Deal With It

Durham Fruit 305 S. Dillard Street, Durham, NC, United States

What happens when 4 celebrities have to go to anger management group therapy? What happens when secrets come out? When life deals you a bad hand, you have to learn how to DEAL WITH IT! A one act play written and directed by award winning artist, Renèe A. Nixon. Starring Brandonn Odom, Lebone Moses, Anthony […]

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 […]

Hairspray

Thalian Hall 310 Chestnut Street, Wilmington, NC, United States

Winner of the 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Hairspray combines ’60s style R&B and infectious dancing as underdog Tracy campaigns to integrate a TV teen dance program. Loads of fun and a great message!

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 […]

The Color Purple

Raleigh Little Theatre 301 Pogue Street, Raleigh, NC, United States

This musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel (and the popular 1985 Steven Spielberg film) spotlights Celie, a downtrodden young woman whose personal awakening over the course of 40 years forms the arc of this epic story. With a joyous score featuring jazz, ragtime, gospel, African music and blues, The Color Purple is a story of […]

Parade

North Raleigh Arts and Creative Theatre 7713-51 Lead Mine Road, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

In 1913, Leo Frank, a Brooklyn-raised Jew living in Georgia, is put on trial for the murder of thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan, a factory worker under his employ. Already guilty in the eyes of everyone around him, a sensationalist publisher and a janitor's false testimony seal Leo's fate. His only defenders are a governor with a […]

Ride the Cyclone

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

In this hilarious and outrageous story, the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir abruptly end in a freak accident on a roller coaster. When they awaken in limbo, a mechanical fortune teller invites each of them to share a story to win a prize unlike any other — the chance to return […]