 The Prisoner of Second Avenue Oct. 1-17, 2010 Professional Equity Play |
Oct. 2-18, 2009
Professional Equity Theatre Presentation
'Screwball' Comedy Opens
Centenary Stage Company Season!
"Everyone is in love with someone…
just not the right one!"
 Pictured L-R: Amanda Maxfield, Neva Rae Powers, Warren Jackson, Avocado Pitt (back), Laine Bonstein (front in faint) [View Large Copy] |
Money (and the lack of it), love and marriage (or the hope of it) make a tempestuous brew in the Centenary Stage Company’s upcoming production of the comic romp, The Clandestine Marriage, which opens Oct 2 at the Centenary Theatre in Hackettstown, NJ.
Set in the "roaring 20’s," this lively entertainment tells the story of a down-on-his-luck upper-class patriarch, desperate to raise some cash through his nephew’s marriage into a wealthy businessman’s family. Meanwhile the nephew has actually fallen in love with another, a young lady who is in love with a penniless assistant. With an interfering aunt, a jealous sister, a social climbing father, an aging ‘Casanova’ and his calculating nephew, The Clandestine Marriage develops into a wild farce where everyone is in love with someone – just not the right one.
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"Centenary Stage production breathes new life into classic." |
Playwrights
David Garrick and George Coleman
From the Director
Director Carl Wallnau calls The Clandestine Marriage by David Garrick and George Coleman "something
of a neglected masterpiece." With celebrated revivals starring Alaster Sims in 1974 and Nigel Hawthorne
in 1998 and a film starring and produced by Hawthorne with a surprisingly delightful Joan Collins as Mrs Heidleberg,
the play seems to be seldom revived. "This is unfortunate," Wallnau opined, "since the
basic premise is as timely today as when it was written in 1767."
"The play so skewers the pretensions of the upper classes as well as blue bloods," Wallnau s, "as to rival the best screwball comedies of the 1930's, hence our decision to move the play into the "jazz age". This is a play where everybody is in love with someone, just the wrong someone, and the chaos that results from all the misunderstanding gives it the energy and the wit of the "Roaring 20's."
 Pictured L-R: Steven L. Barron, Neva Rae Powers, Amanda Maxfield, Leon Hill (back) , Rachael Goerss (partial), Laine Bonstein, Roland Johnson (in red cap), Nick Ardito (back), Avocado Pitt (back) , Warren Jackson, Not visible on far left Andrew Clateman (behind Steven L. Barron) [View Large Copy] |
The Cast
The cast of The Clandestine Marriage boasts an abundance of New Jersey talent, including CSC favorites
Steve Barron (Metuchen) and Roland Johnson (Leonia) – whom audiences will remember from last season’s
"Laughing Matter," (which was not-coincidentally a play about the life of The Clandestine Marriage author,
David Garrick). Hackettstown actress Neva Rae Powers, recently returned from several years on the European
stage in Austria, will portray Mrs. Heidleburg. Brooklynite newcomer Laine Bonstein (originally from Chester,
NJ) will play Fanny Sterling, and Kevin Sebastian, who recently won "Best Actor" award for his
portrayal in the American Globe Theatre’s New Play Festival, will be seen as John Melvil. Amanda Maxfield
(Oldwick) will play the jealous older sister, Betsy Sterling. Also included in the cast will be Warren Jackson
(Jersey City) as "Lovewell," Andrew Clateman as "Canton,"
Avocado Pitt (Rockaway Twp) as "Betty," Scott C. Avery (Califon, NJ) as "Traverse" and
Leon Hill, Nick Ardito, Jon Bodi, Rachel Goerss and Samantha Santana.
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Schedule
Performances of The Clandestine Marriage, which will run through October 18, will be Thursdays
at 7:30 PM, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM, and Sundays at 2:30 PM, with an additional preview matinee on Friday,
Oct 2 at 2:30 PM, and a Wednesday matinee on Oct 7th at 2:30 PM.
School Matinee / Family Night
As a service to regional schools, a special discounted School Matinee performances will be offered on Oct 13 & 14 (Tues. & Wed) at 10 am, which may be booked through CSC’s Group Sales program. To ensure that theatre remains accessible and affordable to all, every Thursday evening is "Family Night" with two-for-one "rush" tickets available at the door only.
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Wed. Stu.Mat. 10am |
Wed. Mat. 2:30pm |
Thurs. Eve. 7:30pm |
Fri. Mat. 2:30pm |
Fri. Eve. 8pm |
Sat. Eve. 8pm |
Sun. Mat. 2:30pm |
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Tickets
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| Series A Subscription | Includes seven events: all four of the CSC Concerts as well as all three productions in the professional Centenary Stage Company Season | $85.00 |
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| Series C Subscription | Patrons interested exclusively in theatre may select a Series C subscription which includes the three professional Equity Centenary Stage Company productions. | $45.00 |
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| Other Evening Performances: | $20.00 for adults, $17.50 for seniors/students and $15 for children under 12 |
| Matinee showings | $17.50 |
| Thursday (2 for 1 at the door the day of the show only): | $20 |
| Concert / Dance Events | In Advance: New Jersey Ballet $22.50 for adults, $20.00 for seniors/students $17.50 for children under 12 All Other $20.00 for adults, $17.50 for seniors/students $15.00 for children under 12 The at-the-door ticket prices: New Jersey Ballet: $25.00 All Other: $22.50 |
Lackland Performing Arts Center
 Lackland Performing Arts Center scheduled for completion in 2010 |
The Centenary Stage Company and all it’s programs will find a new home with construction the Carol and David Lackland Center, scheduled for completion in Spring, 2010. With a 22,000-square-foot performance space, the facility is destined to become the most sophisticated performing arts venues in northwest New Jersey. The center will include a 500-seat theatre, a black box 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 will be a home for a variety of cultural activity, and will include WNTI, the College’s listener-supported public radio station, CCTV, Centenary’s Comcast-licensed television studio, and gallery space for visual artists.
Named in honor of Carol Burgess Lackland, A Centenary 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. ...more (including photos, progress reports, and 'Tour Lackland with Carl')
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