Burning Coal Theatre offers classes to young and adult learners throughout the year. Our Uta Hagen class is an acting class offered in our theatre space in Downtown Raleigh, NC. For more information, see below.
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 from modern dramatic literature and present Hagen’s object exercises in class. Students should obtain and read Respect for Acting by Uta Hagen prior to the first class. Burning Coal has presented this class every summer since 1999.
For more information on Burning Coal’s Artistic Director, read the American Theatre magazine profile here.
For ages 16 +
Fee: $200
Classes take place July 13-August 31, 2026 from 7-10 PM on Mondays at 224 Polk St. Raleigh, NC 27604, with a final showcase performance on September 1, 2026.
Registration will open for Summer 2026 in December 2025. Please check back soon!
Any questions? Call us at 919-834-4001
