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STUDIO 1

309 Huffman Mill Rd, Suite 540
Burlington, NC 27215

Upcoming Shows

Next to Normal
Next to Normal
Feb 20 – Mar 1, 2026

A family struggles with day-to-day life while navigating the additional challenges of surviving mental illness. A powerful and cathartic show, with a musical score that...



Review: HELL'S KITCHEN National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center


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...

Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS National Tour at Durham Performing Arts Center


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...

Review: Poiema Artistry Theatre Co.'s IRVING BERLIN’S WHITE CHRISTMAS


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

Puffs: or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic
Puffs: or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic
Nov 14 – Nov 23, 2025

For seven years a certain boy wizard went to a certain Wizard School and conquered evil. This, however, is not his story. This is the...

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Oct 16 – Oct 19, 2025

An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives,...

Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Sep 26 – Sep 28, 2025

The world-famous Willy Wonka is opening the gates to his mysterious factory…but only to a lucky few. Young Charlie Bucket and four other golden ticket winners...

12 Angry Jurors
12 Angry Jurors
Jul 10 – Jul 13, 2025

12 Angry Jurors is a play that contemplates the huge responsibility of 12 ordinary people as they consider the guilt or innocence of a young...

A Mouse-ical Revue, a Side-by-Side Shorts Production
A Mouse-ical Revue, a Side-by-Side Shorts Production
Jun 12 – Jun 15, 2025

A musical revue featuring songs and skits from beloved childhood stories. This Side-by-Side Shorts production is brought to you with help from Alamance Community Foundation...

Dueling Divas
Dueling Divas
May 31

Our biggest event of the year, Dueling Divas! Ten of our Studio 1 divas are duking it out to see who can raise the most money and...

Tuck Everlasting
Tuck Everlasting
May 2 – May 18, 2025

Tuck Everlasting is a musical based on the children's novel of the same name by Natalie Babbitt. It follows eleven-year-old Winnie Foster who yearns for a life...

Broadway Bound
Broadway Bound
Mar 27 – Apr 6, 2025

Join us for our annual youth stage production of Broadway Bound. This year we hosted more than 20 choreographers who prepared numbers set to music...

Something's Afoot
Something's Afoot
Feb 28 – Mar 9, 2025

Something's Afoot is a musical murder mystery which spoofs detective stories, mainly the works of Agatha Christie. The musical involves a group of people who are invited to the...

Dueling Divas' Pop Culture Trivia
Dueling Divas' Pop Culture Trivia
Feb 8

Pop Culture trivia hosted by Troy Suter as a part of his fundraising campaign for Dueling Divas! Discount for teams of 6. Doors open at...

I Never Saw Another Butterfly
I Never Saw Another Butterfly
Jan 16 – Jan 19, 2025

Over 15,000 children passed through the gates of Terezin, a concentration camp 30 miles north of Prague. Fewer than 100 survived. I Never Saw Another Butterfly,...

Up on the Rooftop: Annual Duets Concert
Up on the Rooftop: Annual Duets Concert
Dec 21

Annual holiday duets concert and fundraiser. Come out and enjoy members of our community sing duets, and trios. We will announce our proposed14th season; also included...

Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit
Nov 15 – Nov 24, 2024

A comic play by Noël Coward, described by the author as "an improbable farce in three acts". The play concerns the socialite and novelist Charles...

Antibiotic
Antibiotic
Nov 1 – Nov 3, 2024

Studio 1 presents a youth production of Antibiotic, a play by Keith Passmore. In this hospital comedy, Wally, who is an elderly man and a...

Lysistrata
Lysistrata
Oct 10 – Oct 13, 2024

Lysistrata: A musical sex comedy, is a brand new musical. Book, lyrics, and music by Chris Tilley uses the original ancient Greek text with the intention of...

Jekyll and Hyde
Jekyll and Hyde
Sep 13 – Sep 29, 2024

Experience the epic struggle between good and evil in “Jekyll & Hyde,” based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale. With a thrilling pop rock score...

Lucky Stiff
Lucky Stiff
Mar 1 – Mar 17, 2024

Lucky Stiff revolves around Harry Witherspoon, an unassuming English shoe salesman who is forced to take the embalmed body of his recently murdered uncle on...

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