Bergen County Players presents “The Curious Incident of the Dog within the Night-Time”

(ORADELL, NJ) — Bergen County Players (BCP), one among America’s longest-running little theater corporations, concludes its 2023-2024 mainstage season with the critically acclaimed, Tony Award-winning play The Curious Incident of the Dog within the Night-Time. Adapted for the stage by Simon Stephens from Mark Haddon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, and directed by Alyson Cohn of Wyckoff, this play tells the story of Christopher Boone, a 15-year-old who’s wrongly accused of killing his neighbor’s canine.

Christopher not solely has an unconventional sensible thoughts, however can also be on the autism spectrum, ill-equipped to interpret on a regular basis life. When he units out to establish the true perpetrator, the investigation takes a private flip main him to an earth-shattering discovery that may change his life eternally. The Curious Incident of the Dog within the Night-Time explores the complicated relationships between a father and son, the results of protecting household secrets and techniques and an immersive journey inside the thoughts of a gifted baby.

Winner of 5 Tony Awards, six Drama Desk Awards and 5 Outer Critics Circle Awards, together with Best Play for all three, The Curious Incident of the Dog within the Night-Time obtained its world premiere on the Royal National Theatre in 2012, earlier than transferring to the West End. The play opened on Broadway in 2014 on the Barrymore Theatre and went on to smash hit runs internationally. Mark Haddon’s novel was printed in 2003. It was the winner of greater than 17 literary awards, together with prizes within the US, UK, Japan, Holland, and Italy.

Richard Zoglin of Time Magazine mentioned that The Curious Incident of the Dog within the Night-Time is “… a play that works on every level — crowd-pleasing, eye-opening, life-affirming and unmissable.”

In recognition of National Autism Acceptance Month, performances begin Saturday, April 20 and can run by means of Saturday, May 11 on the Little Firehouse Theatre in Oradell, with reveals on Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00pm and Sunday afternoons at 2:00pm. BCP will assist increase consciousness about autism acceptance and promote inclusion for folks with autism, in addition to assist enlighten patrons about help providers. It’s a time to honor the distinctive views of individuals dwelling with autism and help youngsters with autism and their households. Those within the latest assets on early identification and help providers for autism could go to CDC’s website.

Tickets are priced at $25 for Friday and Saturday performances; $23 for Sundays. They may be bought on-line at www.bcplayers.org, by calling 201-261-4200 or by visiting the field workplace at 298 Kinderkamack Road in Oradell throughout common field workplace hours. Please Note: This manufacturing incorporates grownup conditions and specific language.

Director Alyson Cohn is a BCP Life Member and serves because the organization’s present President. Her directing credit embrace The Play That Goes Wrong, Boeing-Boeing, The Laramie Project, Glengarry Glen Ross, Six Degrees of Separation, Lips Together/Teeth Apart, The Heidi Chronicles, Proposals, True West, Marvin’s Room, Art, Angels in America, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. For each Proof and God of Carnage she obtained a Perry Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play. Audiences have loved her on stage at BCP in How to Succeed…, Lucky Stiff, Lend Me a Tenor, A Year with Frog and Toad, Little Shop of Horrors (Perry Award, Outstanding Lead Actress/Musical), The Full Monty, and most just lately as Emma Goldman in Ragtime: The Musical (Perry Award Nomination, Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical). By day, she is the director of Music Together of Northern NJ, an early childhood music and motion program.

“We are thrilled to close out our season with this thought-provoking, groundbreaking work that allows our audiences to experience the universe of Christopher’s imagination, experiencing the vast world as he sees it,” says Cohn. “Curious Incident, at its heart, is about discovery, understanding, forgiveness, and acceptance of the differences that make us who we are.”

The Curious Incident of the Dog within the Night-Time stars Tom Kiely of Allendale as fifteen-year-old Christopher. Tom was final seen on the BCP stage within the title position of Pippin. He additionally appeared on the Little Firehouse Theatre in Seussical The Musical. Other native credit embrace Tick, Tick…BOOM!, La Cage Aux Folles and The Curious Incident of the Dog within the Night-Time at one other native theater. Joining Tom is a stellar assortment of actors together with Ian Kenny of Butler as Ed who’s making his stage debut at BCP. On different phases he has appeared in The Duchess of Malfi, Faustus, and Metamorphosis. Leslie Darcy of Oakland performs Judy. Leslie has carried out on the BCP stage in Sylvia, Love Letters, Brooklyn Boy, The Typists, and Church and State. For her performances in Time Stands Still and the feminine model of The Odd Couple she obtained Perry Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a play. Allyson Stevenson of Westwood performs Siobahn. Allyson has graced the BCP stage with performances in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, God of Carnage (for which she was nominated for a Perry Award for Outstanding Leading Actress), Church and State, Boeing/Boeing, and Barbecue.

