Kevin Smith & Weird NJ Present THE DEVIL & DAISY DIRT @ NBPAC
Schedule
Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm to Sun, 22 Feb, 2026 at 09:30 pm
UTC-05:00Location
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center | New Brunswick, NJ
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The Devil is back! That's right, friends, it's time to get Dirty! Again! After our sold out performance in November, The Devil & Daisy Dirt returns to NBPAC for five shows in February. With a bigger budget and loftier goals. Experience the timeless magic of what audiences are calling "NJ E.T." For the first time or the fifth. The Devil and Daisy Dirt: A Garden State Gothic Event. Only at NBPAC.Kevin Smith, Smodcastle Cinemas, and Weird NJ Present THE DEVIL & DAISY DIRT: A GARDEN STATE GOTHIC EVENT
"A night of theater you will never forget!" - Kevin Smith (Dogma, Chasing Amy)
WHAT:
Wait, what the Devil is this? It's a folk horror fairy-tale about the Jersey Devil with live music and an 8' puppet. A gothic mix of storytelling, theater, vaudeville, back porch session. Think Pine Barrens "Our Town" meets bluegrass E.T., with a shoulder-shot cryptid instead of a stranded extraterrestrial, deer hunters instead of federal agents, and a portal that opens above the Apple Pie Hill fire tower after a midnight lightning strike instead of an alien mothership shaped like a Christmas tree ornament. Plus magic meat, woodland witches, an enchanted bullet, and an annual appetite contest with supernatural rewards. All backed by a high lonesome sound.
WHO:
Alex Dawson, Dan Diana, Jackie Fogel, and Arlan Feiles
WHEN:
8:00 PM, Fri. Feb 20 (with intro by Chris Gethard)
6:00 PM & 9:00 PM, Sat. Feb 21
2:00 PM (followed by onstage conversation w. Clay McLeod Chapman) & 6:00 PM, Sun. Feb 22
WHERE:
The New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, 11 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ
TICKETS:
GEN $35.00/VIP $50.00. Don't delay! Our shows sell out! https://secure.nbpac.org/devil-daisy-dirt/1
WITH:
Special guests Chris Gethard (Beautiful/Anonymous, Jersey is the World, The Chris Gethard Show), Mark Moran (Weird New Jersey), and Will Rogers (Guide to the Unknown, Blackwood, The Trouble w. Tessa)
WEBSITE:
TheDevilandDaisyDirt.blogspot.com
PRAISE: Trust me, friends, you don't want to miss this. But don't take our word for it. Here's what a few other fine folks have said:
"Spellbinding!" (Kevin Smith, Dogma, Chasing Amy); "haunting!" (The Philadelphia Inquirer); "weird and wonderful!" (Daniel Kraus . The Shape of Water w. Guillermo del Toro): "a mesmerizing, Pine Barrens fever dream!" (the Asbury Park Press); "a BADASS (caps theirs) vaudeville show that marries music, theater, and gnarly monster effects!"(Rue Morgue Magazine); "NJ's hottest theater ticket!" (94.3, The Point); and "the most original, Jersey-centric and downright weird presentation in our state’s theatrical history!” Weird New Jersey
"Sits on the border of legends and tall tales. Somewhere between a DIY show and Kneehigh’s production of The Wild Bride. The result is absolutely stunning." - Tobias Carroll, Reactor.
"There is no one remotely like Alex Dawson in Gothic New Jersey or anywhere else. A riveting, one-of-a-kind storyteller." - Joyce Carol Oates
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Where is it happening?
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, 9 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1903, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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