Burning Coal’s Director of Education Jason Tyne-Zimmerman leads an six-session class on performing (and enjoying!) Improvisation.  This class will culminate in a class show on December 10th.

Suitable for anyone interested in Improvisation, no experience necessary.

An eight-week dramatic playwriting class focused on the concepts of conflict, action, characterization, and dialogue.

ABOUT JASON TYNE-ZIMMERMAN
Jason Tyne-Zimmerman is a director, playwright, and actor.   He is the founder of the Exquisite Corpse Festival, a omnimedia arts organization celebrating collaboration and trust through the traditional surrealist game of the exquisite corpse. His New York City directing credits include Romeo and Juliet Drink the Young Wine, Head Games, The Cooking King, And That’s The Way It Is! (…if you think so), Baby with the Bathwater, as well as two operas for Empire Opera Company. As an actor, he has performed in Shakespeare Showdown’s Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding, An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein, Much Ado about Nothing, and Henry IV Part 2. He holds an MFA from Northwestern University in directing and an MA from NYU in educational theater.

Burning Coal’s Director of Education Jason Tyne-Zimmerman leads a six week class on performing (and enjoying!) Improvisation.  This class includes five weekly sessions plus a final, culminating public performance on Tuesday, October 16th.

ABOUT JASON TYNE-ZIMMERMAN
Jason Tyne-Zimmerman is a director, playwright, and actor.   He has trained with the UCB Theater, The PIT, and the Magnet in New York City as well as performing with the long-running improv team Queen of Sharks. His New York City directing credits include Romeo and Juliet Drink the Young Wine, Head Games, The Cooking King, And That’s The Way It Is! (…if you think so), Baby with the Bathwater, as well as two operas for Empire Opera Company. As an actor, he has performed in Shakespeare Showdown’s Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding, An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein, Much Ado about Nothing, and Henry IV Part 2. He holds an MFA from Northwestern University in directing and an MA from NYU in educational theater.

Burning Coal’s Director of Education, Jason Tyne-Zimmerman, leads an eight-session class on acting and enjoying Shakespeare.  Get up on your feet and explore the Bard’s language!

Suitable for anyone interested in Shakespeare, no experience necessary. Read More »

ACROSS THE HOLY TELL will receive its premiere reading at Burning Coal as part of our New Works Series.  An explosive new drama about two women – Christine, an American soldier and Mona, an Iraqi botanist, caught in the violence of the Iraq War.  Contains language and violence.

Estimated run time: 2 hours.

Raleigh-based writer Kelly Doyle’s newest play is the one-woman show Agnes the Giant, will receive a staged reading as part of Burning Coal’s New Works Series.

Estimated run time: 1.5 hours.