Coming soon…
FOLLIES as Carlotta
Janet Aldrich plays Carlotta singing “I’m Still Here” in Stephen Sondheim’s incomparable FOLLIES directed by Susan Knight and Kristy Graves, and choreographed by Emily Rozek.
November 22, 23 and 24, 2024
HER TURN
Women often give up their careers and their identity with motherhood. But who they were remains in the background, reaching for the light when their kids reach adulthood, like a mid-life coming of age. Will she get her turn?
Rachel Spaulding Black wrote and stars in this award-winning film short. Lisa is her well-intending neighbor.
December 14th at 7, 15th at 11 am - Rutter’s MAGNIFICAT in concert UCC 76 Cooper Ave, Montclair, NJ
Recently…
Mother Superior in Sister Act
Weather permitting, appearing at the Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center in West Orange, NJ
July 12, 13, 14, 18, 19 and 20 at 7:00 PM.
Summertime Stories - A One-Act Play Festival
7 playwrights, 3 directors and 28 actors bring this thoughtful and hilarious one-act festival to kick off your summer.
Janet Aldrich directs 2 and performs in one play at the UCC Players’ home, Union Congregational Church, 176 Cooper Ave, Montclair, NJ.
Admission is free, donations are more than welcome in this fundraiser for UCC Players.
Everywhere I Look: a Memoir by Ona Gritz, narrated by Janet Aldrich
She was told her sister was adopted. She was the good girl, her sister was, well, trouble. Ona Gritz peels back the layers of her sister’s murder and how it affected her whole life and outlook. An honest look at grief and loss from childhood through adulthood.
WINNER: Best Supporting Actress
New Works Festival 2023, Theatre Row
“Whoever needs a villain for a stage or screen project in the near future, please call Janet Aldrich. Also a Broadway veteran, she was delicious as gun lobbyist Alexa Wright.” - Jen Bush, Words4Culture
Through a darkly comic lens, Bullet Points delves into the “us versus them” mentality that rips our country in half. Is there a way for opposite sides of a contentious issue to come together long enough to save students’ lives?
Comedy to Drama
Mother Superior in Agnes of God by John Pielmeier: A mother in many ways, Mother Miriam Ruth fights to preserve Agnes’ innocence.
Tanya Dudley, a big-haired flashy-dressed realtor and Edweena, Church lady in church dress and cowboy boots who holds signs like “Repent, Sinners!” in Mama Won’t Fly. A southern comedy for the ages by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten.
A benefit for the UCC Players, Montclair, NJ
Free Concert
May 20 and 21
John David Whitener conducts a most unusual concert centered around the theme of sky. Music features all styles, from Haydn to Dolly Parton.
Soloists: Kristine Hart, Perri DiChristina, Mitch Hernandez, Bill Amory and Janet Aldrich with Charl Luow on piano and organ, plus a chamber orchestra.
UCC 176 Cooper Street, Montclair, NJ 07043
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Rosie
“Grandma Rose, (Janet Aldrich) supportive of Robbie, has a feisty, hip side. (Like getting a Motel 6 vibrating bed as a wedding present to her grandson.) Her “Move That Thang” with George (Joseph Frederick Allen) has amazing bust out moves. Watch her flip over.)”
—Linda Leuzzi, The Long Island Advance
Christmas Cantata - JUBILATE DEO
December 18 at 12:00, Union Congregational Church, 176 Cooper Ave, Montclair, NJ
This joyous concert features soloists, choir and a chamber orchestra under the baton of John David Whitener. Multiple languages
Union Congregational Church is thrilled to present Dan Forrest's "Jubilate Deo" which brings to life the global aspect of the traditional Pslam text,
"O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands”, by setting it in seven different languages and drawing from a wide spectrum of musical influences. Join me as we celebrate the holiday season and the universality of joy, regardless of holiday tradition.
The concert is free to all.
Lady Capulet
Romeo and Juliet
September, 2022
Journey to healing through a national park in the desert
Anne Montgomery, author, teacher, journalist and survivor, shares Maggie’s story in this vivid depiction of her tumultuous journey toward normalcy while working as a park ranger at The Castle in Arizona.
Mother of a child concieved by a rape, this story is all at once like traveling to an Arizona landmark full of history and mystery as it is a pathway toward healing from unimaginably desperate events.
Contact Me for a promo code to download this book at Audible and review it online!
Audiobook Producer Narrator
Fiction / Science Fiction
Written by Nancy Burke
Read by Janet Aldrich
Published by Apprentice House Press
A Memoir with narration by Janet Aldrich
A woman loses her sight - twice. She learns how to see through her other senses, and most importantly through her heart as she embraces and celebrates the light within.
“Ms. Aldrich is affecting and effervesces while scatting and torch singing” - The New York Times
“Janet Aldrich wins easily and endearingly” - New York Magazine
“Aldrich makes the moment work beautifully…with palpable stage presence.” - Essex Journal
“With extraordinary presence, statuesque, equipped with a warm and fetching timbre, she takes the stage with great mastery” - Le Figaro
Theater
Off Broadway:
Turtle On A Fence Post
Andrew Cuomo sent Hank Morris to prison where Hank studied stand up comedy. Cuomo kept him there for over 2 years.
Here’s Hank’s story as a musical.
“My God, you are talented. I only wish more people could have seen you in this.”
- Hank Morris, playwright
Theater 555, W. 42nd St, NYC
Historical Drama
The history of women’s right to vote in the Historic Huguenot Street Museum, New Paltz, New York.
Wyntje was the wealthiest woman in New Paltz. But she couldn’t vote.
Web Series
#FareLife
by Brian Hogan - soon to be released on YouTube Shorts
A Webseries of shorts based on the events of an gig driver and his insane passengers. Coming in the Spring of 2022 or whenever we can take a taxi safely again.
Audiobooks
The North Star
by Wendy Cole, Audiobook narrated by Janet Aldrich
Magnificent! Her passion is evident in hernarration, and she is one of the bests that we've stumbled upon ACX. Thank you for sharing her talent and skill with us!
-Thomas E Tate, Publisher
Broken Road Book Series
by Leigh Lincoln
Janet narrated ROAD HOME and ROAD TO FREEDOM for author Leigh Lincoln.
“I enjoyed the unique style of narrating this story where the reader is engaged via questions from the main character as she relates her thoughts and actions.”
The Heavy Side
by Ben Rogers, Audible Book Narrated by Janet Aldrich
I've never had this experience before, of hearing my book read back to me, let alone so well read. It's a joy. Janet has done wonderfully!
-Ben Rogers, Author, The Heavy Side
Virtual Teams: Holding the Center When You Can’t Meet Face-to-Face
Written and narrated by Carlos Valdes-Dapena; Produced by Janet Aldrich
Videos
The Making Of “Applause”
With Charles Strouse, Lee Adams, Betty Comden and Adolph Green from the Paper Mill Playhouse Vault
Awards
Outstanding Performance - “Bullet Points” - NY New Works Festival
Outstanding Individual Performance Winner: as Sophie Tucker in
"Ben, Virginia & Me - The Liberace Musical" NYMF
"Special mention must be made of the amazing Janet Aldrich,,, While enjoying her Sophie Tucker, I could imagine her a respectable Dolly understudy. Glad I caught this one!" - Talkin' Broadway
" I was particularly impressed with the amazing talents of Ms. Aldrich (I could watch her act and sing all day!)" - Jeremy Levine, Broadway Across America
The North Star by Wendy Cole - Audiobook
Now on available as an audiobook
