Two Buildings/One Heart: 200 Years of the First Baptist Churches of Raleigh

Mar 2 – Mar 4, 2012

7 pm on Friday – Saturday
2 pm on Saturday – Sunday

Written by Ian Finley

Directed by George Jack

$10  at the door

First Baptist Churches of Wilmington and Salisbury Streets.

Two hundred years ago, Raleigh’s First Baptist Church was formed.  During the Civil War, the church split into two congregations, one black, one white.  To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the church, both congregations will come together for a celebration that brings together the churches’ rich history in a performance that will begin in one church and end in the other.  Written by Education Director Ian Finley, Jerome Davis and Rebecca Wyrick, directed by George Jack.
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Estimated run time: 1.5 hours.

Oakwood

May 25 – May 27, 2012

6:30 pm on Friday – Saturday
2 pm on Sunday

Written by Ian Finley and Rebecca Wyrick

$20  adults
$10  students

Oakwood Cemetery 701 Oakwood Avenue Raleigh, NC

All new stories from Raleigh’s past come vividly to life within the glorious confines of the beautiful and historic Oakwood Cemetery.

Estimated run time: 1.25 hours.

Fayetteville Street

6:30 pm on Friday – Saturday

Written by Ian Finley, Rebecca Wyrick and Jerome Davis

Directed by Nick Berg Barnes

Coproduced by Raleigh City Museum

$15  adults
$10  students

Performance begins at the Raleigh City Museum, 220 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh.

Burning Coal is excited to announce our next collaboration with Raleigh City Museum… an hour long walking tour of Raleigh’s historic ‘main street’, featuring characters both heroic and nefarious, romantic and dastardly, humorous and somber.  This play will entertain you and tell you things about the Capital City that you never knew!

Estimated run time: 1 hours.

Haunted Mordecai

Oct 29, 2011

5 pm on Saturday

Written by Ian Finley

Coproduced by The Mordecai House

$5  at the door

The Mordecai House 1 Mimosa Street Raleigh, NC

Every year at Halloween, Burning Coal teams with the historic Mordecai House to present a chilling walking tour of the old (haunted?) house.  While walking through the beautiful old building, you are likely to come across some lovely hosts therein.  The only problem?  They have been dead for years!  Find out much about Raleigh’s rich past history in this short, funny and scary walk.  For kids of all ages.