The Peanut Butter Theater provided children with lunch and snacks while entertaining them. It specialized in more serious dramas and experimental works. We were just too busy. Once their children were grown and on their own, the Barabases realized something was missing. It is currently being renovated to add additional seating, and an Art Deco facade is also in the works.
Actors perform the plays without sets or costumes, often with the playwright in attendance.
They get to see a brand-new play for the first time and talk to the playwright. Barabas now practices in West Long Branch in partnership with his brother Ronald, and is on the staff of Monmouth Medical Center. He is also the medical director at the Matheny School and Hospital in Peapack, where he works with disabled children.