Centenary staging Becky Shaw

"Blithely cynical and devastatingly funny ... Witty observations on the emotional damage inflicted by neurotic people in the name of love ... Gionfriddo is some kind of genius." — Variety.
With a professional theater season full of premieres and award winning women playwrights, Centenary Stage Company keeps the ball rolling with the bitingly hilarious Becky Shaw running Feb.19 through March 6 in the Lackland Center.
A Pulitzer Prize finalist, Off-Broadway smash hit and now in its New Jersey premiere, Becky Shaw is a comedy from Obie Award-winning playwright Gina Gionfriddo.
Centenary Stage Company’s Becky Shaw is directed by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, who has received Tony Nominations for best director and best choreographer for Broadway’s “Swing!” A recipient of Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel nominations for Off-Broadway productions of “Wanda’s World” and “My Vaudeville Man,” she words in theater, dance, television and film.
Becky Shaw features a cast of professional actors from New York City and New Jersey. Returning home to the CSC stage is Alycia M. Kunkle as the financially dependent Suzanna. Making her CSC debut is Suzzane Kimble in the title role. Kimble is an MFA graduate of The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University.
Performances are Thursdays, Feb. 25 and March 3 at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays, Feb. 19, 26 and March 4 at 8.p.m.; Saturdays, Feb. 20, 27 and March 5 at 8 p.m.; Sundays, Feb. 21, 28 and March 6 at 2 p.m.; and Wednesdays, Feb. 24 and March 2 at 2 p.m. Centenary Stage Company is also offering a buffet matinee for the Feb. 24 2 p.m. performance. All performances are in the Sitnik Theater of the Lackland Center, 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown.
Tickets are $25 adults on Friday and all matinee performances. Saturday evening performances are $27.50 for adults. Thursday evening performances are $25 for all seats with a 2two-for-one rspecial when purchased in person at the CSC box office two hours prior to the performance. Buffet/matinee is $42.50 per person with a minimum of 25 people. To reserve for the buffet/matinee, contact the CSC box office directly.
For more information or to purchase tickets visit centenarystageco.org or call the CSC box office at 908-979–0900. The box office is open Monday through Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. and two hours prior to every performance. The CSC box office is located in the Lackland Center; Centenary Stage Company is also on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
The cast of Centenary Stage Company’s NJ premiere of Obie Award-winning playwright Gina Gionfriddo’s hit comedy Becky Shaw, directed by Lynne Taylor Corbett, includes, from left to right, front, Terence MacSweeny as Max, Alycia M. Kunkle as Suzanna and Aaron Matteson as Andrew; back, Suzanne Kimball as Becky. Not shown is Catherine Rust, who plays Susan.