2010-2011 CAST Season Announced, Kicks Off With Steambath 9/16

CAST's Mission Statement is to "think outside the black-box" and produce culturally diverse EXPERIENTIAL theatre incorporating multi-media and other performing art forms, which involves and ultimately moves the audience to make a difference in their family, community, and in the world at large.

Vision Statement is to create an environment where writers, actors, directors, designers, and other performance artisans of all mediums can produce independent theatre that allows for free flowing expression and serves the greater good.

STEAMBATH by Bruce Jay Friedman

Imagine you wake up one morning
perspiring in a steam room
and then realize . . .
you are in the Afterlife . . .
and God is . . .
the Puerto Rican bath attendant!
A Hot and Heavenly Comedy!
September 16 - October 16

October 28 - November 21
The Charlotte Regional Premiere of
THE ELEPHANT MAN
by Bernard Pomerance
This drama tells the famous true story of Joseph (John) Merrick and has never before
been produced in our region. A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man
scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed
a person of intelligence and sensitivity.

December 9 - December 18
THE DAY THEY SHOT John Lennon
by James McClure
Where were you on that fateful day how did it change your life? This play builds the interwoven stories of New Yorkers who gather to pay tribute outside
the apartment building where John Lennon was shot to death.

January 13 - February 12
WHEN YOU COMIN' BACK RED RYDER?
by Mark Medoff
An unbalanced Vietnam War vet's car breaks down outside a rest stop in a small town in New Mexico; and the denizens and visitors of Foster's Diner are about to go through the most powerful experience of their lives. Imagine Pulp Fiction's Ringo and Honey Bunny meeting up with Leslie Howard and Bette Davis in The Petrified Forest.

March 3 - April 2
POPCORN
by Ben Elton
When somebody gets shot in a movie directed by Bruce Delamitri, it will be witty, stylish and backed by a great soundtrack. Among Bruce's enthusiastic fans are serial killers Wayne and Scout. They ultimately confront Bruce and his entourage to resolve the intertwined natures of art and violence and personal responsibility in this very black comedy.

April 21 - May 21
AGNES OF GOD
by John Pielmeier
A dead newborn is found at a convent and the mother - a naive, unworldly novitiate - insists the infant was a virgin birth. Dr. Martha Livingstone is assigned to the case and clashes with the Mother Superior who, expounding on the possibilities of miracles, adamantly wants the investigation dropped. Martha covers the full gamut of emotion
during the investigation - from nurturer to antagonist, from hard-nosed
court psychiatrist to faith searching healer.

June 16 - July 16
NEON PSALMS
by Thomas Strelich
It's a sorry situation in an isolated trailer home in the desert of Boron, California.
Luton Mears is obsessed with his turtles and Bonanza TV re-runs; his wife Patina is submerged in religion; and their grown daughter has moved back home and is
on her way to establishing a bad reputation. This black comedy asks: Is there a
substitute for the love of another human being and if so, what is the price exacted?

Season Tickets to 7 Mainstage Shows at a 20% Savings

Adults $140.00
Seniors/Students $112.00

Season ticket holders receive preferential seating.

Season ticket holders are eligible to purchase AvantVanGuard
tickets at half price. The AVG tentative schedule is:

The GRINCH (CAST for Kids) in December
Breaking Up
The Sunset Limited

Contact Michael or Victoria Simmons at 704-455-8542 this month
to purchase your season tickets by check and avoid credit card fees.

Mail your payment to:
Carolina Actors Studio Theatre (or CAST)
1118 Clement Avenue
Charlotte, NC 28205

www.NCCAST.com