Ever since Immediate Theatre Project (ITP) moved all their props and costumes from the rehearsal space to the theatre last week, I’ve been eyeing the beautiful sound tables that live upstage. There are bells and chimes, xylophones and phonographs, shoes and gloves, cups and spoons– it’s a plethora of potential […]
Meet the Cast of The Word Exchange
Get to know the FOUR actors who play 29 different characters! NCStage has seen several WVL Radio Theatre productions come across its stage, and each one asks a lot of its actors. From It’s a Wonderful Life to The Headless Hessian of Sleepy Hollow, we’ve seen surprisingly few actors bring […]
Freedom Rides: Continuing Education Resources
Every Mike Wiley performance includes a post-show Q&A where audiences and artist connect on questions about the play and the history. The following are a few of the materials mentioned in the Q&As from the past two weeks: Further Reading: Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice […]
Ventilation, Swiss Cheese, and Aliens
A Welcome Back Letter from Artistic Director, Charlie Flynn-McIver One of my favorite action movies is Aliens. Not the first one, Alien, which is also great, but the sequel. There is a scene where Ripley (played by Sigourney Weaver) and a band of soldiers have barricaded themselves in the MedLab […]
2019-2020 Season Auditions
WHEN: Tuesday, August 6 11:00am-2:00pm, 3:00pm-7:00pm Wednesday, August 7, 2019 12noon-3:00pm, 4:00pm-8:00pm Dates for productions listed in character breakdown below. WHO: Actors of all ethnicities are welcome to audition for the 2019 – 2020 Season. These are Actors Equity Association required season auditions and AEA members are given priority. Pursuant […]
Opening Week Specials! SILENT SKY
Wednesday, March 13: Pay As You Wish Be the first to experience the show! Choose your own ticket price between $6-$20 for any seat in the house. This is a preview performance. Thursday, March 14: Pre-Show Hors D’oeuvres Arrive before the show and enjoy complimentary hors d’oeuvres catered by WholeFoods. […]
Meet the Company: SILENT SKY
By Lauren Gunderson Directed by Hans Meyer Inspired by a true story, SILENT SKY explores a woman’s place in society during a time of immense scientific discoveries, when women’s ideas were dismissed until men claimed credit for them. When Henrietta Leavitt, played by Rebecca Morris (RAPTURE BLISTER BURN, LIVE FROM […]
Designing JEEVES: It’s All In the Details
While the actors are in the rehearsal studio, costume designer Victoria Depew, set designer Julie K. Ross and props designer Ken Horgan are bringing the 1920s Vanderley yacht to the theatre. The set design by Julie Ross brings the aft deck to dock at NC Stage. What’s “aft” you say? […]
2019 Community Tour Auditions
Seeking non-union actors of all backgrounds, ages and genders who have experience in Shakespearean verse and can play musical instruments and/or sing. Seeking musicians of all backgrounds, ages and genders who play guitar, bass and/or trap or percussion instruments, feel comfortable with small speaking roles and/or being part of an […]
Politics Meets the Press
Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal. Richard Nixon, 1977 interview with David Frost THE POLITICS Richard M. Nixon became the 37th president of the United States in 1969 and easily won re-election in 1974. However, within months of Nixon’s second term, his administration became […]
Meet the Amazing Cast of FROST/NIXON
Politics meets the press as a smooth, confident, and recently pardoned Richard M. Nixon played by Michael MacCauley’s (ANNAPURNA, ANGELS IN AMERICA, JEEVES) goes head to head with British tele-journalist David Frost, played by Willie Repoley (ALL IS CALM, ANGELS IN AMERICA). Charged with giving Nixon the trial he never had, Frost […]
Musical Theatre Voice Workshop with Timothy Wilds
Where does Estill Vocal Training come from? Estill Vocal Training was developed by Jo Estill, an artist who began her career as a “classical” singer of Lieder and Opera. Now she may best be known for her work with “Belting,” a voice quality heard in Pop and Music Theatre singing. […]
