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Summer Festivals:
Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy (Raleigh & Wilson) through September 5;
NC Museum of Art Summer Concerts & Films (Raleigh) through September 11; &
Montford Park Players (Asheville) through October 3;
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Carolina Chamber Music Festival (New Bern) - September 23-26
Note: The UNC School of the Arts plans to return to Roanoke Island in the Summer of 2011

Ongoing:

• Through Sunday September 5 - Wilson
  Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy
  Program: Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tell Me on a Sunday, directed by Matthew-Jason Willis, & starring Lauren Kennedy
  Lauren Kennedy and Alan Campbell Theatre, Barton College, Wilson. 8p except Sunday @ 3p
  $22-$18. 866/811-4111 or http://www.hotsummernightsatthekennedy.org/

• Through Saturday September 4 (in Durham), & Thursday-Saturday September 9-11 (in Cary)
  FATE
  Program: John Ford Noonan: Talking Things over with Chekhov, directed by Noelle Barnard*
  8/26-28: The West End Theatre, TheArtCenter, Carrboro. 8:00 p.m.;
  9/2-4: Common Ground Theatre, Durham. 8:00 p.m.; &
  9/9-11: Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary. 8:00 p.m.
  Thursdays $10-$5, Fridays & Saturdays $15-$10; discounts for seniors, military, students, educators, & groups. 919/539-0993 or http://www.brownpapertickets.com/
  Note: We encourage reservations and arriving early for the best seat selection!
  *Cast/crew include Chris Brown, Julie-Kate Cooper, Nicola Lefler, Deirdre Lewis, & Julya M Mirro.

• Through Sunday September 5, & Tuesday-Sunday September 7-12, & extended Tuesday-Sunday September 14-19 – Charlotte
  Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
  Program: Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins
  Belk Theater, 130 N. Tryon St., Charlotte. Times as shown below.
  Tickets begin at $32.50. 704/372-1000 or http://www.BlumenthalCenter.org/
  • Friday September 3 at 8:00 p.m.
  • Saturday September 4 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
  • Sunday September 5 at 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
  • Tuesday September 7 at 7:30 p.m.
  • Wednesday September 8 at 7:30 p.m.
  • Thursday September 9 at 7:30 p.m.
  • Friday September 10 at 8:00 p.m.
  • Saturday September 11 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
  • Sunday September 12 at 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
  • Tuesday September 14 at 7:30 p.m.
  • Wednesday September 15 at 7:30 p.m.
  • Thursday September 16 at 7:30 p.m.
  • Friday September 17 at 8:00 p.m.
  • Saturday September 18 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
  • Sunday September 19 at 1:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Openings:

• Resumes Friday-Monday September 3-6 - Chapel Hill
  Paperhand Puppet Intervention
  Program: Islands Unknown
  Forest Theatre, Chapel Hill. 7:00 p.m.
  Suggested donation $12, kids 4-12 $8, 3 & under free. 919/923-1857

• Resumes Friday-Sunday September 3-5 - Asheville
  Montford Park Players
  Program: The Asheville Shakesperience, Scott Keel, director
  Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, 100 Gay Street, Asheville. 7:30 p.m.*
  Free.. 828/254-5146 or http://www.montfordparkplayers.org/
  *The Asheville Shakesperience will be preceded at 6:30 pm by a staged reading of the newly attributed Shakespearean play, Double Falsehood, or, The Distrest Lovers. This is quite possibly one of the first stagings of this play in the United States.

• Wednesday-Sunday September 8-12 – Chapel Hill
  PlayMakers Repertory Company, PRC2 Second Stage Series
  Program: Samuel Beckett: Happy Days
  Kenan Theatre, Center for Dramatic Art, 150 Country Club Road, Chapel Hill. 7:30 p.m. except 9/12 @ 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
  $#5-$10. 919/962-PLAY (7529) or http://www.playmakersrep.org/
  Note: Each performance followed by artist/audience discussion.

• Thursday-Sunday September 9-12, & Wednesday-Saturday September 15-18 - Durham
  Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern
  Program: Ganesha: Redghost,* directed by Rachel Klem
  Common Ground Theatre, 4815B Hillsborough Road, Durham. 8p except 9/12 @ 2p
  W/Th/Sun $12, F/Sa $15, student rush (1 hr before show) $8. 919/452-9204
  *"An original adaptation of one of Japan’s best known and most terrifying ghost stories, Yotsuya Kaidan. Revenge, lust, obsession and the fast track to Hell."

• *  Thursday-Sunday September 9-12, Thursday-Sunday September 16-19, & Thursday- Sunday September 23-26
  Burning Coal Theatre Company
  Program: Christopher Sergel: To Kill a Mockingbird** (from the novel by Harper Lee), directed by Randolph Curtis Rand
  Burning Coal Theatre at the Murphey School, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh. Thurs-Sat @ 7:30p & Sun @ 2p
  $20, seniors/active military/students $15; Thursday night tickets $10; first Sunday of each run is "Pay What You Can Day." 919/834-4001 or http://www.burningcoal.org/
  *AD 9/12
  **"2010 is the 50th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee’s essential Southern novel about a small town lawyer, Atticus Finch, and his decision to stand and fight bigotry and injustice. It is told from the viewpoint of the widower Atticus’ young daughter, Scout. Mr. Sergel’s stage adaptation is the only authorized stage adaptation of Ms. Lee’s novel.... Randolph Curtis Rand will direct a cast of nine, including Los Angeles based actor Liz Beckham & Roger Rathburn."
  Related event: On 9/18 @ 6p, author Allan Gurganus will speak at Burning Coal on the continuing influence and impact of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. Tickets are $5 or free for anyone holding a ticket to any performance of Burning Coal’s To Kill A Mockingbird. Tickets may be obtained at the door beginning at 5:30 pm.

