Love Letters (Feb. 8 – 17)
Love Letters
Feb. 8 – Feb. 17
Fridays & Saturdays at 7PM.
Sundays at 2:30PM.
Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and Melissa Gardner, both born to wealth and position, are childhood friends whose lifelong correspondence begins with birthday party thank-you notes and summer camp postcards. Romantically drawn to one another, they continue to exchange letters throughout their lives and life lessons and loves and separations — remaining as spiritually close as only true lovers can. The perfect Valentine’s month outing, Love Letters reminds us of love in its purest and most complicated composition.
Featuring Daniel Becker, Barbara-Jo Howard, John Leonard and Catherine Maloney. Mr. Becker and Ms. Howard are paired for two performances, as are Mr. Leonard and Ms. Maloney. On Sundays, they switch partners.
Run time is 1:45
Ticket Info
Tickets can be purchased online, over the phone, or at the door. If you plan on paying at the door, we recommend you call ahead to make a reservation as we cannot guarantee a seat without one.
General Admission: $25, Students: $12
Dinner & Theater: $69. Includes 3 course dinner, tax, gratuity and a ticket to the show. Offered at two restaurants:
1) The Plaza Cafe (631-283-9323), located at 61 Hill St., Southampton,
2) Claude’s at the Southampton Inn (631-283-1166), located at 91 Hill St., Southampton. Guests who purchase this dinner & theater package can reserve a hotel room for $100 (excludes tax and gratuity). The price includes breakfast for two on the morning of checkout.
Purchase the package that corresponds with the restaurant you wish to dine at. After purchasing your package, please call the restaurant to make a reservation.
Brunch & Theater: Available on Sundays. Offered at two restaurants:
1) Fellingham’s (631-283-9417), located at 17 Cameron St., Southampton. $45 for adults, $32 for students under 21. Includes brunch and a mimosa, tax, gratuity and admission to show.
2) Claude’s at the Southampton Inn (631-283-1166), located at 91 Hill St., Southampton. $55. Includes tax, gratuity, and admission to show.
Purchase the package that corresponds with the restaurant you wish to dine at. After purchasing your package, please call the restaurant to make a reservation.
Reasons to be Pretty (Jan. 11 – 27)
Reasons to be Pretty
Jan. 11 – Jan. 27
Thursdays – Saturdays at 7PM.
Sundays at 2:30PM.
A new year begins with a modern tale on the importance (or not) of physical beauty – Neil LaBute’s, Reasons to be Pretty. Performances are January 11 through January 27. Joan Bennett Lyons directs.
*Contains adult themes and strong language*
Ticket Info
General Admission: $25, Students: $12
Dinner & Theater: $69. Includes 3 course dinner, tax, gratuity and a ticket to the show.
Offered at two restaurants: 1) The Plaza Cafe (631-283-9323), located at 61 Hill St., Southampton, 2) Claude’s at the Southampton Inn (631-283-1166), located at 91 Hill St., Southampton.
Purchase the package that corresponds with the restaurant you wish to dine at. After purchasing your package, please call the restaurant to make a reservation.
Brunch & Theater: Available on Sundays. Offered at two restaurants:
1) Fellingham’s (631-283-9417), located at 17 Cameron St., Southampton. $45 for adults, $32 for students under 21. Includes brunch and a mimosa, tax, gratuity and admission to show.
2) Claude’s at the Southampton Inn (631-283-1166), located at 91 Hill St., Southampton. $55. Includes tax, gratuity, and admission to show.
Purchase the package that corresponds with the restaurant you wish to dine at. After purchasing your package, please call the restaurant to make a reservation.
Tickets can be purchased online, over the phone, or at the door. If you plan on paying at the door, we recommend you call ahead to make a reservation as we cannot guarantee a seat without one.
Auditions for Reasons to be Pretty (Oct. 22 & 23)
Center Stage at Southampton Cultural Center to Hold Open Auditions for Neil LaBute’s Reasons to be Pretty.
Center Stage at Southampton Cultural Center will hold open auditions for the Neil Labute’s Reasons to be Pretty on Monday, October 22 and Tuesday, October 23 at 6:00 PM at the Southampton Cultural Center.
