The horror comedy “Alice in Slasherland” brings back Centenary Stage Company’s NEXTStage Repertory from Nov. 4 through Nov. 8 in the Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center of Centenary University at 715 Grand Avenue, Hackettstown.

Qui Nguyen’s horror-comedy features a young Lewis Diaz who accidentally resurrects the soul of a brutally slain girl named Alice and unwittingly unleashes a literal hell on Earth. Now, with every imaginable kind of demon, monster, and killer ravaging his small town, it’s up to Lewis and his newly undead companion to protect his classmates — including longtime crush Margaret — from becoming freshly slaughtered carcasses. With the help of Alice’s trash-talking demonic teddy bear, Lewis races to find a way to close the rift before the devil himself shows up and totally ruins their senior prom.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and children 12 and younger, although because of the mature content, this show is recommended for mature audiences only and viewer discretion is advised. Performances will be Thursday, Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 5 at 8 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 6 at 8 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 7 at 2 p.m., and Monday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. For more information or to purchase tickets call the Centenary Stage Company box office at (908) 979 – 0900 or visit Centenary Stage Company on-line at centenarystageco.org.

Qui Nguyen is a playwright, TV/Film writer, and Co-Founder of the OBIE Award-winning Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company of NYC. Plays include Vietgone, Poor Yella Rednecks, Revenge Song, Krunk Fu Battle Battle, Begets, Trial by Water, and the critically acclaimed Vampire Cowboys productions of She Kills Monsters, Soul Samurai, The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G, Alice in Slasherland, Fight Girl Battle World, and Living Dead in Denmark. For TV/Film, Qui has written for Dispatches from Elsewhere (AMC), The Society (Netflix), Incorporated (SyFy), Peg+CAT (PBS), and Marvel Studios. He’s currently a screenwriter for Walt Disney Animation Studios, and most recently Nguyen co-wrote Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon.

This production is directed by Centenary Stage Company’s Christopher Young, CSC’s General Manager and adjunct professor for the Centenary University Theatre Department. This production features Centenary University students Luis Rodriguez, Emily Kurnides, Kai Vialva, Connor McCrea, Veronica Gaspar, James Brandes, Christopher Rice, Amanda Tossman, and Centenary University alumnus Sydney Fucito.

NEXTstage Repertory is the all-student performance division of Centenary University’s Theatre Department. These productions feature current Centenary University students and alumni. It highlights the close partnership between the professionally producing Centenary Stage Company and the Centenary University Theatre Department.

Centenary Stage Company remains committed to the health and safety of our community and adheres to all requirements set forth by the State of New Jersey. For more information regarding CSC COVID-19 policies and policy updates, visit centenarystageco.org/faq.

The 2021-22 season of performing arts events at the Centenary Stage Company is made possible through the generous support of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, 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, and CSC corporate sponsors, including Platinum Season Sponsor The House of the Good Shepherd, Silver Sponsors Hackettstown Medical Center Atlantic Health System, Home Instead Senior Care (Washington), and Fulton Bank, and Centenary Stage Company members and supporters.