Editing Montclair, New Jersey (section)

===Theatre===
In 1971, the actors [[Louis Zorich]] and his wife, the later Oscar-winning actress, [[Olympia Dukakis]], founded a theatre group that included [[Remi Barclay]], Jason Bosseau, Margery Fierst, Gerald Fierst, and many others. Some of the acting artistic and administrative participants were permanent, and semi-permanent. Performances were peppered with visits and occasional celebrity artists. Naming themselves Whole Theatre, they based themselves in Montclair. Located {{convert|12|mi}} from [[Midtown Manhattan]] via the [[Lincoln Tunnel]] under the [[Hudson River]], the ''Whole Theatre'' productions were readily available to New York City and New Jersey audiences.

In the two decades in which Whole Theatre flourished, they presented a long list of performances in a wide variety of genres. Productions included ''The Rose Tattoo'', ''Mother Courage'', ''Rabelais: a Dramatic Game'' (1985), and ''America at Full Moon'' (1986).

They enjoyed the support of the local community and the theatre community of New York and New Jersey generally. For example, in 1975–1976 the company acknowledged over 120 substantial donors in their program as well as funding from the [[New Jersey State Council]] on the Arts and the [[Rockefeller Brothers Fund]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dukakis (Artistic Director) |first1=Olympia |title=Whole Theatre School |journal=Newsletter |date=Spring 1989 |page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Dukakis (Artistic Director) |first1=Olympia |title=The Whole Theatre Company Bicentennial Season 75-76 |date=1975–76 |publisher=Whole Theatre Company}}</ref><ref name="montclair">{{cite news |last1=Boles |first1=Mark (photos) |title=Whole Theatre Cabaret Night |publisher=The Montclair Times, Montclair, New Jersey |date=13 April 1989}}</ref>

In 1989, Olympia Dukakis was named as the company's Artistic Director. Her two co-directors were Remi Barclay and Gerald Fierst, who were jointly responsible for Education and Outreach.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dukakis (Artistic Director) |first1=Olympia |title=Whole Theatre School Journal=Newsletter |date=Spring 1989 |page=3}}</ref>
In 2018 Brooke Lea Foster of ''[[The New York Times]]'' stated that it was one of several "least suburban of suburbs, each one celebrated by buyers there for its culture and hip factor, as much as the housing stock and sophisticated post-city life."<ref>{{cite web|author=Foster, Brooke Lea|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/realestate/comparing-suburbs-montclair-in-new-jersey-vs-dobbs-ferry-in-new-york.html|title=Comparing Suburbs: Montclair in New Jersey vs. Dobbs Ferry in New York|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2018-02-23|access-date=January 27, 2020|archive-date=February 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227115541/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/realestate/comparing-suburbs-montclair-in-new-jersey-vs-dobbs-ferry-in-new-york.html|url-status=live}}</ref>