Auditions begin promptly at these times. Late arrivals will be seen at the discretion of the directors. Readings from the script will occur. Sides will be provided.
Joan M. Lyons directs.
When Greg makes a seemingly harmless comment about his girlfriend Steph’s “regular” looking face, the information gets back to Steph and sends their relationship over the deep end. Greg’s life spirals out of control when Steph leaves him, and he has to come to terms with what he has said. Greg’s best friend Kent is married to Steph’s best friend Carly, and when things start collapsing in Steph and Greg’s life, Carly and Kent are pulled in for the ride. We see Greg, Steph, Carly and Kent deal with the pressures of what it means to be ‘pretty’, and observe how the four friends manage the infidelity, betrayal and deceit that creeps into their lives.
Characters:
Greg – Male, late 20’s to 30’s: works as an overnight stocker in a big-box warehouse, lives with Steph; ordinary, decent, sweet with sense of humor, bookworm, not career driven, has a good sense of justice
Steph – This role has been cast
Kent – Male, late 20’s to 30’s: athletic, attractive, macho and childish with a locker room mentality, a hothead and jealous with a roving eye, works with Greg in the warehouse stockroom, married to Carly, can be a good friend if things don’t get too complicated
Carly – Female, late 20’s to 30’s : pretty, works as a security guard in the warehouse, a job she landed because she was pretty but has no aptitude for it, afraid that her life will always be defined by the way she looks, married to Kent and the stakes go up when she finds out she’s pregnant, sincere, honest and tries to be a good friend
Performances will begin on January 11, 2019 and run through January 27, 2019.
Most rehearsals are scheduled Mondays through Thursdays in the evening with weekend rehearsals just prior to show opening. For further information, contact Joan Lyons at [email protected]
Open Auditions for Meet Me in St. Louis (Oct. 2 – 3)
Center Stage at Southampton Cultural Center to Hold Open Auditions for the Long Island premiere of Joe Landry’s Meet Me in St. Louis: A Live Radio Play
Center Stage at Southampton Cultural Center will hold open auditions for the Long Island premiere of Joe Landry’s Meet Me in St. Louis: A Live Radio Play on Tuesday, October 2nd and Wednesday, October 3rd at 6:00 PM in Southampton Cultural Center’s Veterans Hall.
Auditions begin promptly at these times. Late arrivals will be seen at the discretion of the directors. Vocal and dance audition required. Readings from the script will also occur. Sides will be provided.
Michael Disher directs. Amanda Jones musically directs. Alyssa Kelly choreographs.
Performances will begin on November 23rd, 2018 and run through December 9th, 2018.
Landry’s radio play is adapted from the book by Hugh Wheeler.
“I am thrilled to be continuing this holiday tradition of presenting Joe’s timeless and humbling nostalgic whispers of gentler times,” said Disher. “Featuring our greatest technology – imagination, Joe effortlessly transports us through sounds and spoken word. And in this case, with a familiar score, to boot.”
Based on The Kensington Stories by Sally Benson and the MGM motion picture Meet Me In St. Louis, starring Judy Garland, Meet Me In St. Louis: A Live Radio Play features songs by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blaine, including the classics “The Boy Next Door,” “Skip To My Lou,” “The Trolley Song,” “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” and “Meet Me in St. Louis.”
Casting is flexible. Actors must cover several roles, so vocal dexterity is required. The available roles to be covered are:
- MR. ALONZO SMITH, fortyish, father and lawyer
- GRANDPA PROPHATER, Mrs. Smith’s father, a Civil War veteran
- MOTORMAN, trolley car driver
- CLINTON BADGER, an awkward, bumbling young man
- ESTHER SMITH, lively and attractive daughter; about seventeen
- TOOTIE SMITH, a bright six-year-old girl
- KATIE, the Smith family cook and housemaid, Irish
- EVE, Lon’s date at his going-away party
- LUCILLE BALLARD, a sophisticated and charming young lady seventeen – twenty.
