(HACKETTSTOWN, NJ) -- Centenary Stage Company presents Breeders as part of its Women Playwrights Series (WPS), with a free staged reading on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 in the Sitnik Theatre of the Centenary University campus, located at 715 Grand Avenue in Hackettstown. Showtime is 7:00pm.
Breeders, written by Megan Campisi, follows Six soon-to-be-parents meet in a childbirth class. It's a comic crucible as they confront their opinions, fears, and baggage about becoming parents.
Playwright Megan Campisi writes about women who break rules. Her work is often historical fiction and usually reflects Megan's background in physical theater. Her latest play, Peregrinations, is a wordless play in Larval Masks exploring journeys of immigration and displacement (Dutch Kills Theater: Edinburgh Fringe, 2026; The Tank, 2025). Breeders (2022), a comic play about childbirth, was a finalist for the Henley Rose prize and had its first reading at the Neighborhood Playhouse Red Door Readings. Her first novel, Sin Eater, was an alt-history mystery about an Elizabethan sin eater and won the Debut Crown from the UK Historical Writers' Association (Simon & Schuster 2020). She is current faculty at the Neighborhood Playhouse Conservatory of theater. Megan lives in Brooklyn with her family.
For reserved seating prior to the reading require a donation, day of the performance seating is free but donations are greatly appreciated. Seating is available by phone at 908-979-0900 or online at centenarystageco.org
The Women Playwrights Series remains a cornerstone of Centenary Stage Company's programming, providing a platform for new work development and offering audiences a unique opportunity to experience cutting-edge plays in their early stages. Since 1992, CSC's developmental program has featured and helped to develop the new work of over 80 female playwrights from around the country, provided a working platform for the under-served voices of women writing the theatre and produced 20 World Premieres in as many years.
For more information, 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. The box office is located in the Lackland Performing Arts Center on the campus of Centenary University at 715 Grand Ave. Hackettstown, NJ.
The 2025-26 Season of Performing Arts events at the Centenary Stage Company is made possible through the generous support of 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 New Jersey Theatre Alliance, the CSC corporate sponsors, including Heath Village, Visions Federal Credit Union, Explore Warren, and Centenary Stage Company members and supporters.
