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Centenary Stage Company's Young Audience Series Continues With SHAKE –IT –UP

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The Centenary Stage Company continues its tradition of bringing exciting theater to the youth of Northwest New Jersey and beyond with its Young Audience Series. On Saturday, November 19 at 11am the Young Audience Series returns to the Little Theater on the campus of Centenary University with the works of the most celebrated playwright of all time, William Shakespeare, with Shake It Up Shakespeare: Magic, Mystery & Mayhem.

Shake it Up Shakespeare: Magic, Mystery & Mayhem is a piece of theatre magic for grades 4 and up covering some of his most famous works in an interactive and animated format. Audiences can marvel at the magic of A Midsummer Night's Dream, explore the mystery of the infamous Macbeth, and experience the mayhem of Romeo and Juliet. This show simplifies Shakespearean language in a way that all audiences can understand and exhibits exciting performance techniques in stage combat and classic slapstick comedy that were used in Elizabethan times and are still in practice today.

Tickets are $12.50 for adults and $10.00 for children under 12. The performance is Saturday, November 19th at 11 a.m. in the Little Theater at 400 Jefferson Street in Hackettstown, NJ. This show is recommended for children in grades 4 and up.

For more information or to purchase tickets visit centenarystageco.org or call the box office at (908) 979 - 0900. The CSC box office is located in the Lackland Performing Arts Center at 715 Grand Avenue on the campus of Centenary University. The box office is open Mondaythrough Friday from 1 - 5pm and two hours prior to every performance. Centenary Stage Company can also be found on social media platforms, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Like & follow to stay up - to - date with latest news and CSC happenings.

The 2016-17 season of performing arts events at the Centenary Stage Company is made possible through the generous support of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the NJ State Council on the Arts, the Shubert Foundation, the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, the Sandra Kupperman Foundation, and CSC corporate sponsors, including Premier Season Sponsor Heath Village Retirement Community, Silver Sponsors Hackettstown Medical Center, Home Instead Senior Care (Washington), The Holiday Inn in Budd Lake, and Fulton Bank of New Jersey, and Centenary Stage Company members and supporters.

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