The winner of this gift certificate will receive two complimentary tickets to any 2010/2011 Season Preview Performance in the Classics Series at Centerstage in Baltimore. 

For over 45 years, CENTERSTAGE has been Baltimore's leading professional producing theater company and a pioneer in America's regional theater movement. Our smart, bold interpretations of both classic and contemporary plays and our exceptional production values have earned the theater a reputation for innovation and excellence—as well as a loyal audience—and have helped to keep professional theater alive and thriving in Maryland.

Each year, a consistently broad range of productions in two intimate performing spaces attracts highly diverse audiences of more than 100,000 people—including more than 12,000 fiercely loyal subscriber members, many of whom have been with the theater during its entire history. Additionally, CENTERSTAGE offers a variety of dramaturgical, community, and educational programs to broaden access and enhance the theatergoing experience, earning its honorary designation as the official State Theater of Maryland.

CLASSIC SERIES

The Wiz
Book by William F. Brown
Music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls
Based on the story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
The Pearlstone Theater
Sept 29–Nov 7, 2010

Follow Dorothy and her friends as they ease on down the Yellow Brick Road, match wits with the Wiz, confront Evillene and her flying monkeys, and awaken Oz to a brand new day. This funky musical adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s beloved classic explodes onstage with a vibrant infusion of ’70s rock and Motown melodies.


ReEntry
By Emily Ackerman & KJ Sanchez
Directed by KJ Sanchez
The Head Theater
Nov 10–Dec 19, 2010

After nine years, are we a country at war–or just a military at war? How do you shift seamlessly from battlefields to backyard barbecues? And what is the price paid by families back at home when husbands, mothers, sons, and sisters go to war? These are some of the questions at the empathetic, honest heart of this surprising new play based on interviews with vets and their families. Putting politics aside, the authors probe the unvarnished, and powerfully personal, truths of those who serve and sacrifice.