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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

SHOES, FOOD and THE ROMANIAN MOB IN THERESA REBECK’s “BAD DATES” at CENTENARY STAGE

csc logoBad Dates
By Theresa Rebeck
Directed by Carl Wallnau

WHEN: February 18–March 6, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM, Sundays at 2:30 PM, Thursdays at 7:30 PM, with additional matinee performances on Friday, February 18, at 2:30 PM (Preview), and Wednesday, February 23, and March 2 at 2:30 PM 
WHERE:
Centenary Stage Company in the new David and Carol Lackland Center in Hackettstown
TICKETS: $20–$25, with special discounts for seniors, students and groups. A special tradition locally for the economically-minded, Thursday evenings at CSC are “Family Nights” with two-for-one ‘rush’ ticket prices available at the door on the evening of the performance. Tickets are available online at www.centenarystageco.org, and at the CSC box office 908.979.0900, Monday through Friday, from 1-5 PM. 

In Bad Dates, transplanted Texan Haley Walker tries to balance the pressures that come with her new career as a fashionable New York City restaurateur, raising a teenage daughter and the too-close-for- comfort relationship with the Romanian mob, all while never neglecting the opportunity to always find the perfect pair of shoes. Chanel, Jimmy Choo, and Blahnik all are represented, as Haley journeys through a motley array of suitors, looking for the man who will fit her like a great pair of shoes.  

Bad Dates stars Broadway veteran Liz McConahay Wanfried, whose Broadway credits include The Full Monty (Estelle), Cabaret (Fraulein Kost), and Titanic (Alice Beane), and she has appeared in numerous commercials and television episodes, as well as the CSC World Premiere of Neena Beber’s The Dew Point.   

BRUNCH:  A special Centenary Brunch is now open to the public on Sundays,  in the new dining halls of the Lackland Center. Serving from 11-1:30 PM, the brunch includes a traditional Breakfast Buffet, plus a Carving Station, Deli Counter, Luncheon Entrée, and  is priced at only $8, with no  advance reservations required. Luncheon Buffets are available through CSC for weekday matinee performances for groups of 20 or more.

Performances at CSC are made possible through the generous support of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the New Jersey State Council for the Arts, Heath Village Retirement Community (the CSC Platinum Sponsor), Panther Valley Pharmacy, Skylands Community Bank, Helga and Ed Coyne, Hackettstown Regional Medical Center, The Residence Inn- Marriott Mt Olive,  and CSC members and sponsors.