Theater Week – Or Does It?

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A listing of Triangle theater performances
through October 30, 2017

 

OPENING:
 
Life Sucks. – A group of old friends, ex-lovers, estranged family members, and lifelong enemies gather at a house in the country to grapple with life’s thorniest questions – and with each other. Manbites Dog presents Aaron Posner’s 2015 modern reworking of Anton Chekhov’s bittersweet comedy Uncle Vanya. Directed by Jeff Storer. This week: Thursday and Saturday 8:15 (no Friday show), Sunday 2:00. Continues through November 11. Manbites Dog Theater, 703 Foster Street, Durham.
manbitesdogtheater.org

The Mystery of Love and Sex – Honest Pint presents Bathsheba Doran’s 2015 story of a mismatched couple dealing with identity and secrets. Directed by Dana Marks. This week: Friday and Saturday 8:00, Sunday 3:00. NRACT, Leadmine Road, Raleigh. Continues through November 12.
honestpinttheatre.org

Perfect Arrangement – It’s 1950 and the Red Scare witch-hunt is widening its scope, so when two secretly-gay State Department employees are tasked with rooting out sexual deviants, complications ensue. Patrick Torres directs Topher Payne’s 2013 comedy for Raleigh Little Theatre. This week: Friday and Saturday 8:00, Sunday 3:00. Continues through November 12. Sutton Theatre, RLT, Raleigh.
raleighlittletheatre.org

* A Walk in the Dark – Seed Art Share and the NC Museum of History present an immersive live theater experience, in which audiences follow pirates, pilots, and pioneers on a lantern-lit tour of North Carolina History. Suitable for all ages. One night only: Saturday 4:30 to 8:30. Performance tours are 45-minutes long, beginning on the half-hour starting at 4:30; last tour is at 7:30. NC Museum of Art, 5 East Edenton Street, Raleigh.
ncmuseumofhistory.org

* The Wild Party – Company Carolina presents Andrew Lippa’s 2000 musical adaptation of Joseph Moncure March’s scandalous 1928 book-length narrative poem about Hollywood debauchery. Directed by Bradley Barefoot, music direction by Philip Riddick. This weekend only: Friday 7:00, Saturday and Sunday 3:00 and 7:00. The ArtsCenter, Carrboro.
artscenterlive.org
 

ONGOING:

* Darkside – Burning Coal stages Tom Stoppard’s 2013 radio drama incorporating music from Pink Floyd’s 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon, and tricky questions of moral philosophy. Directed by Pálína Jónsdóttir. This week: Thursday-Saturday 7:30, Sunday 2:00. Closes Sunday. Burning Coal Theatre, Murphey School, Raleigh.
burningcoal.org

* The Exonerated – University Theatre presents the 2002 play by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen that tells the true stories of six wrongfully convicted prisoners. Directed by Rachel Klem and Mia Self. This week: Thursday-Saturday 7:30, Sunday 2:00. Closes Sunday. Kennedy-McIlwee Theatre, Thompson Hall, NCSU Campus, Raleigh.
theatre.arts.ncsu.edu

Sense and Sensibility – The Dashwood sisters navigate dances, dinner parties, and 18th-century British society on the path to true love. PlayMakers Rep presents the third stage version this month of Jane Austen’s 1811 novel (not counting University Theatre’s just-completed production of Pride and Prejudice). Taibi Magar directs Kate Hamill’s 2014 adaptation. This week: Tuesday-Friday 7:30, Sunday 2:00, no Saturday performance. Continues through November 5. Paul Green Theatre, CDA, UNC Campus, Chapel Hill.
playmakersrep.org

* A Soldier’s Play – On a southern army base in 1944, a black officer’s investigation of a murder leads to shocking answers. Justice Theater Project presents Charles Fuller’s 1981 drama. Directed by Avis Hatcher-Puzzo. This week: Friday and Saturday 8:00, Sunday 3:00. Closes Sunday. Umstead Park United Church of Christ, 8208 Brownleigh Drive, Raleigh.
thejusticetheaterproject.org
 

* – Closes this week

Please contact us with any corrections or omissions. For a more complete listing of area events, we recommend the arts calendar at Indyweek.com. For updates on area auditions, we recommend the Triangle Auditions group on Facebook. For a listing of what else area theaters have in store this season, click on the Triangle Season Schedules tab at the top of the page.

Theater Week – Well Met by Moonlight

A listing of Triangle theater performances
through June 1, 2015

 

OPENING: 
Born Yesterday – University Theatre’s annual Summerfest – three plays in rotating rep – launches this week with Garson Kanin’s 1946 comedy, directed by Rachel Klem. This week: Thursday-Saturday 7:30, Sunday 2:00. Continues through June 14. Thompson Hall, NCSU Campus, Raleigh.
ncsu.edu/theatre

* Cyrano de Bergerac – Love knows what it nose. Edmond Rostand’s classic 1897 romantic comedy is directed by Nicole Gabriel for One Song Productions. This week only: Thursday-Saturday 7:30. Common Ground Theatre, Durham.
cgtheatre.com

* The Dining Room – Members of America’s 20th century upper-middle class are portrayed in a series of scenes set in the titular location. Halle Cultural Arts Center presents A.R. Gurney’s 1982 drama. Director not listed. This week only: Thursday-Saturday 7:30, Sunday 3:00. HCAC, Apex.
nc-apex.civicplus.com 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream – It’s Shakespeare under the stars – and an almost-full moon – as Raleigh Little Theatre and Seed Art Share present the magical comedy about mismatched lovers, magical beings, and class warfare. Director not listed. This week: Thursday-Saturday 7:30. Continues through June 7. Outdoors in the Raleigh Rose Garden, RLT, Raleigh.
raleighlittletheatre.org

