Poundstone to kick off 'Curtain Up' gala

HACKETTSTOWN — The 2018–19 season kicks off with Centenary Stage Company’s annual, celebratory “Curtain Up!” gala on Saturday, Sept. 15 at 8 p.m. in the Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center.
This year’s “Curtain Up!” headliner will feature comedian Paula Poundstone, popular panelist of the #1 rated NPR show “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!” With smart, observational humor and a legendary spontaneous interaction with the crowd, Paula Poundstone is one of our country’s pre-eminent comedians. She improvises with a crowd like a Jazz musician, swinging in unexpected directions without a plan, without a net. Over the years Paula has amassed a list of awards and accolades.
A star of several HBO specials and her own series, “The Paula Poundstone Show” on HBO and ABC, she was the first woman, in its then 73rd year, to perform standup comedy at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. In addition Paula was a special correspondent for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, for the Democratic and Republican conventions, the Inauguration and the Emmy Awards.
Paula is recognized on Comedy Central’s list of ‘The 100 Best Standup Comics of All Time,’ she won an American Comedy Award for Best Female Standup Comic, and she is included in innumerable lists, documentaries and literary compendiums noting influential standup comedians of our time.
Poundstone is also an author. She just released her second book, the critically acclaimed, The Totally Unscientific Study Of The Search For Human Happiness (Algonquin Books). The book landed at #1 on Amazon Best Sellers lists in humor in Hardcover, Audible and CD. The audio book, read by Poundstone, is one of five finalists for Audio Book of the Year.
For more information regarding any of the 2018 – 19 series of events visit centenarystageco.org or call the CSC box office by phone at (908) 979 – 0900. The Centenary Stage Company box office is located in the Lackland Performing Arts Center at 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, NJ in residency on the campus of Centenary University. The box office is open Monday through Friday from 1 – 5pm and two hours prior to every event. Centenary Stage Company can also be found across social media platforms; Facebook, Instagram & Twitter. Like and follow to receive the latest in CSC news and special offers.