Centenary Stage Company’s Great Authors Out Loud Series returns with a “Celebration of Shakespeare” through a collection of Shakespeare’s works. This event will celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday and the 400^th anniversary of his first folio. Presented by Anne Occhiogrosso and Randall Duk Kim.

For over 40 years, Randall Duk Kim and Anne Occhiogrosso have devoted their lives to the classical theatre through acting, directing, teaching, commissioning new translations of classical works, and developing a singular approach to classical text interpretation which combines research, training, and productions. This life-long dedication to classical theatre led to their founding the American Players Theatre in Spring Green, WI in 1979 along with their founding partner Charles J. Bright, now deceased. This was the only professional, outdoor classical theatre company with a rotating repertory in America at the time. Under their combined leadership, American Players Theatre received a Tony Award nomination in 1985 for “Outstanding Regional Theatre in America”.

As creators of the Centenary Stage Company series “Great Authors Out Loud”, Kim and Occhiogrosso have offered many readings from a wide variety of authors. Previous events include readings of works by Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, and James Thurber, as well as classical theatre playwrights William Shakespeare, Sophocles, Moliere, Chekhov, and Ibsen. The Great Authors Out Loud series offers education through entertainment and has drawn a loyal and enthusiastic following since 2012.

Centenary Stage Company’s Great Authors Out Loud Series’ “A Celebration of Shakespeare” will take place on Sunday, April 23 at 7 pm in the Kutz Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center at 715 Grand Ave, Hackettstown. This event is free to attend, and advanced reservations require a $5 donation.

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The 2022-23 Season of Performing Arts events at the Centenary Stage Company is made possible through the generous support of the NJ State Council on the Arts, the Shubert Foundation, the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, the Sandra Kupperman Foundation, the John and Margaret Post Foundation, the CSC corporate sponsors, including Platinum Season Sponsor the House of the Good Shepherd, Silver Sponsors Hackettstown Medical Center Atlantic Health System, Heath Village, Visions Federal Credit Union, and Fulton Bank, and Centenary Stage Company members and supporters.