* Oakwood Lives – Burning Coal presents eight short vignettes by local playwrights dramatizing individuals from Raleigh’s past. Director not listed. This week only: Friday and Saturday 6:30, Sunday 2:00. Presented outdoors at Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh.
burningcoal.org

Pump Boys and Dinettes – Theatre Raleigh presents Jim Wann and Mark Hardwick’s 1982 musical about the employees of a rural North Carolina gas station and the waitresses at a nearby cafe. Director not listed. This week: Wednesday-Friday 8:00, Saturday 2:00 and 8:00, Sunday 3:00. Continues through June 7. Kennedy Theatre, Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh.
theatreraleigh.com
 

ONGOING:
And the Ass Saw the Angel – A mute outcast in an isolated religious community sees visions both angelic and otherwise. Little Green Pig presents John Fidel Justice and Jaybird O’Berski’s original adaptation of Nick Cave’s lyrical Southern gothic novel. Directed by Dana Marks. This week: Thursday-Saturday 8:15. Continues through June 6. Manbites Dog Theater, Durham.
littlegreenpig.com

 
ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE:
* No Shame Theatre – Monthly open performance venue for original, short form theater and performance. One night only: Saturday 8:00 (sign-up to perform: 7:00). The ArtsCenter, Carrboro.
artscenterlive.org
 
* – Concludes this week

Please contact us with any corrections or omissions. For a more complete listing of area events, we recommend the arts calendar at Indyweek.com. For a listing of what else area theaters have in store this season, click on the Triangle Season Schedules tab at the top of the page.

 

Theater Week – “You Kids Get Off My Lawn!”

Jesse Helms gravesite, Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh.
Photo: Cherie Atkinson Clark via findagrave.com.

A listing of Triangle theater performances
through May 21, 2012

For a listing of what else area theaters have in store this season,
click on the Triangle Season Schedules tab at the top of the page.

OPENING:
Fatmouth Improv – Evening of short and long form improv. One performance: Saturday 8:00. Common Ground Theatre, Durham.
cgtheatre.com

Oakwood Unplugged – Burning Coal’s History Play series presents its site-specific celebration of Raleigh’s musical past. Written by Ian Finley and Rebecca Wyrick, directed by Jonathan McCarter. This week only: Friday and Saturday 6:30, Sunday 2:00. Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh.
burningcoal.org

Perseus Bayou – Mary Hall Surface and David Maddox’s retelling of the story of Perseus, presented by Applause! Cary Youth Theatre. This week only: Friday and Saturday 7:30, Sunday 2:00. Cary Arts Center.
townofcary.org

The Professors – Season finale of Transactors’ improvised town and gown serial drama. One performance: Friday 8:00. Common Ground Theatre, Durham.
cgtheatre.com

Who Do You think You Are – When studying the mind, does the mind study you? As part of SITI Company’s residency with Playmakers, UNC’s Process Series presents a free workshop presentation of the company’s 2008 work about identity, emotion, and neuroscience. One performance: Friday 7:30. Frey Rehearsal Hall, Center for Dramatic Art, UNC Campus, Chapel Hill.
carolinaperformingarts.org

ONGOING:
Dear Edwina Junior – Raleigh Little Theatre’s Youth Series presents Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich’s musical for kids. Directed by Linda O’Day Young.This week: Friday 7:30, Saturday 1:00 and 5:00, Sunday 1:00. Closes Sunday. RLT, Raleigh.
raleighlittletheatre.org

for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf – SheCow Productions presents Ntozake Shange’s 1975 choreopoem as part of Burning Coal’s Second Stage Series. Directed by Karen Dacons-Brock. This week: Thursday-Saturday 7:30, Sunday 2:00. Closes Sunday. Burning Coal/Murphey School, Raleigh.
burningcoal.org

Henceforward… – The Future: Robots! Street gangs! Gender switching! Dysfunctional families! A 1987 satire by the scarily prolific Alan Ayckbourn, presented by Deep Dish Theater. Directed by Paul Frellick. This week: Wednesday and Thursday 7:30, Friday and Saturday 8:00. Closes Saturday. Deep Dish Theater, Chapel Hill.
deepdishtheater.org

Mama Juggs – Anita Shontel Woodley’s one-woman show about breast health and women’s issues. One show: Friday 7:30. Health Touch, Westgate Drive, Durham.
mamajuggs.com

Wicked – It’s not easy being green. The take-no-prisoners musical returns to Durham for another 4-week run. This week: Tuesday-Thursday 7:30, Friday 8:00, Saturday 2:00 and 8:00, Sunday 1:00 and 6:30. Continues through May 27. DPAC, Durham.
dpacnc.com

The Wind in the Willows – NRACT presents Liz Peterson’s musical adaptation of the Kenneth Grahame children’s book. Directed by Sheila Outhwaite. This week: Friday and Saturday 7:00, Sunday 3:00. Closes Sunday. NRACT, Lead Mine Road, Raleigh.
nract.org

Please contact us with any corrections or omissions.
For a more complete listing of area events,
we recommend the arts calendar at Indyweek.com.

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