• Friday-Saturday September 10-11 – Raleigh
  NCMA: Paperhand Puppet Intervention
  Program: Islands Unknown
  North Carolina Museum of Art, 2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh. 6:30 p.m.
  $15 (members $10), children 3-12 $7.50, children 2 & under free. 919/715-5923 or http://ncartmuseum.org/

• Friday-Sunday September 10-12, Thursday-Sunday September 16-19, & Thursday-Sunday September 23-26
  RLT and Actors Comedy Lab
  Program: And The Winner Is
  Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre, RLT, 301 Pogue Street, Raleigh. 8p except Sundays @ 3p
  $15, seniors/students $12. 919/821-3111 or http://raleighlittletheatre.org/

• *Friday-Sunday September 10-12, Friday-Sunday September 17-19, & Friday-Sunday September 24-26 - Raleigh
  Justice Theater Project
  Program: Wilder: Our Town, directed by Kevin Ferguson**
  St. Francis of Assisi Clare Hall, 11401 Leesville Road, Raleigh. 8p except Sundays @ 2p. Reception 9/10. Pre-show discussions 9/12 & 9/18 @ 7:30p. Reception 9/10.
  $15, seniors/students $12; 9/12 $5 all seats. 919/264-7089 or http://www.thejusticetheaterproject.org/
  *AD 9/24 @ 8p
  **Cast/crew Stage Manager: J. Chachula, Mrs. Gibbs: Susannah Hough, Doctor Gibbs: Stephen LeTrent, George Gibbs: Lucas Campbell, Rebecca Gibbs: Kate Brittain, Mrs. Webb: Megan Mazzocchi, Editor Webb: Jack Prather, Emily Webb: Ali Hammond, Wally Webb: Brian Driskill, Simon Stimson: Ian Finley, Mrs. Soames: Renee Wimberley, Howie Newsome: Sean Brosnahan, Joe Crowell, Jr.: Glenn Driskill, Sam Craig: Josh Teder, Joe Stoddard: Bing Cox, Constable Warren: John Honeycutt, Professor Willard: Lester Hill, Si Crowell: Eli Miller, Irma: Barbette Hunter, Citizen: Colleen Guest, Citizen: Laura Sheridan, Citizen: Rob Cui; & stage management by Elsbeth Turner, lighting design by Tom Wolf, costuming by Nora Murphy, set design by Lexie Nichols, properties design by Elsbeth Turner, assistant direction by Christine Zagrobelny and assistant stage management by Jason Hassell.

• Friday-Sunday September 10-12, Friday-Sunday September 17-19, Friday-Sunday September 24-26, & Friday-Sunday October 1-3 - Asheville
  Montford Park Players
  Program: Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, Dusty McKeelan, director
  Hazel Robinson Amphitheatre, 100 Gay Street, Asheville. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/254-5146 or http://www.montfordparkplayers.org/

• Saturday September 11 — Carrboro
  ArtsCenter Stage
  Program: The Monti: Turning Points*
  The ArtsCenter, 300-G East Main Street, Carrboro. 8:00 pm
  $20, ArtsCenter members $18, students $12. 919/929-2787, ext. 201, or http://www.artscenterlive.org/
  *"The Monti welcomes Greg Taylor, George Singleton, David Gessner, Belle Boggs and Janet Babin for The Monti's season opener. Greg Taylor made local and national headlines last February as the first person ever to be found innocent by the N.C. Innocence Inquiry Commission...; in May, he received a full pardon from Governor Bev Perdue. All this came after Taylor had spent over seventeen years in prison for the murder of Jacquetta Thomas. The commission found that there was no evidence linking Taylor to the crime. In addition, it was revealed that the prosecution had withheld evidence that could have acquitted Taylor almost two decades ago. The Monti is a non-profit organization that invites interesting people from the Triangle community and beyond to tell true, personal stories, unscripted and often off-the-cuff, in front of a live audience.... Each event combines well-known national and local figures with lesser-known community members each ready with a great story. In the end, everyone has a story to tell, and The Monti proves it every night. 'Greg Taylor is a natural fit for The Monti,' said Jeff Polish, the Director of The Monti. 'He’s a real person with a compelling and important story to tell. In fact, to not have invited him into this forum would have been a great oversight on our part.' While that may be true, it does not mean that Taylor would necessarily accept the offer to tell his story. But he did accept and quickly. 'As I move on with my life, I hope that I can look back and find some purpose or reason for my experience,' said Greg Taylor. 'Perhaps by talking about it in a forum like The Monti, it will help me to find some sort of purpose.' Joining Greg Taylor at The Monti’s season opener is a group of renowned literary and broadcasting greats – each alone could headline any Monti show. George Singleton, author of Work Shirts for Mad Men; David Gessner, author of Sick of Nature; Belle Boggs, author of Mattaponi Queen; and Janet Babin, reporter for American Public Media’s MarketPlace."

