audiences spellbound over 3 weeks in October-November, 2002.

Comedienne Nancy Giles' 1999 one-woman-show was the first production under new Artistic Director June Ballinger at the Mill Hill Playhouse.