SUMMER 2020
SECOND STAGE SERIES!

ACCORD(ing) by Bronwen Carson and Vieve Radha Price
June 17 –  28, 2020
Wednesdays – Saturdays at 7:30 pm, Saturdays at 5:00 pm, Sundays at 2 pm
presented in collaboration with SoundingLine Arts and TÉA Creative
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Selene and the Dream Eater by Erin Amlicke
Directed by Lillian White
A Drive In Parking Lot Play
June 28th at 6:30 pm (one performance only)
Tickets:  919.834.4001 – $20 per car – reservations a MUST 

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Burning Coal Theatre Company can create internships in arts administration, technical theatre, acting, directing, stage managing or a combination of the above.  Those interested in working as an intern with Burning Coal should forward an email indicating your area of interest, availability (dates and times of day), and a resume.  We will call you to set up an interview. Internships are not paid, though housing may be available. Our email address is coalartisticdir@ncrrbiz.com.

Acting, directing and stage management internships primarily take place during the season (Sept – May). Arts Management and technical theatre internships are available over the summer or throughout the year. Read More »

HOME FIRES is a delightfully cozy live virtual fundraising event. There is no admission to join; instead we will be offering fun opportunities to contribute throughout the evening. This new 1-hour event will celebrate Burning Coal with levity and encourage live audience participation. It will feature many of the original Cabaret Nights singers and other special guests. Join us from your comfy living room June 27th at 7pm to sing and laugh along with Burning Coal.  If you can’t attend, but want to contribute NOW you can do so HERE and we will read your name out to all the attendees on the evening of Home Fires!

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 TITUS ANDRONICUS by William Shakespeare!).  Two performances will take place at Burning Coal on the evenings of July 31 & August 1, 2020.

This year, students will also receive instruction from GUEST ARTISTS from colleges and professional theatres around the state such as:

Jill Carlson [ECU] – Stage Combat
Ray Dooley [PlayMakers Rep] – Auditioning
Carl Forsman [UNC-School of the Arts] – Shakespeare Text
John Gulley [UNCG] – Meisner Technique
Jo Hall [Greensboro College] – Fitzmaurice/Berry

APPLY HERE for full scholarship to attend STC, Sr. courtesy a grant from the NC Community Foundation.

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Work on scenes from great modern plays with Burning Coal Theatre Company.  Burning Coal’s Artistic Director, Jerome Davis will again lead 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 »

Burning Coal Theatre is pleased to present The 19th Amendment Project, a collection of short plays written by some of the most accomplished women and/or non-binary playwrights working today, writing on the passage of the 19^th Amendment 100 years ago and its ongoing impact.  Performances are Thurs – Sats at 7:30 pm & Suns at 2 pm Aug 20 – 30.  Tickets: $20 – may be obtained at 919.834.4001 or www.burningcoal.org.

The playwrights expected to participate include Clare Bayley, Hannah Benitez, Becca Blackwell, Bekah Brunstetter, Susana Cook, Kelly Doyle, Amanda Duarte, Christine Evans, Magdalena Gomez, Holly Hughes, Tamara Kissane, Carrie Knowles, Karen Malpede, Deb Margolin, Ruth Margraff, Kate R. Morris, MJ Perrin, Elaine Romero, Prageeta Sharma, Shay Youngblood, and Ariel Ztn.

 Our production partner is The League of Women Voters of Wake County

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