• Friday-Sunday September 17-19, Thursday-Sunday September 23-26, & Friday-Sunday October 1-3
  Theatre In The Park
  Program: Adam Long, Daniel Singer & Jess Winfield: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
  Theatre In The Park, Raleigh. 7:30p except Sundays @ 3p.
  $22 & $16. 919/831-6058 or http://www.theatreinthepark.com/

• Saturday-Sunday September 18-19, & Tuesday-Sunday September 21-26 – Raleigh
  North Carolina Theatre
  Program: Little Shop of Horrors
  Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, 2 E. South Street, Raleigh. 8p except 9/19 @ 2p, 9/25 @ 2p & 8p, & 9/26 @ 2p & 7p
  $76-$26. 800/745-3000 or http://www.nctheatre.com/

• Wednesday-Sunday September 22-26, Tuesday-Sunday September 28-October 3, & Tuesday-Sunday October 5-10 – Chapel Hill
  PlayMakers Repertory Company, Mainstage Series
  Program: William Shakespeare: As You Like It
  Paul Green Theatre, Center for Dramatic Art, 150 Country Club Road, Chapel Hill. 7:30 p.m. except Sundays @ 2:00 p.m. and 10/2 @ 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
  $45-$10. 919/962-PLAY (7529) or http://www.playmakersrep.org/
  Note: Preview performances 9/22-24, opening night 9/25; & Vision Series Director’s Preview 9/15

• Wednesday-Sunday September 29 - October 3 - Greensboro
  UNCG Theatre and the School of Music, Theatre and Dance
  Program: Rodgers & Hammerstein: Oklahoma!*
  Aycock Auditorium, UNC-Greensboro. 9/29-30 @ 7:30p, 10/1 @ 8p, 10/2 @ 2p & 8p, & 10/3 @ 2p
  $20, seniors/students/childen $15, UNCG alumni & groups (10+) $12, UNCG students $10. 336/334-4849 or http://boxoffice.uncg.edu. Information http://www.uncg.edu/the
  *Bryan Conger, director, Bill Carroll, music director, & Rodney Luck. choreographer

• Thursday-Sunday September 30 - October 3
  NCSU Theatre
  Program: Shakespeare: Twelfth Night
  Stewart Theatre, NCSU, Raleigh. 7:30p except Sunday @ 2p
  $. 919/515-1100 or http://www.ncsu.edu/arts/.

• Thursday-Tuesday September 30 - October 5 - Greenville
  ECU/Loessin Playhouse
  Program: Tennessee Williams: Orpheus Descending
  McGinnis Theatre, ECU, Greenville. 8p except 10/3 @ 2p
  $12-$10. 800/ECU-ARTS or http://www.ECUARTS.com/

• Thursday-Sunday September 30 - October 3, & Thursday-Sunday October 7-10
  BCTC 2nd Stage Series
  Program: Jonathan Fitts: Playground
  Burning Coal Theatre at the Murphey School, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh. Thurs-Sat @ 7:30p & Sun @ 2p
  $10. 919/834-4001 or http://www.burningcoal.org/

• Thursday-Sunday September 30 - October 3 (in Durham), & Friday-Sunday October 8-10 (in Cary)
  Bare Theatre and The Delta Boys
  Program: Shakespeare: The Winter’s Tale, directed by Lucius Robinson
  9/30 - 10/3: Common Ground Theatre, Durham. 8p exc. 10/3 @ 2p; &
  10/8-10: Sertoma Amphitheatre, Fred G. Bond Metro Park, Cary. 8p exc. 10/10 @ 2p
  $15, senior/military/student $8. 919/386-9571 or http://www.baretheatre.org/

• Friday-Sunday October 1-3, & Thursday-Sunday October 7-10 - Cary
  Cary Players
  Program: Joe DiePietro: Over the River and Through the Woods
  Page Walker Arts & History Center 119 Ambassador Loop, Cary. 8p except Sundays @ 3p.
  Advance tickets $12 (at Cary's Herb Young Community Center); at the door $15. 919/781-0128 or http://www.caryplayers.org/

•  Monday October 4 - Raleigh
  Burning Coal
  Program: Chris Cragin: The River Nun, directed by Tea Alagic - staged reading
  Burning Coal Theatre at the Murphey School, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh. 7:00 p.m. Suggested donation $5. 919/834-4001 or http://www.burningcoal.org/

• */**Tuesday-Sunday October 5-10 -Charlotte
  Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
  Program: 9 to 5: The Musical
  Ovens Auditorium, 2700 East Independence Blvd., Charlotte. Times as shown below.
  Tickets begin at $20. 704/372-1000 or http://www.BlumenthalCenter.org/
  Schedule: Tuesday October 5 @ 7:30p;
  Wednesday October 6 @ 7:30p;
  Thursday October 7 @ 7:30p;
  Friday October 8 @ 8p;
  Saturday October 9 @ 2:00p & 8p; &
  Sunday October 10 @ 1:30p & 7:00p
  */** AD & SL 10/10 @ 2p

• Thursday-Saturday October 7-9, Thursday-Sunday October 14-17, & Wednesday-Saturday October 20-23
  Manbites Dog Theater
  Program: Jennifer Haley: Breadcrumbs,* directed by Jeff Storer (regional premiere)
  Manbites Dog Theater, 703 Foster Street, Durham. 8:15p except 10/17 @ 3:15p
  Weekends $17, weeknights $12, discounts for seniors, military, & students. Season vouchers accepted for all performances. Preview 10/7 - pay what you can ($5 min), door sales only. Tickets on sale 30 days before opening. 919/682-3343 or http://manbitesdogtheater.org/
  *"A reclusive fiction writer must depend upon a troubled young woman to finish her last book - an autobiography, and find her way through the dark woods of her past. A story of mothers, daughters, and memories."

• Friday October 8 - Smithfield
  Ava Gardner Festival
  Program: Gala at Ava Gardner Museum
  $50 (& silent auction), or *”Festival Package for Two for $99 - includes access to the Festival Gala, festival-long museum admission, heritage tour passes, and movie tickets to all films. 919/934-5830 or http://www.avagardner.org/
  Note: The following day, the Festival continues with heritage tours & films.

