Sea Change

Burning Coal Theatre 224 Polk St., Raleigh, NC, United States

The year is 2092 in an America hobbled by climate change, wealth discrepancy, and scarcity. As she races to preserve whatever remains, National Archivist Miranda Hayes is called back to the coast of North Carolina to say goodbye to her dying mother. Can Miranda preserve the crumbling family home and fractured relationships she left behind? […]

Hamlet

Theatre in the Park 107 Pullen Rd, Raleigh, NC, United States

Step into the world of Shakespeare’s Hamlet; where power, betrayal, and vengeance collide in the Danish court. Follow Prince Hamlet’s journey as he seeks to uncover the truth behind his father’s death, navigating a landscape of deception and moral ambiguity. Experience the timeless drama and haunting soliloquies that have captivated audiences for centuries in this […]

Forgive Us, Gustavito

Burning Coal Theatre 224 Polk St., Raleigh, NC, United States

Detective Emilio Hippo is back on the case, and this time, it’s personal! Inspired by true events, Forgive Us, Gustavito is equal parts classic noir and outrageous animal madness. Deep in the shadowy underbelly of a zoo, we ask the question “what does it mean to be complicit in a system you cannot identify.

The Mansion of Many Apartments

Burning Coal Theatre 224 Polk St., Raleigh, NC, United States

29 yr old Rowen awakes in the ICU after an accident, no longer able to recognize faces, even of those closest to her. Prosopagnosia, the doctors say. Face recognition blindness. It may just be temporary, they say. She hopes returning home to familiarity and routine will reorganize the scrambled and smudged faces. It doesn’t. The […]

Keely and Du

Shadowbox Studios 2200 Dominion St, Durham, NC, United States

This taut drama chronicles the fate of pregnant kidnapping victim Keely, held for months in a suburban basement-turned prison. The play focuses on Keely's evolving relationship with her seemingly warmhearted adversary Du, a fundamentalist Christian woman who guards Keely to prevent her from terminating her unwanted pregnancy.

Keely and Du

Shadowbox Studios 2200 Dominion St, Durham, NC, United States

This taut drama chronicles the fate of pregnant kidnapping victim Keely, held for months in a suburban basement-turned prison. The play focuses on Keely's evolving relationship with her seemingly warmhearted adversary Du, a fundamentalist Christian woman who guards Keely to prevent her from terminating her unwanted pregnancy.

Stew

Theatre in the Park 107 Pullen Rd, Raleigh, NC, United States

In Zora Howard’s compelling comedy-drama, three generations of Black women banter and bicker as they prepare for a feast. Mama is up early to prepare an important meal and, even with her family on hand to help, time is running short. Tensions simmer with three generations of Tucker women under one roof, but things come […]

At Birth

Burning Coal Theatre 224 Polk St., Raleigh, NC, United States

At Birth is an outrageous comedy about the crashing of cultures between two wildly dissimilar couples who meet up when their babies, now eight months old, are discovered to have been switched… at birth. At Birth boils over with a pit bull with a sweet tooth, a pet python, a mourning parrot, breaking hearts, sexual crossfire, slinging insults, […]

Love’s Labor Lost

Shadowbox Studios 2200 Dominion St, Durham, NC, United States