THE MOUSETRAP
By Agatha Christie
Directed by Carl Wallnau
WHEN: October 5-21; Thursdays at 7:30 PM, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM. There are 2 PM matinées Wednesdays October 10 and 17 and for the Preview Performance on Friday, October 5 at 2 PM.
WHERE: Sitnik Theatre, Lackland Center, 715 Grand Ave., Hackettstown (on the Centenary College campus)
TICKETS: $17.50 to 27.50 with discounts for students and seniors. Every Thursday night is “Family Night,” which offers a 2-for-1 rush ticket price when purchased at the door
To purchase tickets or to find more information on any of the events listed, visit www.centenarystageco.org or call the box office at 908.979.0900.
Broadway veterans and an Emmy winning designer create a world of murder and mystery on the Centenary Stage. This year celebrates the 60th anniversary of the longest running show of the modern era, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap. Since its opening in 1952 on the West End of London’s theatre district, this classic has had more than 10 million patrons try to solve the mystery. On the first ever performance, The Daily Telegraph called it ''the cleverest murder mystery ever written for the British theater.'' Today, critics the world over are still raving about this masterpiece written by one of the greatest crime writers of all time.
The cast features Kathleen Huber playing the part of Mrs. Boyle. Bringing to life the character of Major Metcalf is Broadway veteran Alan Coates. David Edwards is bringing his numerous talents to the Centenary Stage to play Mr. Paravicini. Kevin Sebastian (Currently Jersey City, Hometown Hazlet) as Detective Sergeant Trotter is returning to the Centenary Stage after appearing as Sir John Melvil in The Clandestine Marriage in 2009.
The cast also includes Megan Davis (Hackettstown) and Jon Mulhearn (Pennsylvania) playing Mollie and Giles Ralston, respectively. Thomas Leverton, playing Christopher Wren, has worked with American Theatre of Actors in New York and regionally with Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre, playing Peter in Peter Pan. And Miss Casewell is being played by Ashley Kowzun (Kenvil).
The David and Carol Lackland Center’ Sitnik Theatre is being transformed by Emmy Award-winning set designer Bob Phillips.
The Centenary Stage Company is a not-for-profit professional equity theatre, in residence at Centenary College, dedicated to serving as a cultural resource for audiences of the Skylands Region with professional music, theatre and dance events and arts education programs throughout the year. Performances at the Centenary Stage Company are made possible through the visionary support of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the NJ State Council on the Arts, and CSC members, friends and sponsors, including Premier Sponsor Heath Village, Silver Sponsors Hackettstown Regional Medical Center and The Holiday Inn, and Series sponsors, Fulton Bank, Mamas and Café Bacci, and Restaurant Village in Long Valley.