• Friday-Saturday October 8-9, & Thursday-Saturday October 14-16 – Garner
  The Towne Players of Garner
  Program: The Curious Savage
  Garner Historic Auditorium, Garner. 8p except 10/16 @ 2p & 8p
  $12/$10 (by cash or check only). 919/779-6144 or http://www.towneplayers.org/

• Friday-Sunday October 8-10, Thursday-Sunday October 14-17, & Thursday-Sunday October 21-24
  RLT
  Program: The Piano Lesson
  Cantey V. Sutton Theatre, RLT, 301 Pogue Street, Raleigh. 8p except Sundays @ 3p
  $20, seniors/students $16. 919/821-3111 or http://raleighlittletheatre.org/

• Thursday-Sunday October 14*-17 – Raleigh
  North Carolina Theatre
  Program: The Black Suits
  Burning Coal Theatre at the Murphey School, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh,. 7:30p except 10/16-17 @ 2p & 7:30p
  $20, students/HipTix members $15. 919/831-6941, ext. 6944, or http://www.nctheatre.com/
  *10/14 is a dress rehearsal and “Pay What You Can” Performance

• Friday-Sunday October 22-24, & Tuesday-Sunday October 26-31 - Greensboro
  UNCG Theatre
  Program: Lisa Loomer: The Waiting Room*
  Brown Building Theatre, UNC-Greensboro, 8p except Sundays @ 2p
  $15, seniors/students $12, UNC alumni & groups (10+) $9, UNCG students $7. 336/334-4849 or http://boxoffice.uncg.edu. Information http://www.uncg.edu/the
  *"A dark comedy about the timeless quest for beauty — and its cost. Not appropriate for children due to language and situations. Directed by John Gulley."

• Wednesday-Sunday October 27-31, Tuesday-Sunday November 2-7, & Tuesday-Sunday November 9-14 – Chapel Hill
  PlayMakers Repertory Company, Mainstage Series
  Program: August Wilson: Fences
  Paul Green Theatre, Center for Dramatic Art, 150 Country Club Road, Chapel Hill. 7:30 p.m. except Sundays @ 2:00 p.m. & 11/6 @ 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
  $45-$10. 919/962-PLAY (7529) or http://www.playmakersrep.org/
  Note: Preview performances 10/27-29, opening night 10/30; & Vision Series Director’s Preview 10/20

• Thursday-Sunday October 28-31, & Wednesday-Sunday November 4-7
  NCSU Theatre
  Program: A Piece of My Heart
  Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre, NCSU, Raleigh. 7:30p except Sundays @ 2p
  $. 919/515-1100 or http://www.ncsu.edu/arts/.

• Friday-Sunday October 29-31
  Burning Coal Theatre Company & Raleigh City Museum
  Program: Ian Finley: The Ghosts of Fayetteville Street
  The promenade performance will begin at Raleigh City Museum, 220 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, and travel along Fayetteville Street. 6:30p except 10/31 @ 2p
  $15, students $10. 919/834-4001 or http://www.burningcoal.org/

• Wednesday November 3 - Saturday November 13
  Manbites Dog Theatre hosts The Theme Is Blackness - A Festival of Contemporary American Playwrights, co-sponsored by Duke University & presented as part of Manbites Dog's Other Voices Series - Two weeks of bold plays and discussions on the state of theater and race in America, with guest appearances by Ed Bullins, Howard L. Craft and Lydia R. Diamond. See details below.

• Wednesday-Saturday November 3-6
  Manbites Dog's Other Voices Series
  Program: The Theme Is Blackness - A Festival of Contemporary American Playwrights, co-sponsored by Duke University: Ed Bullins: Night of the Beast,* directed by Jay O’Berski (premiere)
  Manbites Dog Theater, 703 Foster Street, Durham. 8:15 p.m.
  Weekends $17, weeknights $12, discounts for seniors, military, & students. Season vouchers accepted for all performances. Tickets on sale 30 days before opening. 919/682-3343 or http://manbitesdogtheater.org/
  *"On a dystopian Black planet, a Brother awakes to find himself in the midst of a civil war."

• Thursday-Sunday November 4-7, Thursday-Sunday November 11-14, & Thursday-Sunday November 18-21
  Burning Coal Theatre Company
  Program: Conor McPherson: St. Nicholas,* directed by Randolph Curtis Rand
  Burning Coal Theatre at the Murphey School, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh. Thurs-Sat @ 7:30p & Sun @ 2p
  $20, seniors/active military/students $15; Thursday night tickets $10; first Sunday of each run is "Pay What You Can Day." 919/834-4001 or http://www.burningcoal.org/
  *"[This] haunting and funny one-man show deals with a besotted Dublin theatre critic who falls in love with a young actress and follows her to London, and straight into a coven of vampires.... The production will feature Burning Coal’s Artistic Director, Jerome Davis, as the Critic."

• Friday-Sunday November 5-7, Thursday-Sunday November 11-14, & Thursday-Sunday November 18-21
  RLT Youth Show
  Program: JungalBook
  Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre, RLT, 301 Pogue Street, Raleigh. Fridays @ 7:30p, Thursdays at 10a ,Saturdays @ 1p & 5p, & Sundays @ 1p and 5p (except 11/21 @ 1p only)
  Adults/seniors $13, children $9. 919/821-3111 or http://raleighlittletheatre.org/

• Tuesday-Sunday November 9-14
  Meredith Theatre
  Program: April de Angelis: Playhouse Creatures*
  Studio Theatre, Meredith College, Raleigh. 8p except 11/14 @ 3p
  $10, seniors/students $5. Reservations boxoffice@meredith.edu; 919/760-8536
  *"[The] drama looks at Charles II's reign when, for the first time in English history, women were allowed to perform on the stage. A rollicking, bawdy story, full of rude hilarity, earthy comedy and heartbreak, this show proves that the seventeenth century was quite fun!"

