Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Centre Stage offers Three Great Productions before the Summer!

Plants might not be growing, and the skies might be snowing, but this winter and spring Centre Stage's shows will not be slowing! Penn State's Professional Theatre Training Program will offer three must-see performances during the upcoming months.

HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying centers on a young window-cleaner, J. Pierrepont Finch, who begins a meteoric rise from the mail room to vice president of advertising at the World-Wide Wicket Company. Finch's unorthodox and morally questionable business practices jeopardize not only his career but also his romance with secretary Rosemary Pilkington.

Previews: Feb. 25, 27
Opening Night: Feb. 28
Evenings: March 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Matinee: N/A

Evenings $28; Preview/Matinee $23; Student $15 - Tickets

LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST THE MUSICAL

This musical adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy — filled with romance, revelry and enchanting music — brings together the language of the bard with a fresh contemporary pop-rock score. The King and his best buds decide at their five-year college reunion to swear off the joys of women. But when four cute, clever girls from their past show up, they’re forced to reconsider all of that nonsense! Smart, sexy, outrageous, and irreverent, Love's Labour's Lost is a madcap celebration of true love and coming of age.

Previews: April 1, 3
Opening Night: April 4
Evenings: April 5, 9, 10, 11, 12
Matinee: April 12

Evenings $28; Preview/Matinee $23; Student $15 - Tickets

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

A combination of the well-known stories of Lewis Carroll - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There–this production looks at the indelible themes of change, growth, desire, status, societal rules, and loss of innocence, as we unravel the mystery of the human psyche through a highly physical and metaphoric trip down the rabbit hole.