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SAVE THE DATE! Burning Coal Gala 2019
ONE BRIEF SHINING MOMENT
The Burning Coal Gala 2019
SAVE THE DATE! – March 16, 2019 from 7 to 9 pm
$75
Cocktail Attire
HONORARY CHAIRS
Greg Paul & Mary Hart Paul
GALA CO-CHAIRS
Slee Arnold & Ken Spry
Georgia & Alec Donaldson
HOST COMMITTEE
Anne & Matt Bullard
Jackson Cooper
Mike Davis & Alice Garland
Gene & Benji Jones
Ken & Mary Lyn Kargman
Liz King & Blaine Gerber
Meredith Nelson & Keith Donahue
Francine & Ralph Roberson
Robert & Connie Shertz
John Sarratt & Cindy Wittmer
Tickets ON SALE NOW. Click here to purchase. Information: 919.834.4001.
SPONSORS
Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP
Morningstar Law Group
MEDIA SPONSOR
Triangle Downtowner Magazine
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Oakwood at 150
May 17 – May 19, 2019
6:30 pm on Friday – Saturday
2 pm on Sunday
$20 adults
$10 students and children
Oakwood Cemetery
Directed by George Jack
Each spring, Burning Coal joins with Oakwood Cemetery to produce a new series of plays. This year’s production, directed by George Jack, features stories of influential people from Raleigh’s past. Who will be spotted telling tales of their lives lived out on the same patch of earth we now inhabit? Join us and see! Tickets: 919.834.4001.
Historic Oakwood Series 2019
May 17 & 18 at 6:30pm/May 19 at 2:00 pm
701 Oakwood Ave | Raleigh, NC 27601 Read More »
STC Jr.
Jun 17 – Jun 28, 2019
10 am – 3 pm on Monday – Friday
$275 DUE on or before the first day of the program.
Eligibility
Rising 6th-8th graders.
Written by The Students of STC, Jr. 2019
Taught by Burning Coal's Director of Education
A two-week conservatory for students in grades 6-8 who want to explore all the possibilities the theatre offers. Students learn techniques of movement, vocal production, and character study in the mornings and apply those techniques in rehearsing an original play in the afternoons, with a culminating production of that play created by the students themselves at the end of the session (June 28th at 6:00 pm). Taught by Burning Coal’s Director of Education.
STC Sr.
Jul 8 – Jul 27, 2019
10 am – 4 pm on Monday – Friday
This year‘s play is MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (performances July 26 - 27 at 7 pm)
$425 DUE $100 deposit with application, remainder at time of your audition for the play.
Eligibility
Students in grades 9-12 as well as college freshmen.
DEADLINE
July 01, 2019
You will be contacted regarding auditions for MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING by William Shakespeare following enrollment.
Written by William Shakespeare
Taught by Burning Coal's Director of Education
STC Sr. is our intensive, three-week conservatory for high school students interested in rigorous, professional training. It involves classes in the mornings followed by rehearsals for a play in the afternoons (this year a play by William Shakespeare!). Two performances will take place at Burning Coal on the evenings of July 26 & 27, 2019.
Last year, we were joined by guest artists from colleges and professional theatres around the state. Similar quality educators will be hired again this year! Students will learn a wide variety of subjects and techniques in classes with guest artists from fine educational institutions and professional theatres such as:
Jill Carlson, East Carolina University – Stage Combat
Ray Dooley, Playmakers Repertory – Auditioning
John Gulley, UNC Greensboro – Meisner
Virtual Tour
Click here to take a VIRTUAL TOUR of Burning Coal Theatre!
After viewing, if you are interested in renting our space, give us a ring at 919.834.4001 or email us at coalartisticdir@ncrrbiz.com
2019-2020 Season!
Burning Coal Theatre Company is delighted to announce its 23rd season in Raleigh:
THE CONTAINER by Clare Bayley
In a collaboration with Raleigh’s Contemporary Art Museum, Gab Smith, Executive Director
October 10 – 27, 2019
at CAM/Raleigh – 409 W Martin St, Raleigh, NC
Performances Thursdays through Saturdays at 6:30 and 8 pm
Sundays at 2 and 4 pm
Note: This production will take place in a shipping container on the grounds of CAM/Raleigh
CAMELOT by Lerner & Loewe
Directed by Jerome Davis
December 5 – 22, 2019
Performances Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 pm
Sundays at 2 pm
TALLEY’S FOLLY by Lanford Wilson
Directed by John Gulley
The Pulitzer Prize winning comedy/drama from 1980 about two of society’s outcasts who come together in a gazebo in rural Missouri in 1944
January 23 – February 9, 2020
Performances Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 pm
Sundays at 2 pm
SILENT SKY by Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Rebecca Holderness
The true story of Henrietta Leavitt, an early 1900s pioneer in astronomy at a time when a woman wasn’t even allowed to touch a telescope
April 9 – 26, 2020
Performances Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 pm
Sundays at 2 pm
Your MAINSTAGE SUBSCRIPTION still only costs $80 apiece (a savings of 20% off full priced tickets). And, for $30 more, you can purchase a BREAKFAST CLUB SUBSCRIPTION, which includes all 4 of our mainstage shows, tickets to all 3 of our summer 2020 Second Stage shows (TBA) and breakfast with the Artistic Director (catered by the Flying Biscuit!) in October, 2019. To Subscribe, CLICK HERE or call us at 919.834.4001.
To purchase tickets for individual productions, please click on the individual links above or call 919.834.4001.
Thank You to Our 2018/2019 Sponsors
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NC Arts Council | National Endowment for the Arts | City of Raleigh Arts Commission
United Arts Council | North Carolina Humanities Council
& independent supporters like you!
Burning Coal Theatre Company
224 Polk Street, Raleigh NC 27604
coalartisticdir@ncrrbiz.com
(919) 834-4001
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