"Engaging Shaw" by JohnMorogiello, with excerpts fromBernard Shaw, is making its New Jersey premiere through April 13 at New Jersey Repertory Company, 179 Broadway in Long Branch. Of all the great love stories in literary history, the pairing of playwright George Bernard Shaw and Charlotte Payne-Townshend may rank as the very least romantic. The blazingwit and comic poignancy of the unconventional Irish couple and their unlikely match is the centerpiece of this new play. Performances are Thursdays and Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $35 for regular performances. For tickets and information, call (732) 229-3166, e-mail info@njrep.org or visit www.njrep.org . The Marshall Tucker Band will perform at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank on March 21. The Rockit for Kids Band will appear as special guests. The Southern rock group's biggest hit, "Heard it in a Love Song," landed on both the Billboard Pop and County singles chart. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Count Basie Theatre located at 99 Monmouth St. Tickets are $50-$20 and are available at the box office, (732) 842-9000 or www.countbasietheatre. org.

Compiled by Gloria Stravelli Designed by Eileen Russell Gerber Eatontown Playhouse will hold auditions for "Pride and Prejudice" Thursday, March 20, from 7-10 p.m. The play is adapted from the witty and romantic 1813 novel by Jane Austen.

Needed are: three females, five to six males for roles including:Mr. andMrs. Bennet;

Jane, Elizabeth and Mary Bennet, Mr. Darcy, Mr. Bingley, Miss Bingley, Sir William Lucas and others. For more information, call (732) 888-0339 or visit www.eatontownplayhouse.com. The playhouse is located in the TowerMarket Shopping Center on Route 35 north.

Monmouth University in West Long Branch is presenting the Provost's spring 2008 Film Series, "Staging a Revolution." The screenings are free and open to the public. Panel discussions follow.

Thursday, March 20, 6-10 p.m., Pollak Theatre: "Reds," Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton star as writers and lovers reporting from St. Petersburg during the Russian Revolution in 1917.

Wednesday, April 9, 4:30-7:15 p.m., Wilson Auditorium: "Two Women," architectural students find their public and private lives turned upside down by the Iranian Revolution, as the new Islamic Republic ushers in drastic changes in the status of women.

Monday,April 21, 2:30-4:15 p.m.,Wilson Auditorium: "Strike," the story of Agnieszka, a worker in a Polish shipyard whose tireless advocacy of women's and workers' rights helps lead to the founding of the Solidarity movement.

The films show the contribution of individuals to themaking of revolution, and the impact of revolution on the individuals and society at large in Russia 1917-1920; Iran 1980; and Poland 1980-1981.

For additional information, contact the Office of Public Affairs at (732) 571-3526.

Monmouth University's Department of Communications will host the 27th annual

BlackMaria Filmand Video Festival on Monday, March 24, at 7:30 p.m. at the Pollak Theatre. The event is free and open to the public. The festival is an Academy Award-qualifying competition celebrating independent and experimental work. International in scope, the festival includes 50 to 60 pieces that travel to different venues. Each show is unique. The Monmouth screening will be about 90minutes and will include a variety of shorter works from this year's collection. Visitwww.blackmariafilmfestival. org for a complete listing of films. Monmouth University is located on Cedar Avenue inWest Long Branch.

The Aztec Two-Step will perform The Simon & Garfunkel Songbook at the Pollak Theatre, Monmouth University, Thursday, March 27, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 and are available at the box office at (732) 263-6889. One of acousticmusic'smost respected acts, the duo will performtimeless songs such as "Cecilia" and "BridgeOver TroubledWater." Narrated by Pete Fornatale of NPR's "Mixed Bag Radio." Pollak Theatre is located at 400 CedarAve.,West Long Branch.

The beauty of the soprano voice will be on display Saturday, March 29, when the

Monmouth Civic Chorus and orchestra perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's magnificent "Mass in C Minor." Mozart's graceful arias and duets will be sung by international soloists SungjiKimand Christine Reber.Also on the programare two eloquent works by the English Romantic master Ralph Vaughan Williams, inspired by two of the world's best-loved poets. "Toward the Unknown Region" brings us Walt Whitman's journey of the daring soul, and "Serenade toMusic" portrays Shakespeare's vision of the power of harmony. The concert begins at 8 p.m. at the Count Basie Theatre, 99 Monmouth St., Red Bank. Tickets are $30 and $25, $27 and $22 for seniors, $10 and $5 for students. Call (732) 933-9333 for tickets and information, or visit www.monmouthcivicchorus. org.

Irish poets will be at the podiumat the MiddletownMain Library onMarch 27 at 7 p.m. for the Last Thursday Poetry Reading and open mic session. The reading will feature distinguished poetDr. Carl Calendar of Brookdale Community College, co-founder of the Irish cultural troupe Meithel; Gloria Rovder Healy, creator of the Last Thursday series and founder of the poetry group Writer's Ink; and Irish-born poet Anna Moran. The library is located at 55 New Monmouth Road.

Cirque Odyssey will performat Pollak Theatre atMonmouthUniversity on Saturday, March 29, at 8 p.m. Testing the limits of the human body and challenging what the mind believes is possible, Cirque Odyssey's daring skill, grace, strength and agility amaze. Tickets: $30-$40 available at the box office (732) 263-6889. Pollak Theatre is located at 400 CedarAve.,West Long Branch.

The Monmouth Symphony Orchestrawill present a programof classicalmusic on Sunday,March 30, at 3 p.m. at the Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank.Apre-concert talk will take place at 2:15 p.m. The concert marks the conducting debut of Lucian Rinando, the orchestra's new assistant conductor. The programwill include theDouble Concerto for Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra in EMinor by Bruch, "TheWalk to the Paradise Garden" by Delius, symphonic poem "Viviane" by Chausson, and Symphony No. 1 in G Minor by Kalinnikov. The dual soloists in the Bruch piece will be Dorothy Sobieski on viola and Roy D. Gussman on clarinet. Tickets are $30, seniors $25, and students $5. For tickets, call the Count Basie box office at (732) 842-9000.

The Middletown Main Library is celebrating Women's History Month with a women's suffrage satire byMichelle LaRue, "Someone Must Wash the Dishes: An Anti-Suffrage Monologue," Sunday, March 30, at 4 p.m. Many women fought against getting the vote in the early 1900s, but none with more charm, prettier clothes and less logic than the fictional speaker in this satiric monologue written in 1912 by pro-suffragist Marie Jenney Howe. The Middletown Township Public Library is located at 55NewMonmouth Road. Call (732) 671-3700, ext 335, or e-mail programs@mtpl.org.