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Professional Equity Theatre Presentation
 Loose Knit - Centenary Stage Company Professional Equity Play performing Feb. 19 - Mar. 7, 2070 (Closer View - arrow through additional production photos) |
'I would have to say it's like "Sex and the City" meets Martha Stewart!' Associate Producer Catherine Rust said about Theresa Rebeck's play "Loose Knit," which will open at the Centenary Stage Company in Hackettstown on February 19 and run through Mar 7.
| "A heady blend of Noel Coward and Wendy Wasserstein..." ~ "Loose Knit
has enough crackle to qualify as one on the smarter comedy of manners to be seen in New York" - Stephen Holden NY Times |
About the Play
Once a week in New York five women gather to knit, and as the sweaters pile up, their lives begin to come apart, as they ask the question, "Do we really need the opposite sex to make our lives work?" Lily is the perfect hostess and mother; Liz, a celebrity journalist who hates the liars she's forced to interview; Paula, a psychologist who wonders who she really helps; Margie, a caterer, is looking for love and all lawyer Gina wants to do is knit. With the addition of Bob, Lily's husband, and millionaire capitalist named Miles, and the group begins to unravel with both humorous and compelling results and revelations.
| Reviews |
| "'Loose Knit' is a hit" "...it was terrific." "Nicely staged, excellent cast and Rebeck’s a great writer. She makes you think as hard as you laugh." - WILLIAM WESTHOVEN Daily Record [Full Review] (Posted to William Westhoven's Blog) "Thanks to Schmidt’s intelligent direction, the play moves along at a bright clip, with many laughs along the way." "The performances are uniformly excellent, with Sosa, Davis and Cherkas having scene-stealing turns." "Steele’s Miles is brilliantly repulsive. (Think of Michael Douglas in the movie "Wall Street.") "'Loose Knit' provides plenty to think about and talk about." - SHEILA ABRAMS Recorder Publishing [Full Review] "The professional Centenary Stage Company has nailed its last main-stage production of the season." "Guest director Mary Ethel Schmidt has assembled another terrific cast for 'Loose Knit,'" "...Theresa Rebeck's wickedly funny black comedy that presents another extended dysfunctional family." - WILLIAM WESTHOVEN Daily Record (2nd Review) [Full Review] |
Directed by: Mary Ethel Schmidt
About the Playwright - Theresa Rebeck
Playwright Theresa Rebeck's plays have been produced throughout the United States and abroad, with her most recent New York productions being "The Understudy" this fall at the Roundabout Theatre and the 2007 critically acclaimed Broadway production of her play "Mauritius". In television, Rebeck has written for L.A. Law, American Dreamer, First Wave and Third Watch, as well as serving as writer/producer for Law and Order Criminal Intent and NYPD Blue. Her awards include the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award, the Writers Guild of America award for Episodic Drama, and the prestigious Peabody Award, for her work on NYPD Blue.
"I think theater is such a delight," Rebeck said in a recent interview with The L Magazine, " even when it's tragic, there's something so beautiful and energizing about that experience. And it's intellectually provoking and emotionally and spiritually provoking." She describes her characters as "... fighters," and goes on to say, "You know I think that I am a populist... Why would you create a world where the audience that's been invited in can't participate? My experience is that audiences are moved by people striving for something."
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Cast
"Loose Knit" features performers Jay Gaussoin (Long Valley), Diana Cherkas (Jersey City), Heather Wahl (Jersey City),
Jenelle Sosa (Jersey City), Lou Steele (Astoria), Megan Davis (Hackettstown), and Jessica Fontaine (Brooklyn).
Schedule
Performances of "Loose Knit which will run through March 7th, will be Thursdays at 7:30 PM, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM, and Wednesdays and Sundays at 2:30 PM, with an additional preview matinee on Friday, Feb. 19 at 2:30 PM.
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| Wed. Mat. 2:30pm |
Thurs. Eve. 7:30pm |
Fri. Mat. 2:30pm |
Fri. Eve. 8pm |
Sat. Eve. 8pm |
Sun. Mat. 2:30pm |
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Tickets
Ticket prices for the Centenary Stage Company performances range in price from $17.50 for matinees to $22.50 for Saturday
evening performances, with discounts for seniors and students. A Luncheon Buffet option is available for groups for matinee
performances, as well as Transportation Packages. To ensure that theatre remains accessible and affordable to all, every Thursday
evening is "Family Night" with two-for-one "rush" tickets available at the door only.
Tickets may be purchased through the CSC Box office at 908-979-0900 and online using our Secure Online Ticketing system.
Individual Tickets are:
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| Saturday: | $22.50 for adults, $17.50 for
seniors/students and $15 for children under 12 |
| Friday | $20.00 for adults, $17.50 for seniors/students and $15 for children under 12 |
| Other Evening Performances: | $20.00 for adults, $17.50 for seniors/students and $15 for children under 12 |
| Matinee showings | $17.50 |
| Thursday (2 for 1 at the door the day of the show only): | $20 |
| Concert / Dance Events | In Advance: New Jersey Ballet $22.50 for adults, $20.00 for seniors/students $17.50 for children under 12 All Other $20.00 for adults, $17.50 for seniors/students $15.00 for children under 12 The at-the-door ticket prices: New Jersey Ballet: $25.00 All Other: $22.50 |
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')
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