Playwright Freyda Thomas to Speak at Centenary Stage's THE LEARNED LADIES

Playwright Freyda Thomas will travel to Hackettstown to join the cast and artistic team of the Centenary Stage Company on Sunday, Oct 8 for a special "talk back" with the audience following the matinee performance of the comedy "The Learned Ladies" which Thomas adapted from Moliere's original.

Ms. Thomas has been, at one time or another in her life, an actor, a college professor, a singer, a big band vocalist, a high school teacher, a secretary, and a playwright. Thomas's contemporary adaptation of "The Learned Ladies" had its world premiere at CSC Repertory Theatre in New York in 1991, starring Jean Stapleton, who reprised the lead role in another performance at ACT San Francisco in 1993. Thomas's modern adaptation of Moliere's most famous work, TARTUFFE, became TARTUFFE: BORN AGAIN, and was produced on Broadway in 1996, and published by Samuel French. Additional adaptions included SCHOOL FOR WIVES (into SCHOOL FOR TROPHY WIVES), THE MISER, as well as a French play, LE JOUEUR ( into THE GAMESTER), which had its world premiere at followed by a production at ACT in San Francisco.

The professional Centenary Stage Company of "The Learned Ladies" runs from Oct 6 - 22 , featuring a talented cast with many Broadway and regional credits to their names. The production is directed by CSC Artistic Director Carl Wallnau, who has won numerous awards for his comedic direction.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit centenarystageco.org or call the Centenary Stage Company box office at (908) 979 - 0900. The box office is located in the Lackland Performing Arts Center at 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, NJ. The box office is open Monday through Friday from 1 - 5 pm and two hours prior to each performance.

The 2017-2018 season of Theatre at CSC is sponsored by The House of the Good Shepherd. The Season Producer of the Centenary Stage Company performing arts series is Heath Village. All events at Centenary Stage Company are 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 Hackettstown Medical Center, Home Instead Senior Care (Washington), and Fulton Bank of New Jersey, and Centenary Stage Company members and supporters.