Happening June 1-18, TheatreFEST 2023 is Raleigh’s hub for summer theatre. Connecting theatre-makers, companies, educators, and patrons alike — all in the celebration and advancement of live theatre. With a varied script of theatrically-centered experiences on tap, TheatreFEST has something for everyone!
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What will it take to get two dozen powerfully passionate, exceedingly complicated, and all-too-human individuals to settle their differences, while they hold the very future of a nation in their hands? This Tony Award-winning Best Musical is tuneful, witty, and constantly surprising, especially in this revolutionary new production from directors Jeffrey L. Page (Violet) and […] |
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In Corpus Christi, McNally gives us his own unique view of the story of Christ, depicting Jesus and the Apostles as gay men living in modern-day Texas. “A serious, even reverent retelling of the Christ story in a modern idiom—quite close, in its way, to the original…If the point is to make Jesus’ teachings live for […] |
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Sherlock Holmes is dead. Or so it is assumed. The world knows the great detective went over the falls at Reichenbach with his nemesis Professor Moriarty. But as Holmes’ body was never retrieved, it falls to Dr. Watson to disprove the charlatans. When a telegram arrives with tales of three men claiming to be the […]
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This production is a full circle moment for Maule, who worked on the play when the manuscript was selected for the competitive 2022 N.C. Playwrights Lab held at Theatre Raleigh last summer. The lab is a premiere, professional program for developing new works by N.C. playwrights. “From the moment you type ‘end of play,’ every playwright dreams […] |
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Tickets for this show should be purchased directly thru Burning Coal Theatre, see our main page for link. |
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“a musical about two guys writing a musical about two guys writing a musical”. A sincere and sincerely funny examination of the struggles of writing, collaborating, and working with friends and strangers to make something ‘original’!
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Queen Elizabeth is dead and her favorite courtier, Sir Walter Raleigh, is facing the executioner’s blade. Larger-than-life, Raleigh meets his fate with wit and aplomb, despite a court of vipers and a jealous king intent on bringing his downfall. “...Ira David Wood III has given audiences many memorable moments. But none perhaps is so poignant […]
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For 10 hard-luck Texans, a new lease on life is so close they can touch it. Under a scorching sun for days on end, armed with nothing but hope, humor and ambition, they’ll fight to keep at least one hand on a brand-new truck in order to win it. In the hilarious, hard-fought contest that […]
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Ruby tells the story of one woman’s emotional journey after a miscarriage. It explores how she tries to cope with her grief, body issues, and anxiety. Part comedy, part tragedy, it examines how she tries to understand the loss, coupled with her continued desire to have a child, all the while surrounded by women who seem […] |
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The theme of the conference this year is Opening Doors which we will be examining from different points of view. Our keynotes will be Katy Sullivan, Champion Paralympian and star of The Cost of Living on Broadway, Christine Toy Johnson, Tony-honored Broadway performer and Treasurer of the Dramatists’ Guild, in addition to Chelsea Pace, Intimacy Choreographer for A Strange Loop on Broadway and founder of […] |
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A performance festival of 10-14 experimental, innovative, and collaborative works that push boundaries and embrace parity, spanning two weekends of the 8th Annual National Women’s Theatre Festival. Pieces are curated by a selection committee and chosen from our nationwide pool of submissions. Each individual piece may run between 20 and 90 minutes long with no […] |
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This intimate evening will kick off Theatre Raleigh’s new series, TR In Concert. Norbert Leo Butz is a two-time Tony Award winner for Best Actor in a Musical, and is one of only nine actors ever to have won the award twice as lead actor. He first won for his work in DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS and won again for […] |
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The classic story of Francis Hodgson Burnett’s A Little Princess is reinvented into an original adaptation for Sweet Tea Shakespeare audiences. Developed by theatre artists Nathalie Ray and Maneesha Lassiter, the play grapples with the colonial narratives of the original novel, uses consciously diverse casting practices for traditionally "white" roles to increase representation for all, […]
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Aphra Behn, former British spy, will have fame and glory as England’s first female playwright if she can just finish her play by sunrise. But between her handsome patron King Charles II, free-spirited actress Nell Gwynne, and double agent William Scot – who may or may not be trying to murder the king – how […]
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Stone Soup Theatre Company launches its first spring production with: RIDE THE CYCLONE! In this hilarious and outlandish musical, the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short in a freak accident aboard a roller coaster. When they awake in limbo, a mechanical fortune teller invites each to tell a story to […]
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When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again. Freaky Friday, a new musical based on the celebrated novel by Mary Rodgers and the hit Disney films, is a heartfelt, comedic, and unexpectedly emotional update on an American classic. By spending a day […]
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Firebox Theatre Company’s June production of one-act plays features 2 delightful, dark comedies, Poof! by Lynn Nottage & The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter. A bit about Poof! When a housewife comes to the end of her rope with her abusive husband, she doesn't expect him to spontaneously combust. Now she has a pile of […] |
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From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a Euphoric Celebration of 21st-century girl power! This new original musical is the global sensation that everyone is losing their head over! SIX has won 23 awards in the 2021/2022 Broadway season, including the […]
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Sweet Tea Shakespeare (STS) is proud to announce the opening of our production of Shakespeare in Love by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, adapted for the stage by Lee Hall, directed by Jim Warren. This charming romantic comedy will run from June 22-July 2, 2023, in Fayetteville, North Carolina at The Downtown Market of Fayetteville at 325 Blount Street. […] |