by Jeffrey Kare - February 18, 2026
Inspired by the music and upbringing of Alicia Keys. Hell’s Kitchen follows Ali, a 17-year-old girl full of fire, searching for freedom, passion, and her place in the world. Along the way, we meet her dynamic family, a musical mentor who changes her life, and the neighborhood that helps her grow u...
by Jeffrey Kare - December 17, 2025
Based on Sara Gruen’s 2006 novel of the same name. Water for Elephants follows Jacob Jankowski, a Polish-American college student who during the Great Depression, loses both of his parents in a car accident. As a result, he jumps on a moving train unsure of where the road will take him. Yet, he fi...
by Jeffrey Kare - December 07, 2025
Based on Michael Curtiz’ 1954 Academy Award nomination film musical of the same name. Irving Berlin’s White Christmas follows veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis who have formed a successful song-and-dance act after World War II....
Past Shows
Burning Coal Theatre Company presents the US premiere of Here in America, a powerful play by David Edgar, directed by Jerome Davis. The narrative explores...
Burning Coal Theatre Company is proud to present the collection of local historical plays Un/NAMED, directed by Hayley Philippart. Un/NAMED tells the stories of legacy,...
Burning Coal Theatre Company is proud to present the collection of local historical plays Un/NAMED, directed by Hayley Philippart. Un/NAMED tells the stories of legacy,...
My Name is Rachel Corrie , written by Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner and drawn from the writings of Rachel Corrie, will be directed by Jeff...
Burning Coal Theatre Company is proud to announce the premiere of the one-woman show Learning Curves, by Jake Lipman, developed in Matt Hoverman’s Go Solo...
Burning Coal Theatre Company presents Wait Til You See This! 2025, its Second Stage Series of collaborations with emerging artists. This year’s productions include Ride...
Burning Coal Theatre Company presents Wait Til You See This! 2025, its Second Stage Series of collaborations with emerging artists. This year’s productions include Ride...
Burning Coal Theatre Company presents Wait Til You See This! 2025, its Second Stage Series of collaborations with emerging artists. This year’s productions include Ride...
Burning Coal Theatre Company presents Wait Til You See This! 2025, its Second Stage Series of collaborations with emerging artists. This year’s productions include Ride...
Burning Coal Theatre Company presents KidsWrite! Festival 2025, celebrating one-act plays written by North Carolina students in grades 6-12. This year's festival features seven original...
Burning Coal Theatre Company presents the KidsWrite! Festival 2025, showcasing original one-act plays written by North Carolina students in grades 6-12. This year's lineup includes...
Burning Coal Theatre Company presents the KidsWrite! Festival, showcasing original one-act plays created by North Carolina students in grades 6 through 12. This year's festival...
Phoebe Can’t Know explores the complexities of young love through the eyes of Evan and Phoebe, childhood friends whose feelings evolve as they grow older....
Ribbing is one of the seven original plays featured in the KidsWrite! Festival, showcasing one-act plays written by North Carolina students. Written by Abby Zwahlen,...
The Ballad of a Music Duo and Fairies is a whimsical journey created by 9th grader Caroline Zyla, featured in the KidsWrite! Festival at Burning...
Titanium Lovers is set in the year 2080, where technology has drastically altered human connections. The story follows Adam, who inhabits an isolated apartment complex,...
Burning Coal Theatre Company presents the KidsWrite! Festival, showcasing original one-act plays written by North Carolina students in grades 6-12. The festival features seven finalist...
Merrily We Roll Along, written by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth, is told in reverse chronological order and depicts the story of a successful and...
Created by TEA Artistry, Being Chaka is a coming-of-age story in which souls from two worlds struggle for self and group transcendence as they take the...
Burning Coal Theatre Company is proud to announce its production of Michael Frayn’s COPENHAGEN, directed by Jerome Davis. COPENHAGEN will run October 10th - 27th,...
Bringing Them Home tells the stories of those who died in the many wars and conflicts that the United States has engaged in. After their...
Dani Coan and and Burning Coal Theatre PRESENT: Ex-Boyfriends Written by Dani Coan, directed by Barbette Hunter and Amelia Lumpkin the Burning Coal Theatre stage Synopsis: Still to come. Dates: Thursday,...
RADIOby Al Smithdirected by Lucy Jane AtkinsonFeaturing Ben AppleOn the Burning Coal Theatre StageDates:Wednesday, June 5th at 7:30 pmSaturday, June 8th at 4:30 pmThursday, June 13th at 7:30...
RALEIGH, NC- Burning Coal Theatre Company presents Wait Til You See This! 2024, its Second Stage Series of collaborations with emerging artists. This year’s productions...
Burning Coal Theatre PRESENTS:Ghosts, adapted by Lucius Robinson and Jerome Davis, directed by Jerome Davis, featuring Lucius RobinsonOn the Burning Coal Theatre StageSynopsis: Raleigh native and...