• Wednesday-Saturday November 10-13
  Manbites Dog's Other Voices Series
  Program: The Theme Is Blackness - A Festival of Contemporary American Playwrights, co-sponsored by Duke University: Lydia R. Diamond: Harriet Jacobs,* directed by Dana Marks
  Manbites Dog Theater, 703 Foster Street, Durham. 8:15 p.m.
  Weekends $17, weeknights $12, discounts for seniors, military, & students. Season vouchers accepted for all performances. Tickets on sale 30 days before opening. 919/682-3343 or http://manbitesdogtheater.org/
  *"A lyrical, moving adaptation of Jacobs’ American classic, Incidents In the Life of a Slave Girl."

• Saturday-Sunday November 13-14, & Tuesday-Sunday November 16-21 - Greensboro
  UNCG Theatre and the North Carolina Theatre for Young People
  Program: Lewis Carroll, adapted by Joe Sturgeon & Jim Wren: Alice in Wonderland, directed by Jim Wren
  Taylor Theatre, UNC-Greensboro Campus. 11/13-14 @ 2p, 11/16-19 @ 9:30a & noon, 11/19 @ 8p, & 11/20-21 @ 2p
  $15, seniors/students $12, UNC alumni & groups (10+) $9, UNCG students $7. 336/334-4849 or http://boxoffice.uncg.edu. Information http://www.uncg.edu/the

• Thursday-Sunday November 18-21, & Wednesday-Sunday December 1-5
  NCSU Theatre
  Program: Inspecting Carol
  Titmus Theatre, NCSU, Raleigh. 7:30p except Sundays @ 2p
  $. 919/515-1100 or http://www.ncsu.edu/arts/.

• Thursday-Tuesday November 18-23 - Greenville
  ECU/Loessin Playhouse
  Program: Lerner & Loewe: Brigadoon
  McGinnis Theatre, ECU, Greenville. 8p except 11/21 @ 2p
  $17.50 - $10. 800/ECU-ARTS or http://www.ECUARTS.com/

• Wednesday-Sunday December 1-5, Tuesday-Sunday December 7-12, & Tuesday-Sunday December 14-19 – Chapel Hill
  PlayMakers Repertory Company, Mainstage Series
  Program: Donald Margulies: Shipwrecked! An Entertainment
  Paul Green Theatre, Center for Dramatic Art, 150 Country Club Road, Chapel Hill. 7:30 p.m. except Sundays @ 2:00 p.m. and 12/11 @ 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
  $10-$45; 919/962-PLAY (7529) or http://www.playmakersrep.org/
  Note: Preview performances 12/1-3, opening night 12/4; & Vision Series Director’s Preview 11/23

• Thursday-Saturday December 2-4, Thursday-Sunday December 9-12, & Wednesday-Saturday December 15-18
  Manbites Dog Theater
  Program: Will Eno: Oh, the Humanity and other exclamations,* directed by Jeff Storer (regional premiere)
  Manbites Dog Theater, 703 Foster Street, Durham. 8:15p except 12/12 @ 3:15p
  Weekends $17, weeknights $12, discounts for seniors, military, & students. Season vouchers accepted for all performances. Tickets on sale 30 days before opening. 919/682-3343 or http://manbitesdogtheater.org/
  *"Existential despair has never been funnier: a coach looks back on a losing season, a corporate spokesperson tries to explain a catastrophe, and a man and woman encounter metaphysical dilemmas on their way to a christening (or is it a funeral?) - just a few of the hopeful, fragile dreamers in an evening of playfully profound theater."

• Thursday-Sunday December 2-5, Thursday-Sunday December 9-12, & Thursday-Sunday December 16-19
  Burning Coal Theatre Company
  Program: Regina Taylor: Crowns,* directed by Rebecca Holderness Burning Coal Theatre at the Murphey School, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh. Thurs-Sat @ 7:30p & Sun @ 2p
  $20, seniors/active military/students $15; Thursday night tickets $10; first Sunday of each run is "Pay What You Can Day." 919/834-4001 or http://www.burningcoal.org/
  *"[This] rollicking gospel musical is based loosely on a book of photography: Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry. It details the tribulations of a young African American girl from New York City whose family send her to live with her grandmother in South Carolina after an act of violence shatters their family.... The production will star the original cast from the production Burning Coal mounted in 2008, including Yolanda Rabun, Emelia Cowans and Naima Adedapo. The production is a collaboration between Burning Coal Theatre Company and the Temple Theatre in Sanford, NC, where the production will play in February, 2011."

• Friday-Sunday December 3-5
  Theatre In The Park
  Program: Ira David Wood III: A Christmas Carol
  Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC), Durham. 7p except 12/5 @ 2p
  $75-$25. 919/831-6058 or http://www.theatreinthepark.com/

• Saturday December 4 - Greenville
  ECU/Loessin Playhouse
  Program: Scholarship Fundraiser
  McGinnis Theatre, ECU, Greenville. 6:00 p.m.
  $25. 800-ECU-ARTS or http://www.ECUARTS.com/

• Wednesday-Wednesday December 8-15
  Theatre In The Park
  Program: Ira David Wood III: A Christmas Carol
  Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh. 7p except 12/11 @ 2p & 7p, & 12/12 @ 2p
  $79-$24. 919/831-6058 or http://www.theatreinthepark.com/

