Raleigh's Burning Coal Presents THE SHAPE OF THE TABLE
Burning Coal's 2010/2011 season will include: THE SHAPE OF THE TABLE by David Edgar, directed by Jerome Davis (April 7 - 24, 2011).
All performances will be held at Burning Coal Theatre at the Murphey School (NOTE VENUE NAME CHANGE), 224 Polk Street, Raleigh, NC. All tickets are $20 or $15 for students, seniors and active military. Further details can be obtained by calling 919-834-4001 or visiting our website at www.burningcoal.org.
THE SHAPE OF THE TABLE
David Edgar's Eastern Europe trilogy concludes at Burning Coal with his 1990 play, The Shape of the Table, in its American Premiere. 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.
Artistic Director Jerome Davis will helm the production. For Burning Coal, Davis has directed Rat in the Skull, Pentecost, Winding the Ball, The Steward of Christendom, Company, Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, Inherit the Wind, 1960, The Seafarer and others. 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.

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