Pure Life Theatre and Burning Coal Theatre Present:Home by Samm-Art Williams directed by Jade Arnold On the Burning Coal Theatre StageDates: Saturday,...
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler / Directed by Jerome Davis / Musical Director Christian Stahr / April 4 – 21, 2024 Musical...
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (April 4 – 21, 2024) – a musical farce from Sondheim and Wheeler (the duo who brought you Sweeney Todd), featuring Send in the Clowns...
HYMN by Lolita Chakrabarti / directed by marcus d. harvey / January 25 – February 11, 2024Joy of Family BrotherhoodHymn portrays a growing friendship between...
MOONLIGHT by Harold Pinter / Directed by Greg Hersov/ November 30 – December 17, 2023Modern Classic Relationship DramaMoonlight follows a riotous older man reflecting on his...
ARCADIA by Tom Stoppard / Directed by Jerome Davis / October 12 – 29, 2023Upbeat Witty ComedyA young mathematical genius studies with her tutor in...
Every October, Burning Coal Theatre partners with the historic Oakwood Cemetery to present plays based on the lives of people buried in the Oakwood Cemetery,...
On May 21, 1796, enslaved maid Ona Judge seized her freedom from the President's House in Philadelphia while George and Martha Washington ate dinner.
Students ages 12-19 have been working closely with Burning Coal Theater along with Times Flies Circus to bring the iconic Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats...
Choices abound for spy-turned-playwright Aphra Behn in a door-slamming, thought-provoking romp through the 1660’sAphra Behn, former British spy, will have fame and glory as England’s...
THE CHERRY ORCHARD by Anton Chekov, directed by Randolph Curtis RandQuirky Dramedy RevolutionaryIts workers vs. landlords in this brutally funny classic play. The old ways...
MLIMAS TALE by Lynn Nottage, directed by Ana RadulescuThought Provoking Global DramaTheres a ghost on the Ivory Highway. It follows the tusk of an elephant...
SILENT SKY by Lauren Gunderson, Directed by Rebecca HoldernessSTEAM Learning Courageous WomenHenrietta Leavitt dreams of being an astronomer, but isnt allowed to touch a telescope....
When you don’t know who you are, who do you trust?Claire wakes up every morning with no memory of herself, her doting husband or her...
a great big woolly mammoth thawing from the iceby Tatty Hennessy Directed by Lucy Jane AtkinsonMystery AdventureIn Alaska, an activist, a tech giant, and an...
WHAT IF IF ONLY and AIR by Caryl ChurchillDirected by Ana RadulescuBurning Coal Theatre Company is honored to announce a repertory production of two new...
Burning Coal Theatre Company will be presenting Galileo by David Edgar directed by Jerome Davis. Galileo tells the true and thought provoking story of scientist...
Burning Coal Theatre Company will be presenting Art by Yasmina Reza. Serge, Marc, and Yvan have been close friends for fifteen years. A conflict amongst...
RALEIGH, NC - Burning Coal Theatre Company is proud to announce the second play of our 25th anniversary (2021 2022) season. The play in question...
Burning Coal Theatre Company is proud to perform I and You by Lauren Gunderson. The play follows a young teenager, Caroline, who is housebound with...
Evita Lyrics by Tim Rice Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber directed by Jerome Davis June 17 – 27, 2021 Dorothea Dix Park – 1030 Richardson...
Girls and Boys by Dennis Kelly, directed by Ana RadulescuJune 11, 17, 19, 25th at 7:30 pm/June 13 & 27th at 2 pmJune 10 27,...
NIne Lives by Zodwa NyonI, directed by Jordan LichtenheldJune 10, 12, 18, 24 & 26th at 7:30 pm/June 20th at 2 pmNine Lives is the...
Forever by Dael OrlandersmithDirected by Jordan Lichtenheldis a semi-autobiographical work that traces the tempestuous relationship between a young girl, growing up in East Harlem, and...
Burning Coal Theatre Company in partnership with The League of Women Voters of Wake County are proud to present the 19th Amendment Project, a collection...
When the 15 year old Rory experiences loss for the first time in her life, it inspires her to set out on a journey to...
An immersive theatrical experience of large scale installations, soundscapes, physical theatre, and puppetry illuminating the mechanisms of the mind. Co-created and directed by Bronwen Carson...
Two proper Victorian sisters, both now grown women and mothers, return to their childhood nursery to relive the haunting memories of their youth. Magically, they...
By Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney. The sketch comedy show that originally made Kathy and Mo famous and was first performed at Theatre Project by...
The Woodstock Tontine, a story beginning in 1969. Six women meet at Woodstock. Nearly fifty years later, when the first one dies, the remaining gals...
An Irish ghost story by the author of The Weir, The Seafarer and St. Nicholas. Ian has opened his new office in a hip part...
In ‘Jailbait,’ high school sophomores Claire and Emmy, posing as college students, sneak into a Boston nightclub to meet ‘boys.’ Mark thinks a night out...
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