HACKETTSTOWN, NJ (Warren County) — Centenary Stage Company’s NEXTStage Repertory is currently in rehearsals for the spring musical production of The Addams Family.
An original story about every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams has grown up and fallen in love with a young man from a respectable family – a man her parents have never met. If that wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before – keep a secret from his wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents.
The production is co-directed by Carl Wallnau and Lea Antolini Lid. Wallnau serves as the Theatre Department Chair at Centenary University and the Artistic Director for CSC. He has appeared onstage and directed numerous times at CSC, most recently seen in the production of The Ladykillers. Antolini Lid is the Assistant Professor of Theater & Dance as well as the director of CSC’s Young Audience Series Tour, and the producer/director of the NEXTstage Rep. Summer Stock Musical Series. Most recently, Lea directed RENT in the summer of 2022, as well as the YAS production of Frog & Toad at CSC this past fall and was seen onstage as the Stepmother in Cinderella. The cast features students of Centenary University’s Theatre program: Cody Jackson, Amanda Ackerman, Olivia Tomlin, Jeremy Ashton, Mark Squindo, Zachary Orr, Audrey Jantzen, Emily Kurnides, James Brandes, Jaii Freeman, Connor McCrea, Tyler McGeough, Kai Vialva, Ivy Hudson, Nastasja Roman, Robert Costa, Christopher Rice, Kylie Smith, Osaivbie Igiebor, Kayleigh Pitts, Michaela Thiessen, Jordan Sievert, Malakii Layton, Lindsey Kazar, Sofia Salaman, Kayla Yepez, Marcelle Mendiburu, Madison Rhine, Kamirah Owens, Alexandra Koch, Claire Finegan, Kaitlyn Holmes, Ray Salerno, and Veronica Gaspar.
Centenary University’s NEXTstage Repertory is the all-student performance division highlighting the close partnership between the professionally producing Centenary Stage Company and Centenary University’s Theatre Department. Under the guidance and direction of Centenary University faculty and Centenary Stage Company staff, all NEXTstage Repertory productions immerse Centenary University students in every aspect of production.
From performance to design, NEXTstage Repertory productions serve as a greenhouse for cultivating the next generation of theatre artists by providing students with the opportunity for practical application while adhering to the professional standard of the Centenary Stage Company.
Tickets for The Addams Family are $22.50 for adults and $10.00 for students and children under 12. Performances will take place Thursdays, April 20 and 27 at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays, April 21 and 28 at 8:00 p.m.; Saturdays, April 22 and 29 at 8:00 p.m.; and Sundays, April 23 and 30 at 2:00 p.m. Performances will take place in the Sitnik Theatre located in the Lackland Performing Arts Center of the Centenary University campus at 715 Grand Avenue in Hackettstown.
For more information or to reserve tickets, visit centenarystageco.org or call the Centenary Stage Company box office at 908-979-0900. The Centenary Stage Company box office is open Monday through Friday from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. and two hours prior to performances. The box office is located in the Lackland Performing Arts Center on the campus of Centenary University at 715 Grand Ave. in Hackettstown.
