Theater should be accessible to everyone, and many theaters around New Jersey offer performances that have gentle lighting, lower volumes, shorter times and the ability to move around as needed. Here are sensory-friendly theater shows taking place around the state, at holiday time and year-round.
May 4
Pete the Cat
Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown
4:30 pm
For Pete the Cat, life is an adventure, especially when he meets young Jimmy Biddle, the most organized second grader on planet Earth.
May 13
Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical
Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown
4 pm
This musical based on the hilarious book series finds Cat Kid and Molly Pollywog starting an epic club to teach 21 rambunctious baby frogs how to make their own comics, flipping out their fishy father Flippy in the process.
June 1
Newsies
Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown
12 pm
MPAC’s spring musical is performed by young actors, who worked with a professional crew to take the stage. The storyline follows the real-life newsboy strike of 1899.
June 21
Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn
The Disney favorite about a mermaid who falls in love with a human will be told with moderations.
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