• Friday-Sunday December 10-12, & Thursday-Sunday December 16-19
  RLT Holiday Show
  Program: Cinderella (27th annual performance)
  Cantey V. Sutton Theatre, RLT, 301 Pogue Street, Raleigh, Raleigh. Thursdays & Fridays @ 7:30p, Saturdays @ 1p & 5p, & Sundays @ 1p & 5p
  $25. 919/821-3111 or http://raleighlittletheatre.org/

• Sunday December 19 - Winston-Salem
  Reynolda House: Robin Voiers
  Program: Truman Capote: A Christmas Memory
  Reynolda House, Winston-Salem. 3:00 p.m.
  $12, members $8. 336/758-5580

• 2011

• Wednesday-Sunday January 12-16 – Chapel Hill
  PlayMakers Repertory Company, PRC2 Second Stage Series
  Program: Written & performed by Lisa Ramirez, & directed by Colman Domingo: Exit Cuckoo (nanny in motherland)
  Kenan Theatre, Center for Dramatic Art, 150 Country Club Road, Chapel Hill. 7:30 p.m. except 1/16 @ 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
  $35-$10. 919/962-PLAY (7529) or http://www.playmakersrep.org/
  Note: Each performance followed by artist/audience discussion.

• Thursday-Sunday January 13-16, Thursday-Sunday January 20-23, & Thursday-Sunday January 27-30
  Burning Coal Theatre Company
  Program: Kelly Doyle: Blue,* directed by Mark Sutch (premiere)
  Burning Coal Theatre at the Murphey School, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh. Thurs-Sat @ 7:30p & Sun @ 2p
  $20, seniors/active military/students $15; Thursday night tickets $10; first Sunday of each run is "Pay What You Can Day." 919/834-4001 or http://www.burningcoal.org/
  *"Raleigh native Kelly Doyle’s play Blue... is about a charismatic, morally bankrupt blue worm, William, and the women who love him. Kelly Doyle holds an MFA in playwriting from Brown University in Providence, RI. Her undergraduate degree is from CalArts. Her plays Hole and Dirt each received readings at Burning Coal’s New Works program in past seasons."

• Thursday-Saturday January 27-29, Thursday-Sunday February 3-6, & Wednesday-Saturday February 9-12
  Manbites Dog Theater
  Program: Monica Byrne: Nightwork,* directed by Jay O'Berski (premiere - Durham playwright)
  Manbites Dog Theater, 703 Foster Street, Durham. 8:15p except 2/6 @ 3:15p
  Weekends $17, weeknights $12, discounts for seniors, military, & students. Season vouchers accepted for all performances. Preview 1/27: Pay what you can ($5 min), door sales only. Tickets on sale 30 days before opening. 919/682-3343 or http://manbitesdogtheater.org/
  *"It's late night in the lab and careers are on the line for five high-strung grad students trying to survive a harrowing and hilarious academic purgatory. What's the worst that could happen?"

• Thursday-Tuesday January 27 - February 1 - Greenville
  ECU/Loessin Playhouse
  Program: DANCE 2011 - original choreography by ECU School of Theatre and Dance faculty and guest artist t.b.a.
  McGinnis Theatre, ECU, Greenville. 8p except 1/30 @ 2p
  $12-$10. 800-ECU-ARTS or http://www.ECUARTS.com/

• Friday-Sunday January 28-30, & Tuesday-Sunday February 1-6 - Greensboro
  UNCG Theatre and the School of Music, Theatre and Dance
  Program: William Finn & Rachel Sheinkin: The 25th Annial Putnam County Spelling Bee, directed by Jim Fisher
  Brown Building Theatre, UNC-Greensboro. Fri-Sat @ 8p, Tues-Thurs @ 7:30p, & Sundays @ 2p.
  $20, seniors/students/children $15, UNC alumni & groups (10+) $12, UNCG students $10. 336/334-4849 or http://boxoffice.uncg.edu. Information http://www.uncg.edu/the

• Saturday-Sunday January 29-30, Tuesday-Sunday February 1-6, Tuesday-Sunday February 8-13, Tuesday-Sunday February 15-20, Tuesday-Sunday February 22-27, & Tuesday-Sunday March 1-6 – Chapel Hill
  PlayMakers Repertory Company, Mainstage Series
  Program: Tony Kushner: Angels in America, Part 1 Millennium Approaches & Part 2 Perestroika, presented in rotating repertory
  Paul Green Theatre, Center for Dramatic Art, 150 Country Club Road, Chapel Hill. 7:30 p.m. except Sundays @ 2:00 p.m. & all Saturdays in February and March @ 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
  $45-$10. 919/962-PLAY (7529) or http://www.playmakersrep.org/
  Note: Preview performances 1/29-30 & 2/1-4, opening day 2/5; & Vision Series Director’s Preview 1/19

• Friday-Sunday Feb. 4-6, Thursday-Sunday 10-13, & Friday-Sunday 18-20
  Theatre In The Park
  Program: Thomas Stoppard: The Real Thing
  Theatre In The Park, Raleigh. 7:30p except Sundays @ 3p
  $22 & $16. 919/831-6058 or http://www.theatreinthepark.com/

• Friday-Sunday February 11-13, Thursday-Sunday February 17-20, & Thursday-Sunday February 24-27
  RLT
  Program: The Man Who Came to Dinner
  Cantey V. Sutton Theatre, RLT, 301 Pogue Street, Raleigh. 8p except Sundays @ 3p
  $20, seniors/students $16. 919/821-3111 or http://raleighlittletheatre.org/

• Thursday-Saturday February 17-19
  Manbites Dog's Other Voices Series: SPENDY Productions
  Program: Strange Beauty Film Festival 2011*
  Manbites Dog Theater, 703 Foster Street, Durham. 8:15 p.m.
  Ticket prices & performance blocks t.b.a. Tickets on sale 30 days before opening. 919/682-3343 or http://manbitesdogtheater.org/
  *"Between terrifying normality and sublime fever dreams lies Strange Beauty…. Durham's newest film festival returns for a second helping of adventurous and striking short films from around the world, including fiction, documentaries, experimental, and wholly unclassifiable works. Come marvel at the everyday beauty and strangeness that surrounds us."