Marisa Gore of Englewood seems as Actor 1. Marisa appeared at BCP in Clue and The Drowsy Chaperone. Her credit on different native phases embrace Grand Horizons, Crossing Delancey, and Les Miserables. Mark Bogosian of Tenafly portrays Actor 2. Mark’s credit at BCP embrace Pippin, Getting Away With Murder, and Cinderella. His work on different native phases consists of Rock of Ages, Rocky the Musical, Ride the Cyclone, Wait Until Dark, and Hair. Nick Nappo of Suffern, NY takes on the position of Actor 3. Nick’s BCP credit embrace Godspell and Clue, with different native credit corresponding to The Full Monty, The Tempest, A Night of Disney, Lost in Yonkers and Disgraced. Jan Eggers of Montvale can also be making his debut at BCP as Actor 4 on this manufacturing. His credit elsewhere embrace Titanic the Musical, Vintage Hitchcock: A Radio Play, Annie Get Your Gun, and Cabaret.

Jenna Stewart of River Vale performs Actor 5. Previously, Jenna has appeared on the BCP stage in Barbecue, Pippin, The Music Man, Something’s Afoot, Jacques Brel…, Porch, Mary Kitchen, and Mission Improv-able 3. Credits elsewhere embrace A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Come Blow Your Horn, Precious Sons, and Trophies. Rounding out the solid is Cheryl Woertz of Alpine who performs Actor 6. Cheryl has appeared on the BCP stage in Gypsy, Central Park West, A Streetcar Named Desire, Steel Magnolias, Lovers and Other Strangers, Sordid Lives, And the World Goes ‘Round, Sweeney Todd, Summer Brave, and Better Late. On local stages she performed in Circle Mirror Transformation, The Glass Menagerie, Our Town, All My Sons, Blood Brothers, and I Do! I Do!.

Finally, making his debut on the BCP stage in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is Buddy Lupfer, a two-year-old Shorkie puppy, considered by many to be the most adorable member of the company.

The production team is comprised of Nick Nappo (Co-Producer), Michele Roth (Co-Producer/Assistant to the Director/Stage Manager), Allan Seward (Lighting Design), Aura Caicedo (Lighting Operation), Rob DeScherer (Sound Design), Kate McManus and Ludma Delva (Sound/Projections Operation), Daniel Seitz (Set Design/Construction), Lauren Zenreich (Set Décor), Scout Schiro (Costume Designer), Olga Garey (Costumes), Laura Dinoia and Joellen Tierney (Properties), Alan Zenreich (Photography), Ian Kenny (Dialect Coach), Marisa Gore (Hair/Makeup), Jennifer Bancks and Susan Kaufman (Crew), Michael Serpe (Stunt/Fight Coordinator), Tim

Larsen (Projection Coordinator), Marci Weinstein (Program Bios), Janica Carpenter (Member-at-Large) and Cynthia Barry (Headshot Board).

TICKET AND SCHEDULE INFORMATION:

*  All performances take place at The Little Firehouse Theatre at 298 Kinderkamack Road in Oradell, home to the Bergen County Players since 1949.  Performance times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at

2:00pm.

* Tickets for Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time are $25 for Friday and Saturday performances and $23 for those on Sunday.

* Tickets can be purchased online at www.bcplayers.org, by calling 201-261-4200 or by visiting the box office at 298 Kinderkamack Road in Oradell during regular box office hours. Visa, Master Card, and American Express are accepted.

* Those interested in Group Sales or benefit theater parties can call (201) 261-4200 (option #6).

* BCP offers seating to accommodate patrons who are mobility impaired and can transfer from a wheelchair. These seats can be purchased by calling the box office at 201-261-4200 and will be released for public sale two weeks prior to performance.

* BCP’s popular Questions & Artists talkback session with cast and crew will be held following the performance on Friday, April 26.

* Advance discount tickets for students aged 25 and under with proper ID are available for $18 by phone or walk-up at every performance, pending seat availability. Not available online. There is a limit of one discount ticket per student ID.

* “Rush’ discount tickets for students aged 25 and under with proper ID are available for $5 at the box office window, starting 30 minutes prior to curtain. There is a limit of one Rush ticket per student ID and cash is the only payment method accepted.

* A new program is now available for qualified non-profit organizations to use one performance of each production as a fundraising event. The group will book all 200 seats at a highly discounted price and then resell the tickets at a price of their choosing, with the difference in price kept by the group. The available date is the Thursday of each show’s closing weekend. Interested teams can electronic mail [email protected] for extra data.

* Parking is free for his or her patrons on the Park Avenue municipal lot, throughout the road, one-half block north of the theater, in addition to road parking on Kinderkamack Road and varied facet streets, all inside simple walking distance.

The Bergen County Players, Inc. is a non-Equity, non-profit group theater firm devoted to presenting high quality productions for the enrichment of the group.

All Photos by Alan Zenreich

 

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