Projects
From plays, showcases to poetry; here are some of the projects we've produced and the accolades that come with them.
Urban City Youth: Broadway's Tony Award Songs / May 2025
The theatre youth students from Paterson Public School #21 perform live songs from Rent, Annie, The Lion King & The Sound of Music.
A LESSON BEFORE DYING
NOW Theatre Workshop, Inc.'s first virtual production adapted from an Ernest J. Gaines novel.
Black Gold
A written collection of blues poetry written by Lewis Cole & edited by former youth drama student, Jennie Pless, MHA, MSHI.
Dr. Lilisa Mimms
Parent and Community Outreach Coordinator at PTO#21 in partnership with The NOW Theatre Workshop, Inc.
The Piano Lesson / 2016
NOW Theatre, Inc.'s Production of the iconic story by August Wilson.
Ella Joyce & Lewis Cole
Best known as Eleanor from the TV Series, "Roc", she returned to the stage in the 1970's to perform alongside Lewis Cole in "The First Breeze of the Summer"
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Chataqua / September 2025
Marvin Jefferson's one-man show depicting the life of Mr. Paul Robeson
Marvin Jefferson, Community Partners & Friends
After the Chataqua one-man show, the friends gather with the actor to celebrate the performance.
Photo by Douglas Taylor
NOW Theatre's Community-Based Partners
From left to right:
- Crainsha C. Rutherford (Paterson Division of Recreation)
- Lewis Cole (NOW Theatre Workshop, Inc.)
- Bob Guarasci (CEO of NJCDC)
- Dalton Price (Every Month is Black History Month Organization)
Lewis Cole in Black Gold / 2018
Second Place Winner in the Passaic County Film Festival at The Fabian Movie Theater