Due to concerns regarding the health of our audiences, artists, staff and volunteers, North Carolina Stage Company is suspending performances of the play Well, originally scheduled to run March 18th through April 12th. NC Stage staff will be meeting to see if/when the performances can be rescheduled. We regret the […]
Out of the Spotlight: Backstage with Charlie and Peter
Venture behind the scenes with two actors in our current production, Jeeves Saves the Day! Prefer to read? See the transcript below. Taylor Beyrer: Hi there! My name is Taylor Beyrer and I am the Audience Relations Manager here at NC Stage. Today I’m sitting down with Charlie Flynn-McIver and […]
P.G. Wodehouse and the Tales of Jeeves
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (pronounced WOOD-house) was born in 1881 in Guildford, Surrey, England. After his education at Dulwich College, he began work as a banker but quickly left to pursue writing full time. He published his first book in 1902, titled The Pothunters. In 1914 he moved to America, […]
Celebrating Jeeves’ 5th Year
Austere aunts, clumsy cohorts and cousins, incommodious engagements. These are the trials and tribulations that plague the infamous Jeeves and Bertie, time and time again. Throughout the last 4 years, this immortal pair have displayed their dilemmas on our stage, much to our delight. Playwright Margaret Raether’s tales join the […]
Out of the Spotlight: Backstage with Ben Mackel and Anna Slate
Don’t miss this Q & A with the stars of Handle With Care! We sat down with Anna Slate and Ben Mackel to discuss their favorite moments in the show, what it’s like to become their characters, holiday traditions, and more! Prefer to read? See the transcript below. Taylor Beyrer: Hi […]
Opening December 4th: Handle With Care
From the Citizen Times; Asheville Scene – Friday November 29th NC Stage’s Handle With Care brings romance to the holidays She speaks Hebrew. He doesn’t — unless memorizing the haftorah for his bar mitzvah counts. Yet, somehow, due to an unexpected tragedy, these two understand one another on a […]
Out of the Spotlight: Backstage with Jennifer Austin
During preview week, the company gathers on the first Friday night to participate in a post-show talkback. If you missed it, you can catch a short Q & A with Jennifer Austin, one of the stars of A Doll’s House, Part 2, here on our blog. Jennifer is making her […]
Praise for “A Doll’s House, Part 2”
Critics are loving our current production, A Doll’s House, Part 2: “Impressive, and often funny… with remarkable nuance.” – Asheville Stages Read more from Bruce Steele & Edwin Arnaudin: “Director Anne Thibault assembled a powerful cast.” – Mountain Xpress Read more from Patricia Furnish: See what our […]
A Doll’s House: The Original Production
A Doll’s House, Part 2 opens at NC Stage on October 23, 2019. However, the world premiere of the prequel, A Doll’s House, took place 140 years ago at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen on December 21, 1879. The groundbreaking production by Henrik Ibsen explores the dynamic of a traditional […]
Out of the Spotlight: Backstage with Mike Wiley
At the end of every performance, actor Mike Wiley moves one chair from his minimalistic set to face the audience. In this moment, he begins his nightly post-show talkback, hoping to further engage audiences beyond the script he brings to life. Here we continue that conversation in an exclusive interview […]
Beyond Galloway: Stories from Western NC
Our first production this season, The Fire of Freedom, follows the story of Abraham Galloway on his journey from slave to senator. Based in eastern North Carolina, he was a fierce abolitionist and political adversary for the Union. Like Galloway, many slaves and free people of color are erased from […]
James Casey: A Citizen of Necessity
by Katherine Calhoun Cutshall (North Carolina Room, Pack Memorial Library) In North Carolina, like other Southern states, free people of color experienced some freedoms not afforded their enslaved brethren. However, free blacks were not viewed as equal to other white citizens. At North Carolina’s constitutional convention in 1835, legislator James […]
George Avery and the 40th USCT
by Katherine Calhoun Cutshall (North Carolina Room, Pack Memorial Library) George Avery was enslaved in Asheville from the time of his birth until he fled Buncombe County with Union General George Stoneman and his troops in April 1865 and enlisted in the Union Army at Greenville, Tennessee. At the time, […]
‘Freedom’ On Stage
From the Citizen Times; Asheville Scene – Friday September 13th NC Stage Opener: From Slavery to Senator Abraham Galloway was born a slave, but he died a state senator, one of the first African Americans elected to the North Carolina General Assembly. His story is one of bravery, persistence and […]
Mike Wiley returns to NC Stage
Last season, Mike Wiley performed DAR HE: The Story of Emmett Till on our stage. Now he returns with another full length piece, The Fire of Freedom. The Fire of Freedom depicts the life of Abraham H. Galloway (1837-1870), a fiery young slave rebel, radical abolitionist, and Union spy who […]
