Centenary Stage Co. hosting auditions for 'Ghost Train'

Centenary Stage Company, the professional not-for-profit theatre company in residency, on the campus of Centenary University will hold AEA auditions for the upcoming main stage production of The Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley.

Auditions will be held on Wednesday, September 4 from 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Auditions will be held in the Edith Kutz Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center, located on the campus of Centenary University at 715 Grand Ave.

Auditions are by appointment and interested performers must call the Centenary Stage Company box office at (908) 979 – 0900 to schedule. Walk – ups will be seen on a first come first serve basis as time permits.

Arnold Ridley's classic drama was first produced in 1925 and filmed no less than three times. A long running success in London and on Broadway and packed with thrills, chills and laughter. In Maine near the Canadian border there's a legend of a phantom locomotive sweeping through a peaceful village leaving death in its wake.

Accidentally stranded in the waiting room of this railway station and despite a psychic station master's weird stories of a ghost train, the six passengers decide to stay the night . Soon they regret this decision as ghostly and not so ghostly apparitions materialize and the Ghost train come barreling down the line.

Rehearsals for The Ghost Train begin Sept. 17 with performances running Oct. 4-20 in the Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center. Performances are Wednesdays and Sundays at 2 p.m., Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.