The Centenary Stage Company will launch its second season in the David and Carol Lackland Center this fall, boasting a 7-play extravaganza of theatrical entertainment.
LIGHT UP THE SKY
By Moss Hart
Directed by CSC Artistic Director, Carl Wallnau
WHEN: September 30 – October 16
WHERE: The Sitnik Theatre in the Lackland Center, 715 Grand Avenue, Hackettstown
Scroll down for TICKET INFORMATION
A backstage drama becomes the stuff of a “sprightly laugh-fest” in wherein a group of New York theatre folks go through their paces with gusto and dramatic temperament as their play moves from hit to flop to “who knows what” in this classic comedy.
The first annual Black Box Festival will include three uniquely theatrical events over three weeks.
THE TIME MACHINE
Performed by RadioTheatre
WHEN: November 3 – 6
WHERE: The experimental space of the Edith Bolte Kutz Theater of the Lackland Center, 715 Grand Avenue, Hackettstown
Scroll down for TICKET INFORMATION
Inspired by the “Pulp Fiction Era” when the genres of Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction and Crime dominated American popular culture, RadioTheatre combines the artistry of the golden years of radio, when sound and storytelling were preeminent, with a dynamic presentational form. London’s Total Magazine stated, “ Of all the treasures of NYC's contemporary avant-garde theatre scene, it is difficult to find a performance art company as innovative yet traditional as RadioTheatre."
EXIT STAGE LEFT
WHEN: November 10-13
WHERE: The experimental space of the Edith Bolte Kutz Theater of the Lackland Center, 715 Grand Avenue, Hackettstown
Scroll down for TICKET INFORMATION
Influences of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin populate the work of the company Parallel Exit, who will perform their comic masterpiece of movement and clowning. Known for works which blend theater, dance and music into works of physical theater that transcend age, language, and cultural barriers, the company was rated 4-stars by Time Out New York.
IT’S ALL DONE WITH MIRRORS
WHEN: November 17 –20
WHERE: The experimental space of the Edith Bolte Kutz Theater of the Lackland Center, 715 Grand Avenue, Hackettstown
Scroll down for TICKET INFORMATION
Emmy Award-winning screen and stage actor Anthony Zerbe comes to CSC to perform his tour-de- force evening with America’s beloved and iconoclastic poet, e.e.cummings. With a long career in television, movies and stage, Zerbe’s major film appearances include roles in “The Turning Point,” “Papillon,” “Cool Hand Luke,” and “License to Kill.” It is said of e.e.cummings that “he was everything an American poet should be: fiercely independent, unsparingly amorous, joyfully Bohemian, dourly patriotic and engagingly eccentric…he was P.T. Barnum, Charles Ives, Frank Lloyd Wright, Buster Keaton, and Frank Zappa [ Fred Chappell].” The performance of It’s All Done with Mirrors has been hailed by Fordham University as “a marriage of great acting and extraordinary poetry.”
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
WHEN: November 25 through December 11
WHERE: The Sitnik Theatre, 715 Grand Avenue, Hackettstown
Scroll down for TICKET INFORMATION
Ebenezer Scrooge comes to Hackettstown this year. With music by Alan Mencken, this adaptation of Dickens’ holiday tale ran for ten years at Madison Square Garden. The production will be directed by Michael Blevins, whose credits include several Broadway productions, as well as his well-known portrayal of “Mark” in Sir Richard Attenborough’s film A Chorus Line.
THE LADIES MAN
WHEN: February 17 – Mar 4, 2012
WHERE: The Sitnik Theatre, 715 Grand Avenue, Hackettstown
Scroll down for TICKET INFORMATION
“One tiny, little hardly noticeable lie” told to cover an innocent but embarrassing indiscretion results in a cascade of increasingly convoluted deceptions and mistaken identities in Charles Morey’s lively adaptation of Georges Feydeau’s farce, “This show has more slamming doors than realistic architecture should ever accommodate!” says CSC Artistic Director Carl Wallnau, who will also perform in the production.
THE UNFORTUNATES
By Aoise Stratford
WHEN: April 13-29
WHERE: Edith Bolte Kutz Theater, 715 Grand Avenue, Hackettstown
Scroll down for TICKET INFORMATION
From CSC’s Women Playwrights Series comes a new work by Aoise Stratford , offering a street-side glimpse into 19th century London, when Jack the Ripper prowled the foggy nights. The infamous tale of “Mary Jane Kelly” comes to life in The Unfortunates when a “working girl” enters a tavern on a cold night in April to escape the dangerous streets of Whitechapel.
TICKETS: $20 - $27.50 may be purchased online at www.centenarystageco.org or by calling the CSC Box office at 908.979.0900. The box office is also open weekdays for ticket sales from 1-5 PM in the Lackland Center at 715 Grand Ave in Hackettstown. A special 7-play season subscription package is available, with flexible date options and savings of over 40%, as well as a “Black Box Flex Pass” which includes all three productions in the November festival for a savings of 33 %.
For patrons interested in dining before a performance, the popular Buffet Matinee Series will be offered for CSC productions, served onsite in the Lackland Center. Door- to- door Transportation Packages are also now available for groups.
Performances at CSC are made possible through the generous support of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the New Jersey State Council for the Arts and CSC members and sponsors.
THE CAROL AND DAVID LACKLAND CENTER
Opened less than one year ago, the David and Carol Lackland Center has helped to made Hackettstown a “cultural destination” with one of the most sophisticated performing arts venue in northwest New Jersey. The center includes a state-of-the-art 500-seat theatre, a black box experimental theater, a dance studio, scene shop, a costume shop, green room and dressing rooms. In addition to housing the theatre, the 68K square foot Lackland Center is home to a variety of cultural activity, including WNTI, the College’s listener-supported public radio station, and CCTV, Centenary’s Comcast-licensed television studio. Named in honor of Carol Burgess Lackland, a Centenary College graduate (Class of 1954), and her husband, David A. Lackland, a Centenary College Trustee, The David and Carol Lackland Center has been designed to enrich student life and bring new cultural opportunities to northwest New Jersey.
