The Centenary Stage Company continues their tradition of nurturing young artists and proudly presents the Young Performers Workshop Winter Festival of Shows. The 2019/2020 winter productions include “Anything Goes,” “George M,” and “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.”

The productions will run from Dec. 14through Dec. 22. All shows will take place in the Little Theatre, located on the campus of Centenary University at 400 Jefferson Street in Hackettstown.

The Centenary Young Performers Workshop is a professional musical theatre training program for young people ages 8-18. The program is one of the few in the state that offers both formal training and production experience for young people.

“Anything Goes” presents the story of the S. S. American as it sails between New York and England with an assemblage of passengers: Reno Sweeney, a popular nightclub singer and former evangelist, her pal Billy Crocker, a lovelorn Wall Street broker who has come aboard to try to win the favor of his beloved Hope Harcourt (who is engaged to another passenger, Sir Evelyn Oakleigh) and a second-rate conman named Moonface Martin, aka “Public Enemy #13.” Song, dance and farcical antics ensue as Reno and Moonface try to help Billy win the love of his life. Performances for “Anything Goes” are Saturdays, Dec. 14, at 5 p.m., and Dec. 21 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 22. at 4 p.m.

“George M”tells the story of the singer-dancer-actor George M. Cohan’s life in show business with his show-business family starting in the late 1880s to 1937. The story takes George from working with his parents (Jerry and Ethel) and sister (Josie) in vaudeville as The Four Cohans to his Broadway endeavors. Performances are Sundays, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 22 at 1 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 21, at 5 p.m.

“How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”is a story about the triumph of the common man amid the buffoonery of big business. When an ambitious window washer named J. Pierrepont Finch happens upon a book entitled “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” he decides to begin his rise up the corporate ladder. With the book’s instructions and a dose of his own cleverness, he quickly gains promotions and outsmarts his scheming, sniveling rival Frump — who also happens to be the boss’s nephew — until finally reaching the very top of the organization. Performances are Sundays, Dec. 15, at 5 p.m., Dec. 22, at 7 p.m. and Friday, Dec. 20, at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 21, at 2 p.m.

Tickets for all shows are $12.50 for adults and $10 for children under 12.

For more information or to purchase tickets, 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 all performances at the performance location. The Centenary Stage Company box office is located in the Lackland Performing Arts Center on the campus of Centenary University at 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown.

Centenary Stage Company’s Young Performers Workshop Winter Festival of Shows is sponsored in part by Panther Valley Pharmacy and Gifts.