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Our Mission

Founded in 2015 by veteran actors and educators Janeece Freeman Clark and Daryl Stewart, Vanguard Theater Company is a unique 501(c)(3) committed to changing the narrative through theater dedicated to DREAM: Diversity, Reciprocity, Education, Activism & Mentorship.

Staff & Board

VTC is led by founding Artistic Director Janeece Freeman Clark, with Managing Director Jessica Sporn. The make-up of our Staff and Board reflects our mission of DREAM. We are predominately women led, and are 55% Black, Hispanic and Asian, and 45% white.

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Our History

2020

Broadway Buddy Mentorship Cabaret

For the Love of Charlie Brown

The Wiz of Oz

Spring Awakening

2019

Broadway Buddy Mentorship Cabaret

Spring Awakening

The Little Mermaid

Little Shop of Horrors

Jungle Book/VTCkids

A Little Princess

Runaways

Runaways in Concert: A Benefit Concert for Covenant House

In Conversation with Jeremy Harris

The Lion King Kids

NJ Pride Annual Drag Show

2018

Broadway Buddy Mentorship Cabaret

Heathers

Thirteen

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Children's Letters to God

Two Gentlemen of Verona

Sing for Our Lives - A Benefit Concert for Everytown for Gun Safety

Tropes, Types, and Tokenism in Film and on Broadway - A Collaboration with Montclair Film

Everything is Fine Until It's Not: A Collaboration with Montclair Film for Autism Awareness Month

NJ Pride Annual Drag Show

2017

Broadway Buddy Mentorship Cabaret

"The Music Man in Concert" in a partnership with The Theater at SOMS

Memphis The Musical

Carrie the Musical

Into the Woods

NJ Pride Annual Drag Show

2016

First Inaugural Broadway Buddy Mentorship Cabaret

Fright Nights

2015

A Portrait of Ray

Hairspray

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VANGUARD THEATER COMPANY

180 Bloomfield Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042

(862) 205 - 3525

Founded in 2015 by veteran actors and educators Janeece Freeman Clark and Daryl Stewart, Vanguard Theater Company is a unique 501(c)(3) committed to changing the narrative through theater dedicated to DREAM - Diversity Reciprocity Education Activism & Mentorship.

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Why Vanguard Came to Be

D is for Diversity

D is for Diversity

R is for Reciprocity

E is for Education

E is for Education

A is for Activism

A is for Activism

M is for Mentorship

Watch our DREAM

Our Mission

Staff & Board

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Board

Our History