Somerset Valley Players Presents Inspecting Carol
- A fast-paced, laugh-out-loud production of the comic play "Inspecting Carol" by Somerset Valley Players. - Performances run during the week of April 21–27, 2026 at Somerset Valley Players in Hillsborough, NJ. - Details and ticket information at newjerseystage.com.
Somerset Valley Players is staging Daniel J. Sullivan’s comedy *Inspecting Carol* in Hillsborough through May 3, with performances already underway this week. (svptheatre.org) The run opened April 17 and continues across three weekends at Somerset Valley Players, with Friday and Saturday shows at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Adult tickets are $24, and seniors and students pay $22. (svptheatre.org) The play centers on a struggling theater company rehearsing *A Christmas Carol* when a man seeking an audition is mistaken for a National Endowment for the Arts inspector. Somerset Valley Players says the mix-up drives the show’s backstage chaos and slapstick comedy. (svptheatre.org) This production is directed by Holly J. Kowalenko and is part of Somerset Valley Players’ 59th season. The company lists *Inspecting Carol* as its April 17 to May 3 entry in that 2026 lineup. (svptheatre.org) The timing is unusual on purpose: a Christmas play is landing in late April. New Jersey Stage described the show as a “riotous backstage comedy” as Somerset Valley Players promotes it during the spring theater calendar, not the holiday season. (newjerseystage.com) Somerset Valley Players performs at the Little Red Schoolhouse on Amwell Road in Hillsborough. The company’s main site and ticketing page list reservations for the current production there. (svptheatre.org, arts-people.com) The cast includes Kevern Cameron as Larry Vauxhall, Dawn Cimilluca as Dorothy Tree-Hapgood, Fred Cooper as Luther Beatty, Mike Johnson as Phil Hewlitt, Cindy Magalio as Betty Andrews, Robyn Mandalakis as M.J. McMann, and Rink Patel as Walter E. Parsons. Somerset Valley Players also lists Joe DeVico, Matt Gubitosi, Chris Kerekes, Mike Lemme, and Stephanie M. Smith in the production. (svptheatre.org) For theatergoers looking at dates after this week, the remaining performances continue into the first weekend of May. For Hillsborough audiences, that leaves a few more chances to catch a play built around a rehearsal gone badly off the rails. (svptheatre.org)
