27 artists - one special night! 

River Rep Theatre presents the 3rd Annual Gala Benefit, April 11 at the Delaware Valley Opera Center

Benefiting River Rep’s 2026 season, the 3rd Annual Gala Benefit will feature the River Rep ensemble, members of River Rep Jr., and a talented lineup of local and visiting artists. The program will include musical performances and scenes from River Rep’s 2026 season, including the premiere of the AI-inspired dark comedy Tomorrow Today, encore performances of the beloved fantasy classic The Neverending Story, Eugene Ionesco’s absurdist classic Rhinoceros, and much more!

River Rep announces Season 2026: FUTURE WORLDS, FANTASTICAL WORLDS, ABSURD WORLDS

TOMORROW TODAY, a dark comedy set in a near-future world dominated by artificial intelligence.

THE NEVERENDING STORY, based on the classic coming-of-age novel by Michael Ende.

Eugène Ionesco's timeless tragicomedy RHINOCEROS - a seminal work of absurdist theater.

River Rep closed its 2025 season with Christopher Durang’s sublime comedy, VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE — an unforgettable night of absurdist amusement, inspired by characters and themes of Anton Chekhov.

Jonathan Charles Fox of The River Reporter called the show "a funny, funny play that is absolutely entertaining ... the audience delighted in the performances.”

River Rep’s 2025 Season opened with the beloved fantasy classic The Neverending Story, which follows a lonely young boy with a love of books, who becomes drawn into a timeless world of fabulous creatures — a world only he can save from certain destruction

Breathtaking an extremely ambitious magical treat not to be missed, and it’s destined to be a memorable hit with the younger set as well as adults.” — Jonathan Charles Fox, The River Reporter

Tom Candela talks with River Rep artistic directors Christopher Peditto and Arthur Aulisi about The Neverending Story, and more!

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The Thanksgiving Play serves up the laughs

Larissa’s FastHorse’s savagely funny satire left audiences with a smorgasbord of things to talk about!

‘Art’ is in the eye of the beholder

Yasmina Reza’s witty contemporay classic delighted audiences in River Rep’s Season 2024 opener.

“Both plays are incredibly well crafted, both actors superbly suited to their roles, and both are so well staged and directed.”

Read Jonathan Charles Fox’s review of Sea Wall & The Catastrophist in The River Reporter

Audacious programming that engages and entertains

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