- MR. NEELY, the iceman
- JOHN TRUITT, handsome, athletic boy next door; about nineteen
- GLENNIE, a friend of Tootie’s
- MR. BRAUKOFF, a gruff neighbor with an accent
- BUTCH POPKIN, who performs live sound effects and plays THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST
- LON SMITH, good-looking nineteen-year-old Princeton freshman
- WARREN SHEFFIELD, Rose’s suitor, an eligible twenty year old man from a rich family
- PEEWEE DRUMMOND, an awkward, bumbling young man
- ROSE SMITH, beautiful and chic daughter; about eighteen
- MRS. ANNA SMITH, fortyish, good and loving mother
- GEORGIA LEONARD, the pianist THIS ROLE HAS BEEN CAST
Those auditioning should prepare 16-32 measures of Broadway standard, suitable clothing and shoes for a dance audition and a flexible schedule. Most rehearsals are scheduled
Center Stage Annual Appeal
Center Stage Annual Appeal
Please designate your donation to “Center Stage”.
If you’d like to send a check by mail, please address it to: SCC/Center Stage, PO Box 5008, Southampton, NY 11969.
Last year I wrote to you about you – your value, your attendance, your support and your generosity. None of which was taken for granted, for with you, Center Stage presented its 10th and most successful season to date.
Together, we did it. Three simple words that collectively embraced actors, designers, ushers, volunteers, painters, costumers, caterers, audience members, supporters and donors. Together, we assembled quite a formidable group. WE are a vocal and visual community. WE are fundamental to the artistic landscape here. WE make a better community, because this is our community. WE live here. And WE are stronger for it.
At Southampton Cultural Center (an active 501c3), Center Stage is committed to presenting an exciting and eclectic array of beloved classics, contemporary voices, timeless musicals, intriguing new works and premieres in the Levitas Center for the Arts. Under the direction of Michael Disher and Joan Bennett Lyons, Center Stage is an integral part of Southampton Village’s new Arts District.
This requires financial support. One hundred percent of your generous and tax-deductible donation will support Center Stage’s upcoming season. Your donation allows us to uphold our standard of excellence. Won’t you join us in our continued commitment to theatre in and by our community?
Center Stage Announces 2018-2019 Season
Celebrated musicals, timeless associations, thought-provoking drama and an eye-popping feel good event prevail as Southampton Cultural Center/Center Stage reveals its eleventh season of plays, musicals, premieres and innovative and creative programming and productions.
Opening the season and kicking off the holiday season, the Long Island premiere of Joe Landry’s radio version of Meet Me in St. Louis will be performed November 23 through December 9. Michael Disher directs. Alyssa Kelly choreographs. Amanda Jones musically directs. The classic score includes The Boy Next Door, The Trolley Song and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
A new year begins with a modern tale on the importance (or not) of physical beauty – Neil LaBute’s, Reasons to be Pretty. Performances are January 11 through January 27. Joan Bennett Lyons directs.
What is February without love? A.R. Gurney’s, Love Letters will be staged for two weekends only. The nimble two-person play follows the lives and love of Andy and Melissa through their decades of continued correspondence. February 9 through 17. Michael Disher stages this event.
Eye-popping colors and toe-tapping tunes frame the Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus crowd-pleaser, Mamma Mia! Performances begin March 7 and run through March 24. Michael Disher directs. Alyssa Kelly choreographs. Amanda Jones musically directs.
Highlights from Last Season
Center Stage Announces 2018-2019 Season
Center Stage Announces 2018-2019 Season
Celebrated musicals, timeless associations, thought-provoking drama and an eye-popping feel good event prevail as Southampton Cultural Center/Center Stage reveals its eleventh season of plays, musicals, premieres and innovative and creative programming and productions.
Opening the season and kicking off the holiday season, the Long Island premiere of Joe Landry’s radio version of Meet Me in St. Louis will be performed November 23 through December 9. Michael Disher directs. Alyssa Kelly choreographs. Amanda Jones musically directs. The classic score includes The Boy Next Door, The Trolley Song and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
A new year begins with a modern tale on the importance (or not) of physical beauty – Neil LaBute’s, Reasons to be Pretty. Performances are January 11 through January 27. Joan Bennett Lyons directs.
What is February without love? A.R. Gurney’s, Love Letters will be staged for two weekends only. The nimble two-person play follows the lives and love of Andy and Melissa through their decades of continued correspondence. February 9 through 17. Michael Disher stages this event.
