Darrah Carr Dance joins Centenary Stage Company on Saturday, March 23, to present Ceilidh: An Evening of Irish Music and Dance in the Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center.  The evening’s performance will also include a special pre-show presentation by An Clar School of Irish Dance in Byram.

Darrah Carr Dance, a Bessie Award-Nominated company, brings a bold new twist to conventional Irish dance. Their acclaimed performances draw from Irish music, step dance footwork. and spatial patterns to create high-energy, rhythmically-based work that is accessible to a broad audience. The company is comprised of championship Irish Dancers including Trent Kowalik, Tony Award winner and the original star of Broadway’s Billy Elliot, and Timothy Kochka, a two-time winner of the World Irish Dancing Championships and former member of Riverdance.

Artistic Director Darrah Carr was named one of the “Top 100 Irish Americans of the Year” by Irish America Magazine and was awarded the Irish Heritage Award from the New York City Comptroller Office in recognition of her contribution to the cultural life of New York’s Irish community.

This special performance will be held on Saturday, March 23, at 8 p.m. in the Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $25 for adults and $17.50 for children under 12.

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.