At Montclair’s Vanguard Theater, Broadway Veteran Fosters Fresh, Inclusive Storytelling

Janeece Freeman Clark, as a kid growing up in Michigan, had a lot of energy. In middle school, she found an outlet for that energy in the theater. “It very quickly became my home, like my safe space,” she says.

Clark ending up making it her life’s work. She is the founding artistic director of Montclair’s Vanguard Theater, which is celebrating its 11th year as a professional…