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NEXTstage Repertory She Kills Monsters

NEXTstage Rep: She Kills Monsters

Nextstage Repertory

March 22 - 25
Kutz Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center

written by Qui Nguyen

A comedic romp into the world of fantasy role-playing games, She Kills Monsters tells the story of Agnes Evans as she leaves her childhood home in Ohio following the death of her teenage sister, Tilly. When Agnes finds Tilly’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook she stumbles into a journey of discovery and action-packed adventure in the imaginary world that was Tilly’s refuge.

Ceilidh An Evening of Irish Music and Dance

Ceilidh: An Evening of Irish Music and Dance

Darrah Carr Dance

Saturday, March 23 at 8PM
Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center

Since 1998, the Bessie Award nominated company Darrah Carr has brought a bold new twist to conventional Irish dance. The programs feature live music and champion Irish step dancers who have garnered awards at numerous competitions on both the national and international circuit.  Special pre-show presentation by An Clar School of Irish Dance!

Introducing John Lloyd Young

Introducing: John Lloyd Young

Saturday, April 6 at 8PM
Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center

Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young originated te role of Frankie Valli in Broadway's Tony Award winning Best Musical and international hit, Jersey Boys. Young's latest concert Introducing: John Llyod Young is a celebration of classic hits from the '50s and '60s presenting in the authentic acoustic style of original rock 'n' roll, Doo-Wop and R&B standards.

Women Playwrights Series-TBA1

Women Playwrights Series 2019

Wednesday, April 10 at 7:30PM
Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center

Selection TBA.

Now in its 27th season, the WPS is a developmental program dedicated to providing a working forum for the unique and underserved voice of women writing for the theatre today. The WPS has helped to develop the work of over 60 playwrights from around the country, producing more than 14 world premieres on the CSC mainstage. Staged readings are followed by a lively discussion with the playwrights and casts.

 

In The News

‘Oedipus Rex’ reading kicks off Centenary Stage Co.’s ‘What Is Truth?’ Series:

Partly as a response to living through a time in history when truth itself is under siege, the Centenary Stage Company is presenting a series called “What Is Truth? And Does It Matter?” It begins with a free staged reading of — and discussion about — Sophocles’ classic tragedy “Oedipus Rex” at the Kutz Theatre at the Lackland Performing Arts Center in Hackettstown Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m. Master classes have already been presented in anticipation of the readings, but are not mandatory.

Future installments of “What Is Truth?,” which is part of the Gates Ferry Lecture Series, will include a staged reading of scenes from Shakespeare’s “King Lear,” Nov. 14 at Lackland’s Sitnik Theatre, and a full production of Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People from Feb. 15 to March 3 at the Sitnik Theatre. The “King Lear” reading will be preceded by a TedX Talk on the subject of “What Is Truth? And Does It Matter?” For more information, visit centenarystageco.org.

The series was conceived and is being led by Randall Duk Kim and Anne Occhiogrosso, who are married, and who have both taught at Centenary University and taken part in Centenary Stage Company productions (in February and March, Kim co-starred in CSC’s “Art,” which was directed by Occhiogrosso).

I recently talked to both of them, by phone, about the series: (READ FULL ARTICLE)

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Centenary Stage Company Receives Grant from Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Centenary Stage Company has received a grant of $20,000 from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation for the 2018 - 19 Season.  The grant will cover general operating expenses during Centenary Stage Company's 2018 - 19 season.

For more than 40 years, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation has nurtured leaders, ideas, and institutions which transcend self interest and promote a sustainable future. We focus on issues critical to our home state of New Jersey, and organizations that have a direct and meaningful impact here.

Working with nonprofit, community, government, and business leaders to imagine a better New Jersey, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation funds Arts, Education, Environment and Informed Communities initiatives that are innovative and promote collaboration and community-driven decision making.

Centenary Stage Company Receives Grant from The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation

Centenary Stage Company received a $12,000 grant from The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation for the 2018 - 19 season.  The grant will support general operating expenses for the 2018-19 season.  With a strong commitment to the advancement of the Arts in New Jersey, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation supports a variety of projects across a broad spectrum of issues.

Centenary Stage Company Receives Grant from The Shubert Foundation

Centenary Stage Company received a $15,000 grant from The Shubert Foundation for the 2018 - 19 season. The grant will support general operating expenses for the 2018 - 19 season. The Shubert Foundation, is dedicated to sustaining and advancing the live performing arts in the United States, with a particular emphasis on theatre and a secondary focus on dance. The Foundation's Board of Directors believes that the most effective way to encourage the artistic process is by providing the general operating support that reinforces the structure that nurtures its development.