Auditions

Auditions Held
10 am – 6 pm on June 16, 2012

Please Bring
3 Copies, Picture & Resume (if you have one)
1 minute, Classical Monologue (Shakespeare or other)
1 minute, Contemporary Monologue
16 bars of a traditional Broadway showtune in the style of BRIGADOON

Burning Coal firmly believes in the principle of racial, age and gender non-specific casting and actively seeks minority actors, directors, designers, and technicians for participation in ALL its events!

Auditions for the 2012/13 Season at Burning Coal will be held Saturday, June 16th from 10 am to 6 pm. Actors may reserve a 5 minute time slot in advance to come in and show us their stuff! Occasionally, we have openings for roles during the year, but most are cast out of these auditions. If you miss the season auditions, you may send in your headshot & resume with a letter of interest.

Please note if you are interested in working in areas other than acting.

THE IDEAL SPEAKER: Actor’s Tools for All Professions

May 7 – May 28, 2012

6:30 pm – 9:30 pm on Monday

Taught by Ian Finley

$120 Due at the first class

Learn to utilize an actor’s tools of Confidence, Articulation, and Improvisation in your professional life. Burning Coal Theatre Company’s Education Director Ian Finley will teach a 4-week class on the art of public speaking.

Uta Hagen Class

Jun 11 – Jul 30, 2012

7 pm – 10 pm on Monday

Taught by Jerome Davis

$200 payable on or prior to the first day of class

Join Burning Coal’s Artistic Director, Jerome Davis, as he teaches his annual, eight-week scene study class based on the concepts expressed in Uta Hagen’s landmark book Respect for Acting. Davis studied with Uta Hagen at HB Studios in New York for seven years. Class will be founded in Hagen’s “object exercises.” Students will have the opportunity to work each week on scenes Read More »

Playing Shakespeare Class

Feb 6 – Mar 26, 2012

6:30 pm – 9:30 pm on Monday

Taught by Ian Finley

$155 DUE on or prior to the first day of the first day of class

Burning Coal’s Director of Education Ian Finley 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.

New Works

Across the Holy Tell

Feb 15, 2012

7 pm on Wednesday

Written by June Guralnick

Directed by Jonathan McCarter

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.

New Works

Agnes the Giant

Dec 29, 2011

7 pm on Thursday

Written by Kelly Doyle

Directed by Mark Sutch

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.