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It's All Done with Mirrors
Black Box Festival
Nov. 17-20, 2011
The Edith Bolte Kutz Theater (Black Box) of the Lackland Center
Professional Equity Theatre Presentation
“This must have been what it was like when Homer spoke to a crowd,” declared Harvard University about the
one man performance of Emmy Award winning stage and screen legend, Anthony Zerbe. Zerbe is scheduled to perform It’s
All Done With Mirrors, based on the life and poetry the modern American author, e.e. cummings, who was a revolutionary
force in modern literature. Performances will take place November 17th through the 20th in the Edith Bolte Kutz Theater
of the new David and Carol Lackland Center in Hackettstown.
Zerbe is a veteran of stage, screen and theatre, having appeared both in classics such as The Omega Man and Cool Hand Luke and contemporary blockbusters, including The Matrix Trilogy. He also starred as Teaspoon Hunter in “The Young Riders” and received an Emmy Award for his performance as Lt. K.C. Trench in the popular series “Harry-O”. He has been artist in residence at several noteworthy theatres across the country, including The Stratford Festival, Arena Stage and The Old Globe, where he played Iago opposite James Earl Jones in Othello. It’s All Done With Mirrors has played at over 100 venues, including the Library of Congress.
Edward Estlin Cummings (e.e. cummings), often ranked among the country’s best love poets, has long been celebrated as one of America’s favorite authors, leading the Modernist Movement in American literature with contemporaries T.S Elliot, William Faulkner, and James Joyce. According to Fred Chappell “He was everything an American poet should be: fiercely independent, unsparingly amorous, joyfully Bohemian, dourly patriotic, engagingly eccentric. He was our kind of genius, self-taught and fearless; he was P.T. Barnum, Charles Ives, Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Armstrong, Robert Goddard, Buster Keaton and Frank Zappa. To some of his contemporaries he appeared lunatic. Now he seems one of the few bright human beings in a world of robots.”
since feeling is first
who pays any attention
to the syntax of things
will never wholly kiss you;wholly to be a fool
while Spring is in the worldmy blood approves,
and kisses are a far better fate
than wisdom
lady i swear by all flowers. Don't cry
-the best gesture of my brain is less than your eyelids' flutter which sayswe are for each other: then
laugh, leaning back in my arms
for life's not a paragraphAnd death i think is no parenthesis
- e.e.cummings Grove Press 100 Selected Poems (1959)
| Nov. 2011 - It's All Done with Mirrors (Black Box Festival) |
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| Thurs. Eve. 7:30pm |
Fri. Mat. 2pm |
Fri. Eve. 8pm |
Sat. Eve. 8pm |
Sun. Mat. 2pm |
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| Centenary Brunch Sundays |
| Starting Sept. 1, 2011, the special Centenary Brunch is again open to the public on Sundays, in the new dining halls of the Lackland Center. Serving from 11-1:30 PM, the brunch includes a traditional Breakfast Buffet, plus a Carving Station, Deli Counter, Luncheon Entrée, and more. The Brunch is priced at only $8.25, and no advance reservations are required. |
About the David and Carol Lackland Center
 Sitnik Theater of the Lackland Performing Arts Center |
The Centenary Stage Company has found its new home with construction the Carol and David Lackland Center (located at 715 Grand Ave, Hackettstown), completed in August, 2010. With a 22,000-square-foot performance space, the facility is the most sophisticated performing arts venues in northwest New Jersey. The center includes a new state-of-the-art 500-seat theatre (Sitnik Theater), a black box theater (The Edith Bolte Kutz ’42 Theater), a dance studio, scene shop, a costume shop, green room and dressing rooms. In addition to housing the theatre, the 68K square foot Lackland Center is home to a variety of cultural activity, and including WNTI, the College's listener-supported public radio station, CCTV, Centenary's Comcast-licensed television studio, and gallery space for visual artists.
