Becky Shaw coming to Hackettstown

HACKETTSTOWN — With a professional theater season full of premieres and award winning women playwrights, Centenary Stage Company keeps the ball rolling with Gina Gionfriddo’s hilarious Becky Shaw running Feb. 19 through March 6 in the Lackland Center.

A Pulitzer Prize finalist, Off-Broadway smash hit and now NJ Premiere, Becky Shaw is a comedy from Obie Award-winner Gina Gionfriddo.

Centenary Stage Company’s Becky Shaw is directed by the Tony nominated Lynne Taylor-Corbett. Ms. Taylor — Corbett directed last season’s CSC world premiere of “In the Car with Blossom and Len” and has received Tony Nominations for best director, as well as, best choreographer for Broadway’s “Swing!” Recipient of Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel nominations for Off Broadway productions of “Wanda’s World” and “My Vaudeville Man” her work spans the gamut of theatre, dance, television and film. Ms. Taylor-Corbett has choreographed works for American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, among others. Her works have been featured on “Live from Lincoln Center” and National Public Television. Feature films include “Footloose”, “My Blue Heaven” and “Bewitched”. In 2011, she created a production of Kurt Weill’s “Seven Deadly Sins” for New York City Ballet, with Patti LuPone in the Lotte Lenya role. Her adaptation of “The Lion King” is in its seventh year at Disney’s park in Hong Kong and her production of “Cougar the Musical” is currently playing Off Broadway. Ms. Taylor-Corbett, a proud member of the Society of Directors and Choreographers, co-wrote and directed Good Housekeeping’s benefit for the National Women’s History Museum, featuring Meryl Streep, is on the board of Rosie’s Broadway Kids and has served as a consultant for the Hunger Project.

Performances for Centenary Stage Company’s N.J. premiere of Gina Gionfriddo’s Becky Shaw are Thursdays, Feb. 25 and March 3 at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays, Feb. 19, 26 and March 4 at 8 p.m.; Saturdays, Feb. 20, 27 and March 5 at 8 p.m.; Sundays, Feb. 21, 28 and March 6 at 2 p.m. and Wednesdays, Feb. 24 and March 2 at 2 p.m. Centenary Stage Company is also offering a buffet matinee for the Wednesday, Feb. 24 2 p.m. performance. All performances are located in the Sitnik Theater of the Lackland Center; 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, NJ.

Tickets are $25 for adults on Friday and all matinee performances. Saturday evening performances are $27.50 for adults. Thursday evening performances are $25 for all seats with a 2-for-1 rush ticket special when purchased in person at the CSC box office two hours prior to the performance. Buffet/matinee is $42.50 per person with a minimum of 25 people. To reserve for the buffet/matinee contact the CSC box office directly.

For more information or to purchase tickets visit centenarystageco.org or call the CSC box office at (908) 979 – 0900. The box office is open Monday through Friday from 1–5 p.m. and 2 hours prior to every performance.

The CSC box office is located in the Lackland Center; 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, NJ. Centenary Stage Company can also be found on social media platforms Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.