CAST Slate Features MASTER CLASS And MARAT/SADE

Carolina Actor's Studio Theatre's fall slate features late night improv and sketch comedy performances along with productions of MASTER CLASS and MARAT/SADE.

Thu, Fri, Sat - September 17, 18, 19
Late Night Performance begins at 11:00PM

ThomThom (If That Bird Won't Sing)

Machine Theatre presents three late night showings of its newest work in progress. Jean, Louise and Arthur are trying to find their way home, but are relentlessly pursued by a bloodthirsty gang of singing, dancing...idiots. A darkly comic struggle between innocence and crime that takes place in the American sub-conscious: ThomThom... features a cast of Charlotte's favorite actors in an intimate,in-process experience. Come be a part of Machine Theatre's newest creation!
ThomThom (if that bird won't sing) by Matt Cosper with songs by Jon Lindsay, directed by Barney Bagget.

The first two two theatrical offerings of the season are MASTER CLASS and MARAT/SADE. 

MASTER CLASS, by Terrence McNally, runsSeptember 10th through 27th. Tony Award Winning author McNally weaves brilliant theatre into a Master Class conducted by Opera Legend Maria Callas! Adored by her fans Callas was the subject of constant media attention, including gossip about her jet-set life with the wealthy Greek ship-owner Aristotle Onassis. Rich, vivid, satisfying theatre, MASTER CLASS provides electric, honest, passionate and often cruel lessons

THE PERSECUTION AND ASSASSINATION OF JEAN-PAUL MARAT AS PERFORMED BY THE INMATES OF THE ASYLUM AT CHARENTON UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MARQUIS DE SADE, by Peter Weiss, runs October 22- November 21

The full title says it all in this theatre extravaganza. The audience will see a play-within-a play, "The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum at Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade." Sade was a prisoner at Charenton and was allowed to write and direct plays as therapy for the patients at the insane asylum. Using music, dance, debate, and all-out theatrics, this actors' tour de force is one of the legendary plays of the 20th Century. Because of its challenging aspects for performers and audiences alike, the play is seldom performed and only then by the most advanced of theatre companies. CAST brings this thrilling and horrifying work back to the stage in an intimate production that puts the audience all too close to the lunatics. The experiential theatre approach for which CAST is known will be carried to new levels of involvement for this production.

Reservations can be made online at WWW.NCCAST.COM or by calling the CAST box office at 704-455-8542.