Ken Walsh News

After a year's hiatus, Burning Coal Theatre returns to the Oakwood Cemetery with New Plays About Old Friends … and Enemies! a series of short plays drawn from the lives of Raleighians past who now populate the beautiful grounds of this historic location.

In a dystopian America where electricity is scarce, children are seized by the government, and paranoia is palpable, Grief Counselor Olivia Woods seeks her own human connection. Her shortlist of confidantes includes a scientist lacking any sense of human chemistry, a ministry investigator with a convenient imagination, and a stoic colonel who promises a brighter but darker future. Can Olivia sift through the science, the lies, and the subterfuge to find a ray of hope?

Un 30 de marzo de 1970, APPLAUSE, el musical de Betty Comden y Adolph Green subía por primera vez el telón en el Palace Theatre. Bajo la dirección de Ron Field, que también estuvo al cargo de las coreografías, el elenco estaba compuesto por Lauren Bacall, Len Cariou, Penny Fuller, Bonnie Franklin, Lee Roy Reams, Robert Mandan, Brandon Maggart.

Burning Coal Theatre honors Historic Oakwood Cemetery's 150th Anniversary Celebration with a collection of original short plays written about those who are resting peacefully or perhaps not so peacefully there. Every spring, Burning Coal Theatre teams up with Historic Oakwood Cemetery to produce a new series of plays on the historic site and its occupants. This year, the plays feature notable figures like Sophia Partridge, Henry Seawell, Bobby Crocker, Asa Forest, William Edward Anderson, Dr. E. Burke Haywood and Jonathan Worth; commemorating the full scope of the cemetery's 150-year history.

Auditions for Charleston Light Opera Guild's The Fully Monty are set for early April. The ten-time Tony Award nominated show, based on the hit film of the same name, will take place at the Charleston Civic Center Little Theatre this June as part of FestivALL 2018. The Full Monty features a book written by Terrance McNally, with music and lyrics by David Yazbek.

Burning Coal Theatre Company will present their regular Oakwood 'cemetery full of life!' plays in May, this year highlighting notable immigrants and their contributions to the Raleigh community. Directed by George Jack of St. Augustine's University, the plays will run May 19-21, 2017 at the Oakwood Cemetery, 701 Oakwood Ave, Raleigh NC. Friday and Saturday performances will be at 6:30pm, Sundaywill be at 2pm. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students. Tickets will be sold on the day of the performance or can be purchased by phone at 919.834.4001. Further information can be found at www.burningcoal.org. Parking will be available inside the cemetery.

'Once on This Island' cast at Center Stage performs at a student matineee @ 10:30 followed by a Q & A.