Season Suspended Through June: Centenary Stage Co. March Schedule Includes “Turning,” the Story of Hackettstown Olympian, and More

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Due to the ongoing concern of COVID-19, please check with event coordinators to confirm events are not postponed or canceled.

March is action-packed at Centenary Stage Company.

Centenary University’s all student NEXTstage Repertory and Centenary Stage Company presents Leslye Headland’s “Bachelorette.”Twenty somethings, Regan, Gena and Katie are 10 years out of high school and convening in the luxurious bridal suite of their old friend, Becky, the night before her wedding in New York City. Old fears and unfulfilled desires transform a prenuptial party into a night they will never forget. “Bachelorette”is a wicked black comedy about friendship and growing up in an age of excess. The show will run March 19-23 in the Little Theatre, 400 Jefferson Street, Hackettstown. Tickets range $5-$15 in advance.

Seamus Egan Project is made up of Moira Smiley, Kyle Sanna, Marshall Owen and Seamus Egan. As a multi-instrumentalist, Egan put his mark on the sound of the Irish flute, tenor banjo, guitar, mandolin, tin whistle, and low whistle, among others. As a composer, he was behind the soundtrack for the award-winning film “The Brothers McMullen,” co-wrote Sarah McLachlan’s breakout hit, “Weep Not for the Memories,” and has scored numerous documentaries and indie films since. Egan has been the pre-eminent Irish-American band of their generation for the past 20 years, continuously renewing Irish music with fresh ideas. Seamus Egan Project will perform in the Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center on Saturday, March 21, at 8 pm. Tickets range $20-$32in advance.

Centenary Stage Company will present the world premiere production of Darrah Cloud’s “Turning,” March 26-April 5 in the Edith Kutz Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center. In the heart of 1930s Newark, a group of scrappy young women began to train in backyard gyms for what would become the experience of a lifetime, the controversial 1936 Berlin Olympics.  Inspired by the real-life stories of Ada Lunardoni, Hackettstown resident and member of the first Women’s U.S. Gymnastics team, and her team members, playwright Darrah Cloud weaves their accounts together, with the memoirs of Jesse Owens, bringing to vibrant life this story once lost to history.  “Turning” was developed through Centenary Stage Company’s Women Playwrights Series and in collaboration with the New Jersey Performing Arts Center Stage Exchange and the New Jersey Theatre Alliance. Check centenarystageco.org for pricing.

For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit centenarystageco.org or call the Centenary Stage Company box office at (908) 979-0900. The box office is open Monday through Friday from 1–5 p.m. and two hours prior to every scheduled performance. The box office is located in the Lackland Performing Arts Center at 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, N.J., on the campus of Centenary University.

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