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Centenary Stage Company's Summerfest 2025 presents "Nunsense II: The Second Coming"

Published by New Jersey Stage

originally published: 07/21/2025

(HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company's Summerfest 2025 continues with Nunsense II: The Second Coming, running Thursday, July 31 through Sunday, August 10 in the Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center. This is the follow-up to Dan Goggin's original musical comedy Nunsense, continuing the story of the Little Sisters of Hoboken.

Set once again in the convent school gymnasium, the show finds the sisters preparing a special “thank-you” performance for their supporters following the success of their initial fundraiser. The musical introduces new songs, fresh comedic moments, and additional characters as the sisters face a series of unexpected interruptions—including surprise guests and unrehearsed numbers. With each nun bringing her own personality and perspective to the performance, the show explores themes of community, resilience, and faith through music, movement, and storytelling. Nunsense II builds on the world of the original production while offering audiences a new look at the lives and antics of the convent’s most theatrical residents.

Specific performance dates and times are Thursdays, July 31 and August 7 at 7:00pm; Fridays, August 1 and 8 at 8:00pm; Saturdays, August 2 and 9 at 8:00pm; Sundays, August 3 and 10 at 2:00pm; Wednesday, August 6 at 2:00pm.  Tickets range from $29.50 – $35.00 for adults depending on the performance, with discounts available for students and children under 12 on select dates. Buy One / Get One (BOGO) tickets are available in person at the box office beginning at 5:00pm on the day of Thursday evening performances. These BOGO tickets are not available online or in advance.

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 open Monday through Friday from 1:00pm – 5:00pm and two hours prior to performances. It is located in the Lackland Performing Arts Center on the campus of Centenary University at 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, New Jersey.

Nunsense II: The Second Coming is presented through special arrangement with Concord Theatricals.  Centenary Stage Company’s SUMMERFEST 2025 is sponsored by Explore Warren.




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The 2024-25 Season of Performing Arts events at the Centenary Stage Company is made possible through the generous support of our sponsors and grantors like the NJ State Council on the Arts, the Shubert Foundation, the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, the Sandra Kupperman Foundation, the John and Margaret Post Foundation, the CSC corporate sponsors, including Explore Warren, the House of the Good Shepherd, Hackettstown Medical Center Atlantic Health System, Heath Village, Visions Federal Credit Union, and Fulton Bank, and Centenary Stage Company members and supporters.


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