CSC Young Performers Bring More Holiday Fun to Hackettstown

Narnia The Musical    Meet Me In St. Louis   Count To Ten

Young Performers Workshop perform Count To Ten

The Centenary Stage Company’s Young Performer’s Workshop Winter Festival of culminates in a festival of musical family favorites. This year’s selections will include Narnia: The Musical, Meet Me in St. Louis, and the tap extravaganza Count to Ten. The Winter Festival of Shows will run December 10th through the 18th at the Centenary Little Theatre in Hackettstown.

Narnia The Musical
Based on C.S. Lewis’ Book The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
Book by Jules Tasca, Music by Thomas Tierney, Lyrics by Ted Drachman

Narnia The Musical is based on C.S. Lewis’ classic tale of four English school children who become caught up in an epic battle between good and evil.  Joining Aslan the great lion in a war against the White Witch, they learn valuable lessons in courage, heroism; unselfishness and wisdom that hill help them grow into compassionate adults.

Dates/Times:
Saturday, December 10 @ 1pm
Sunday, December 11 @ 7:30pm
Saturday, December 17 @ 4pm
Sunday, December 18 @ 1pm

Meet Me In St. Louis
Book by Hugh Wheeler, Music & Lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane

In Meet Me In ST. Louis, join the Smith family at the 1904 World's Fair, and see how their love and respect for each other is tempered with the genuine humor that can only be generated by such a special family. Memorable musical numbers include The Boy Next Door, A Raving Beauty, The Trolley Song, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Whenever I'm with You and A Day in New York.

Dates/Times:
Saturday December 10 @ 4pm
Friday, December 16 @ 8pm
Saturday, December 17 @ 1pm
Sunday, December 18 @ 4pm

Count To Ten
Book by Michael Blevins
Music by Michael Blevins, Scott Knipe, Bruce Sacks, and David Wollenberger
Lyrics by Michael Blevins and Beth Clary

In Count to Ten, a tap-dancing writer's Broadway ambitions are thwarted because his new musical lacks a real love story. Forced to develop the show at a performing arts camp full of spoiled, rich, and in some cases neglected stars of tomorrow, he finds he can no longer tap-dance around his issues and succumbs to the true call of his heart. Count to Ten is a new all-dancing musical everyone can tap into.

Sunday, December 11 @ 5PM
Saturday, December 17 @ 8PM
Sunday, December 18 @ 7PM

A Christmas Carol The Musical
In continuing the tradition of CSC’s 2010’s musical production of Oliver!, the Centenary Stage Company production of A Christmas Carol, The Musical celebrates all the theatre programs of the Centenary Stage and will include a number of Young Performers in its production, including YPW performer Andrew Nussbaum as Tiny Tim. "A tonic for adults and children…a transfixing journey," hails the New York Times about the show that ran in Madison Square Garden for ten years. It features a cast of 65 local and professional actors. The production details and photos may be viewed on this Website on the A Christmas Carol The Musical event page. It takes place in the Sitnik Theater of the Lackland Center.

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Program Director
Led by Broadway, film and television veteran Michael Blevins the YPW is an intensive professional theatre training camp for young people, featuring concentrated training by a professional staff in the disciplines of acting, voice, tap and theatre dance.

Young Performers Workshop Program
The YPW is part of the educational arm of the professional Centenary Performing Arts Guild, offering conservatory style theatre training for young people ages 8-18 in three sessions each year. Led by Broadway (Tap Dance Kid), Film (A Chorus Line) and TV (Tony Awards) veteran Michael Blevins, the Young Performers Workshop is now in its thirteenth year and has been hailed by the Star Ledger as “the best kids troupe around.

For more information about the YPW Festival of Shows or Registration for the YPW Spring Session, contact the Centenary Performing Arts Guild at 908-979-0900 or visit the YPW Program page.

Schedule                        Print Schedule
Group reservations can be made through the CPAG box office, and the
special student ticket price is $6.50 for those performances.

Tickets

Tickets will also be available at the door on the day of the performances.

YPW Program Description / Photo                                              
     Directory Of Young Performers Workshop: Michael Blevins        

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