• Friday-Sunday February 18-20, & Tuesday-Sunday February 22-27 - Greensboro
  UNCG Theatre
  Program: Shakespeare: Pericles, directed by Kate Muchmore
  Taylor Theatre, UNC-Greensboro. Fri-Sat @ 8p, Tues-Thurs @ 7:30p, & Sundays @ 2p
  $15, seniors/students $12, UNC alumni & groups (10+) $9, UNCG students $7. 336/334-4849 or http://boxoffice.uncg.edu. Information http://www.uncg.edu/the

• Thursday-Tuesday February 24 - March 1 - Greenville
  ECU/Loessin Playhouse
  Program: William Finn & Rachel Sheinkin: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
  McGinnis Theatre, ECU, Greenville. 8p except 2/27 @ 2p
  $17.50 - $10. 800/ECU-ARTS or http://www.ECUARTS.com/

• Friday-Sunday March 11-13, Thursday-Sunday March 17-20, & Thursday-Sunday March 24-27
  RLT Youth Show
  Program: Really Rosie (musical)
  Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre, RLT, 301 Pogue Street, Raleigh. Fridays @ 7:30p, Thursdays at 10a, Saturdays @ 1p & 5p, & Sundays @ 1p & 5 p (except 3/27 @ 1p only)
  Adults/seniors $13, children $9. 919/821-3111 or http://raleighlittletheatre.org/

• Tuesday-Sunday March 15-20 - Greensboro
  UNCG Theatre and the North Carolina Theatre for Young People
  Program: Brothers Grimm, adapted by Max Bush: Hansel and Gretel, directed by Rachel Briley
  Taylor Theatre, UNC-Greensboro. Tues-Thurs @ 9:30a & noon, Fri @ 9:30a, noon, & 7:30p, & Sat-Sun @ 2p
  $15, seniors/students $12, UNC alumni & groups (10+) $9, UNCG students $7. 336/334-4849 or http://boxoffice.uncg.edu. Information http://www.uncg.edu/the

• Thursday-Sunday March 17-20, & Wednesday-Saturday March 23-26
  Manbites Dog Theater, co-produced with Duke University Department of Theater Studies
  Program: Neal Bell: Now You See Me,* directed by Jody McAuliffe (premiere - Durham playwright)
  Manbites Dog Theater, 703 Foster Street, Durham. 8:15p except 3/20 @ 3:15p
  Weekends $17, weeknights $12, discounts for seniors, military, & students. Season vouchers accepted for all performances. Preview 3/17: Pay what you can ($5 min), door sales only. Tickets on sale 30 days before opening. 919/682-3343 or http://manbitesdogtheater.org/
  *"Claire has a significant relationship with her TV: she talks and it answers her. Diagnosed with terminal cancer, she auditions to participate in a network reality show so she can fight her Final Battle in front of millions of viewers. A dark comedy about life, love, death and television."

• Friday-Sunday April 1-3, Thursday-Sunday April 7-10, & Thursday-Sunday April 15-17
  Theatre In The Park
  Program: Ira David Wood III: Devon Does Denmark (premiere)
  Theatre In The Park, Raleigh. 7:30p except Sundays @ 3p
  $22 & $16. 919/831-6058 or http://www.theatreinthepark.com/

• Wednesday-Sunday April 6-10, Tuesday-Sunday April 12-17, & Tuesday-Sunday April 19-24 – Chapel Hill
  PlayMakers Repertory Company, Mainstage Series
  Program: Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (with music & lyrics by Roger Miller; book by William Hauptman; adapted from the novel by Mark Twain)
  Paul Green Theatre, Center for Dramatic Art, 150 Country Club Road, Chapel Hill. 7:30 p.m. except Sundays @ 2:00 p.m. and 4/16 @ 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
  $45-$10. 919/962-PLAY (7529) or http://www.playmakersrep.org/
  Note: Preview performances 4/6-8, opening night 4/9; & Vision Series Director’s Preview 3/30

• Thursday-Sunday April 7-10, Thursday-Sunday April 14-17, & Thursday-Sunday April 21-24
  Burning Coal Theatre Company
  Program: David Edgar: The Shape of the Table,* directed by Jerome Davis (American premiere)
  Burning Coal Theatre at the Murphey School, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh. Thurs-Sat @ 7:30p & Sun @ 2p
  $20, seniors/active military/students $15; Thursday night tickets $10; first Sunday of each run is "Pay What You Can Day." 919/834-4001 or http://www.burningcoal.org/
  *"David Edgar’s Eastern Europe trilogy concludes ... with his 1990 play, The Shape of the Table.... The play examines the fall of the Iron Curtain, as observed from inside the politburo of an unnamed Soviet satellite country. Edgar’s trilogy includes The Prisoner’s Dilemma, about negotiations between cultures and Pentecost, about the spread of multiple cultures throughout Europe immediately following the collapse of communism there.... The play will feature Rob Jenkins, John Allore, Tom McLeister, James Anderson and Tamara Farias Kraus. Scenery and lighting will be provided by Rob Andrusko and Matthew Adelson, respectively."