Eye-popping colors and toe-tapping tunes frame the Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus crowd-pleaser, Mamma Mia! Performances begin March 7 and run through March 24. Michael Disher directs. Alyssa Kelly choreographs. Amanda Jones musically directs.
Bravo to Broadway (June 29 – July 1)
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Bravo to Broadway
June 29 – July 1
Friday & Saturday at 7:30PM, Sunday at 3PM
Southampton Cultural Center/Center Stage will celebrate the end of June with their annual musical benefit concert for Center Stage with three performances of Darren Ottati: Bravo to Broadway, June 29th, 30th and July 1st. Friday and Saturday shows are at 7:30 PM. Sunday’s matinee is at 3:00 PM. These benefit performances will kickoff the local theatre troupe’s 11th Season.
Darren Ottati leads an accomplished group of singers including Ava Bianchi, Jenifer DeMeo, Amanda Kuchinski, Laura Lauriano, Bobby Peterson and Jack Seabury presenting Broadway’s most treasured musical numbers.
Amanda Jones musically directs.
These performances include songs from Kiss Me, Kate, Hello, Dolly!, A Chorus Line, West Side Story, Merrily We Roll Along, The Lion King, Wicked and many many more.
Light refreshments and beverages will be served. Outstanding auction and raffle opportunities will also be available.
Ticket Info
General Admission: $45
Ringside Table Seats: $55
Tickets may be purchased online at www.scc-arts.org and at Gayle’s Beauty Salon in Hampton Bays.
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Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Tea Party (March 4th)
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Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Tea Party
March 4, 2PM
Join us and meet members of the cast who will perform a couple of songs and be available for photos and autographs. Favors and refreshments will be provided.
Deadline for reservations February 22, 2018.
Advance registration is required. To qualify for registration, you must purchase a ticket to one of the performances of Beauty and the Beast. All children must be accompanied by an adult who also has a ticket.
This event has been made possible by generous donors such as the Southampton Inn and other anonymous, gracious supporters.
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (March 9 – 25)
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Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
March 9 – March 25
Fridays & Saturdays at 7PM
Sundays at 2 & 7PM
*Please be aware that strobe lights are used in this production.*
Michael Disher directs. Amanda Jones musically directs.
The tale as old as time… Long ago in a small French kingdom, a disguised enchantress transforms a selfish prince into a hideous beast. He has limited time to learn to love – and be loved – by the tempestuous and headstrong, Belle. The Disney musical stage adaptation includes all the beloved inanimate objects: Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts, Chip, et al, and the iconic Alan Menken/Howard Ashman score includes Be Our Guest, Beauty and the Beast, Gaston, Home, Belle and many more.
Beauty and the Beast features Marco Barrila, Daniel Becker, Michael Casper, Julie Crowley, Bethany Dellapolla, Gabriel DiFrancesco, Jonathan Fogarty, Adam Fronc, Joey Giovingo, Eli Jones, Katrina Lovett, Pamela Morris, Tom Rosante, Michaal Lyn Schepps, Anna Schiavoni, Alyssa Semken, Amanda Summers and Darren Ottati as The Beast and Mary Sabo as Belle.
Ticket Info:
General Admission: $28, Students: $15
Dinner/Theater Package: $68 adults, $58 students. Includes 3 course dinner, tax, gratuity and a ticket to the show. Dinner location: The Plaza Cafe (631-283-9323), located at 61 Hill St, Southampton, NY 11968. We offer the packages on Fridays and Saturdays. After purchasing your package, please call the restaurant to make a reservation.
Brunch/Theater Package: $56 adults, $37 students under 21. Includes brunch, a drink, coffee and dessert, gratuity and admission to show. Available on Sundays. Brunch location: Edgewater Restaurant (631-723-2323), located at 295 E Montauk Hwy, Hampton Bays, NY 11946. After purchasing your package, please call the restaurant to make a reservation.
Overnight Package: Overnight Guest Room + Two Tickets to Beauty and the Beast for $200 (plus tax). Overnight Guest Room + One Ticket to Beauty & the Beast for $175 (plus tax). Offered in partnership with Southampton Inn. Please call 631.283.6500 to purchase this package.
Group Packages: Groups of 10 and up $20 for adults; $10 for children. Please call or email us to purchase a group package.
