'The Nether' premieres at Centenary Stage Company
Hackettstown — Centenary Stage Company’s Professional Equity Theatre Series kicks off the 2015-2016 main stage season with the New Jersey premiere of Jennifer Haley’s gripping and critically acclaimed, "The Nether" opening Oct.9 and running until Oct.25 in the Lackland Center at Centenary College.
“Imagine an episode of ‘Law and Order: SVU,’ written by a futurist fiction writer like Ray Bradbury or Iain Banks,and you have Jennifer Haley’s provocative "The Nether," said the "New York TImes."
Winner of the 2012 Susan Smith Blackburn prize, "The Nether" is both serpentine crime drama and haunting sci-fi thriller that explores the consequences of living out our private dreams.
A new virtual wonderland provides total sensory immersion. Just log in, choose an identity and indulge your every whim. But when a young detective uncovers a disturbing brand of entertainment, she triggers a dark battle over technology and human desire.
"The Nether" premiered in Los Angeles in the spring of 2013 at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre.
In the summer of 2014, a London production opened at the Royal Court before moving to the West End in winter 2015.
An off-Broadway production was performed at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York City last winter.
Jennifer Haley is a playwright whose work delves into ethics in virtual reality and the impact of technology on our human relationships, identity, and desire.
Other plays include "Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom," a horror story about suburban video game addiction; and "Froggy", a noir thriller with interactive media design and a live soundtrack.
Haley is a member of New Dramatists in New York City and lives in Los Angeles, where she founded the Playwrights Union.
"The Nether" at Centenary Stage Company will be directed by award- winning artistic director Carl Wallnau.
Emmy Award winning set designer Bob Phillips returns to transform the Sitnik Stage into this lush imaginative virtual wonderland.
Performances are Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.,
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.
There are 2 p.m. matinees on Wednesdays Oct.14 and 21.
Tickets range from $25 to $28.
Thursday evening performances are buy one/get one free at the box office two hours prior to performance time.
Discounts are available for students and seniors.
For more information or to purchase tickets visit:www.centenarystageco.org or call the box office at 908- 979 – 0900.
Tickets may also be purchased at the box office located in the David and Carol Lackland Center on the campus of Centenary College at 715 Grand Ave.in Hackettstown.