• Friday-Sunday April 8-10, & Tuesday-Sunday April 11-17 - Greensboro
  UNCG Theatre
  Program: Tennessee Williams: Orpheus Descending, directed by Jonathan Bohun Brady
  Taylor Theatre, UNC-Greensboro. Fri-Sat @ 8p, Tues-Thurs @ 7:30p, & Sundays @ 2p
  $15, seniors/students $12, UNC alumni & groups (10+) $9, UNCG students $7. 336/334-4849 or http://boxoffice.uncg.edu. Information http://www.uncg.edu/the

• Friday-Sunday April 8-10, Thursday-Sunday April 14-17, & Thursday-Sunday April 21-24
  RLT
  Program: The Last Night of Ballyhoo
  Cantey V. Sutton Theatre, RLT, 301 Pogue Street, Raleigh. 8p except Sundays @ 3p
  $20, seniors/students $16. 919/821-3111 or http://raleighlittletheatre.org/

• Thursday-Sunday April 14-17, & Wednesday-Saturday April 20-23
  Manbites Dog's Other Voices Series: Archipelago Theatre
  Program: Stealing Home (the architecture of intimacy),* a solo vocal cabaret by Ellen Hemphill
  Manbites Dog Theater, 703 Foster Street, Durham. 8:15p except Sunday @ 3:15p
  Weekends $17, weeknights $12, discounts for seniors, military, & students. Season vouchers accepted for all performances. Tickets on sale 30 days before opening. 919/682-3343 or http://manbitesdogtheater.org/
  *"If home is where the heart is, but you can't go home again, how do you reclaim your heart? One of the Triangle's most adventurous and acclaimed theater companies presents an evening of songs about the intimate spaces that we occupy and share. Song arrangements by Allison Leyton Brown."

• Thursday-Tuesday April 14-19 - Greenville
  ECU/Loessin Playhouse
  Program: Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor
  McGinnis Theatre, ECU, Greenville. 8p except 14/17 @ 2p
  $12-$10. 800/ECU-ARTS or http://www.ECUARTS.com/

• Wednesday-Sunday April 27 - May 1- Chapel Hill
  PlayMakers Repertory Company, PRC2 Second Stage Series
  Program: Joan Didion: The Year of Magical Thinking
  Kenan Theatre, Center for Dramatic Art, 150 Country Club Road, Chapel Hill. 7:30 p.m. except 5/1 @ 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
  $35-$1. 919/962-PLAY (7529) or http://www.playmakersrep.org/
  Note: Each performance followed by artist/audience discussion.

• Friday-Sunday May 6-8, Thursday-Sunday May 12-15, & Thursday-Sunday May 19-22
  RLT
  Program: Sideways Stories from a Wayside School
  Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre, RLT, 301 Pogue Street, Raleigh. Fridays @ 7:30p, Thursdays at 10a, Saturdays @ 1p & 5p, & Sundays @ 1p & 5 p (except 5/22 @ 1p only)
  Adults/Seniors $13, Children $9. 919/821-3111 or http://raleighlittletheatre.org/

• Thursday-Saturday May 12-14, Thursday-Sunday May 19-22, & Wednesday-Saturday May 25-28
  Manbites Dog's Other Voices Series: The Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern
  Program: Howard L. Craft: Jade City Chronicles Volume I: The Super Spectacular Bad Ass Herald M.F. Jones, directed by Jay O’Berski (premiere - Durham playwright)
  Manbites Dog Theater, 703 Foster Street, Durham. 8:15p except Sunday @ 3:15p
  Weekends $17, weeknights $12, discounts for seniors, military, & students. Preview Thur 5/12: Pay what you can ($5 min), door sales only. Season vouchers accepted for all performances. Tickets on sale 30 days before opening. 919/682-3343 or http://manbitesdogtheater.org/
  *"Part one of a trilogy commissioned by Little Green Pig in search of the new, great Black superhero. Craft provides, with Herald M.F. Jones and a cast of heroes and villains so bad and funky you’ll want to live inside a comic book."

• Friday-Sunday June 3-5, Thursday-Sunday June 9-12, & Thursday-Sunday June 16-19
  RLT
  Program: The Three Penny Opera
  Cantey V. Sutton Theatre, RLT, 301 Pogue Street, Raleigh. 8p except Sundays @ 3p
  $22, seniors/students $18. 919/821-3111 or http://raleighlittletheatre.org/

• Friday-Sunday June 10-12, Thursday-Sunday June 16-19, & Friday-Sunday June 24-26
  Theatre In The Park
  Program: Michael Frayn: Noises Off
  Theatre In The Park, Raleigh. 7:30p except Sundays @ 3p
  $22 & $16. 919/831-6058 or http://www.theatreinthepark.com/

• Thursday-Sunday June 16-19, & Tuesday-Sunday June 21-26
  Manbites Dog Theater
  Program: Hannah Bos & Paul Thureen; developed by Oliver Butler: Buddy Cop 2,* directed by Kevin Ewert (regional premiere)
  Manbites Dog Theater, 703 Foster Street, Durham. 8:15p except Sundays @ 3:15p
  Weekends $17, weeknights $12, discounts for seniors, military, & students. Season vouchers accepted for all performances. Preview 6/16: Pay what you can ($5 min), door sales only. Tickets on sale 30 days before opening. 919/682-3343 or http://manbitesdogtheater.org/
  *"Nothing is what it seems. Or is it…? Welcome to Shandon - a friendly little town where neighbors pitch in to help neighbors, and everyone has the Christmas spirit; where the days are peaceful and the nights are silent…until those things that always happen begin to happen. A comedic action/mystery of holiday nostalgia and athletic rigor."

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