Named in honor of Carol Burgess Lackland, A Centenary graduate (Class of 1954), and her husband, David A. Lackland, a Centenary College Trustee, The David and Carol Lackland Center, has been designed to enrich student life and bring new cultural opportunities to northwest New Jersey. ...more (including photos, progress reports, and 'Tour Lackland with Carl')
| Lackland Seating |
| The Edith Bolte Kutz Theater (Blackbox) Seating Open Seating as the theatre configuration will change depending on the event. Parking [Large Map Link] [Print Map Link] |
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Centenary Stage Company is often referred to as "the
best deal in the state." This event can be purchased as a part of
a discounted season subscription purchase. Centenary Stage Company offers several
subscription plans for its season with the mission of making arts affordable
for all Patrons.
While still available, you may choose the following. After an offer expires, remember these discounts for next season!
| Series A Subscription | Includes fourteen events: all seven
of the CSC Concerts as well as all seven productions in the professional Centenary Stage Company Season. Available until
the end of the first season event. (EXCLUDES JAZZ AND GALA) - for those see Golden Flex Pass |
$210.00 | |
| Series B Subscription | 'Lucky Seven' - Allows patrons to choose any seven events
from the CSC subscription season bundled with productions. Available as long as at least seven events remain in the regular
season. (EXCLUDES JAZZ AND GALA) |
$130.00 | |
| Series C Subscription | Patrons interested exclusively in theatre may select a Series C subscription
which includes the seven professional Equity Centenary Stage Company productions.
Available until the end of the first season play. |
$100.00 | |
| Series D Subscription |
Jazz in January Series. Available until the first Jazz in January event has occurred. | $70.00 | |
| Series E Subscription |
Jazz in the Box Series. Available until the first Jazz in the Box event has occurred. | $57.00 | |
| Gala - Larry Miller |
Show and reception advance purchase $50.00 Show only $35.00 advance purchase ($40.00 day of event) |
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| Golden Flex Pass |
Select ANY fourteen events,
including Jazz and Gala (show only). Available as long as at least fourteen events remain in the Centenary Stage Company
full offerings. (INCLUDES JAZZ AND GALA (show only) - make your choices from all events Centenary Stage Company offers) |
$250.00 | |
| Dance Fest Flex Pass |
Includes Lustig, Nai Chen and Dorfman plus classes. Available until the first Dance Fest Flex Pass event has occured. | $35.00 | |
| Black Box Flex Pass |
Includes Radio Theatre, Anthony Zerbe and Parallel Exit. Available until the first Black Box Flex Pass event has occured. | $50.00 | |
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Individual Tickets
Individual Tickets are:
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| Sat. evenings A Christmas Carol |
$25.00 / $22.50* / $15.00** $27.50 / $25.00* / $17.50** |
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| Other Evening Performances: A Christmas Carol |
$22.50 / $20.00* / $15.00** $25.00 / $22.50* / $17.50** |
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| Matinees (Thurs., Fri. and Sun.): A Christmas Carol |
$20.00 all seats (Fri. Preview Mat.: $17.50 all seats) $22.50 all seats (Fri. Preview Mat.: $20.00 all seats) |
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| Plays Thursday (2 for 1 - at the door only) A Christmas Carol |
$22.00 $25.00 |
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| Buffet
Matinees (luncheon and show - available for groups of 20 or more) A Christmas Carol |
$37.50 (Fri. Preview Mat. Buffet: $35.00) $40.00 (Fri. Preview Mat. Buffet: $37.50) |
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| Ballet and A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra At the door Tommy Tune At the door Dance Fest (except Tommy Tune) All others At the door |
$25.00 / $22.50* /$15.00** $30.00 / $25.00* / $20.00** $35.00 $40.00 $15.00 / $10 child under 12 $22.50 / $20.00* /$15.00** $25.00 / $22.50* / $20.00** |
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| Performances at CSC are made possible (and affordable) through the generous support of The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, The New Jersey State Council on the Arts, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, and CSC sponsors and members, including Premiere Sponsors Fulton Bank of New Jersey (formerly Skylands Community Bank) and Heath Village Retirement Community, as well as Hackettstown Regional Medical Center, Mama's Café Baci, and Centenary Stage Company Members and Sponsors. |
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