Rajiv Joseph is an American playwright and screenwriter known for his thought-provoking and emotionally charged works. Born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1974, Joseph is a graduate of Cleveland Heights High, received his Bachelor’s Degree in Creative Writing from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and his MFA from NYU’s Tisch School […]
The Team Roster for King James
Up next at NC Stage? The slam dunk of a show: King James by Pulitzer Prize nominee Rajiv Joseph! Meet the starting line up and the rest of the team below: ONSTAGE are the actors. With over two decades of experience between the pair, this game is shaping to be […]
The Epic Work to Tell an Epic Story
IN THE BEGINNING The biggest corporate crash in US history began in 1844 on a ship from Bavaria. Heyum Lehmann arrived in America, leaving his name and his homeland behind him. All but forced to leave his hometown of Rimpar, Bavaria due to anti-Semitic occupational and residential restrictions in Germany, […]
This Cast is the Cat’s Meow!
As Jeeves Saves the Day returns to NC Stage for the first time since 2020, we’d like to take a moment to re-introduce you to the spiffy set of actors bringing the always comical and always entertaining story of hapless bachelor Bertie Wooster and his indefatigable valet Jeeves to life. […]
Meet the Actors Bringing All is Calm Back to NC Stage
All is Calm: the Christmas Truce of 1914 is one of the most requested shows here at NC Stage, and we thought 2024 was the perfect year to bring back this beautiful, true story of peace and goodwill. Little did we know, months ago, when the season was planned that […]
Cast Announcement!
AS OF 10/9/24, ALL PERFORMANCES OF THE LAST WIDE OPEN HAVE BEEN CANCELED DUE TO THE ONGOING UTILITY OUTAGES IN ASHEVILLE FROM HURRICANE HELENE. TICKET HOLDERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED VIA EMAIL. Meet the two person cast of our season opener: The Last Wide Open This magical, time-shifting rom-com features performances […]
2024-25 Season Auditions
SEEKING: Equity actors for roles in North Carolina Stage Company 2024-25 Season (see breakdown). These are Actors’ Equity Association required season auditions and Equity members are given priority. North Carolina Stage Company operates on a SPT-4 Contract (pending approval). Non-union actors are welcome to audition. Performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, […]
“My Grandmother’s Eyepatch”
“What I love about physical comedy is that I connect with every single person who comes to my show. I am letting the audience see my vulnerability and laugh at the deep stupidity of being human, which is something we all share.” ~ Julia VanderVeen Julia VanderVeen is going to the […]
Ending Segregation in Asheville, Pt. 1: ASCORE
This blog post is one of a three part series for our upcoming production of Thurgood at the North Carolina Stage Company, running April 26 – May 19. The show details the life of Thurgood Marshall and the run coincides with the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of […]
A Case for Getting to Know the Actors
We’re less than a week from opening night of our upcoming production: A Case for the Existence of God by Samuel D. Hunter, here at NC Stage. The cast, director, and design team are working to tell the beautiful story of two seemingly very different people who, as one character […]
Meet the cast of What the Constitution Means to Me
The cast of this hilarious and heartfelt show is a little different than our typical shows. It includes two Asheville actors, Hanley Smith and Kelley Hinman and also features two Student Debaters from Asheville High. Meet all four of them below then grab your tickets! Hanley Smith (Heidi) Hanley is […]
The 2023-24 Season is Here
We open with the highly personal, extraordinarily informative, and achingly human play What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck. Nominated for two Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize finalist, this play offers a provocative and often comedic balance of history and eye-opening narrative leading The Washington Post to […]
The Characters and the Women Behind Them
Written by Maria Buchanan and Des Brotak, May 18, 2023 “It’s a true story. Or total fiction. Or a play about a play. Or a raucous resurrection…” These words– from the publisher’s description of the irreverent comedy by Lauren Gunderson– feel anything but helpful when trying to determine if this […]
Meet the Cast of VSMS Part 2!
Posted by Maria Buchanan on March 17, 2023 We’re speaking here with Brad Mills (playing Spike), Jane Bushway (playing Cassandra), and Scott Treadway (playing Vanya). NCSC: Hi you three! So, the other half of the cast all drink coffee– any tea drinkers here? BM: Coffee for me. With a tiny […]
Meet the Cast of VSMS Part 1
We speak with three members of the cast of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike about two of the most important things in life: theatre and coffee.
