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NC Theatre was apprehensive last Thursday when the lead actor quit its production of Wit the day before opening, and the company had already invited Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Margaret Edson to speak after the performance. Fortunately, the company found Kate Goehring as a replacement, resulting in a strong performance.
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The Women’s Theatre Festival produced North Carolina’s first festival devoted to a full spectrum of female stage artists, from playwrights to technicians. The company made many important achievements in establishing professional links with regional theaters, and in addressing gender equity in the theater.
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The Carolina Repertory Company is North Carolina's first statewide theater group. The founders are J. E. Dietz, Executive Producer, and John L. Haber, Artistic Director. The initial tour will carry a production to towns across the state; many have never experienced any kind of theatre. After the 1972 tour, subsequent touring is planned on a full-time eight-month basis.
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Common Ground Theatre in Durham opened in 2005 to serve itinerant artists and companies who cannot afford to buy a place to stage their works. Common Ground recently closed and other independent theaters may be lost as well. Artists are now trying to understand what causes these venues to lose viability.
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There were changes aplenty this year, as artists came and went and innovated when faced with challenges old and new. New groups and artists flourished in the Triangle, and local artists made waves in New York productions. Triangle theaters premiered plays addressing race, leadership changed at PlayMakers Repertory Company, and Deep Dish Theater Company closed.
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Durham’s Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern and Raleigh’s Bare Theatre are two of the region’s oldest independent theaters. Neither group has its own permanent space for rehearsals and performances. As expenses become more difficult, they must rethink the way they structure their fundraising and the relationships they build with their audiences and the larger community.
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Durham’s Ward Theatre Company is now staging the debut production, Jacuzzi, a psychological thriller by the New York playwright collective The Debate Society. Founded by Wendy Ward, the company teaches acting techniques of Sanford Meisner, which stress interaction among actors in the present moment.
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In a year when political forces have denied equal status to a certain class, The New Colossus is the second regional show in which characters just as doggedly deny equality to family members and lovers, based on their perceived differences. The play is a Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern premiere at Manbites Dog Theater in Durham.
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Vinny Valdivia, a former staffer at Chapel Hill’s DSI Comedy Theater, wrote a post on Facebook that prompted a flood of comments detailing more than a decade of alleged intimidation, manipulation, sexual misconduct, and favoritism that ultimately led to his resignation. Former DSI performers say a culture of misogyny had taken root at the theater long before.
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Center for the Arts and its Sweet Bee Theater is a new theatrical venue in Pittsboro, North Carolina founded by Craig Witter and Tammy Matthews. Witter and Matthews also started Pittsboro Youth Theater, an organization that offers dramatic training for children’s productions.
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Beertown, which opens Friday at Raleigh Little Theatre, show how everyday objects capture the essential history and values of a community. Citizens are empowered to open a time capsule and decide which items from the past are still valued or need replaced. The Beertown’s citizens are also its audience members and can fully participate in the debate.
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The famous Carolina Playmakers took their first theatrical trip in 1921 and now have done forty-four.
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28969
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This is Not a Novel is the most recent show by The Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern in Durham. Directed by Jaybird O’Berski, the show is derived from a tetralogy of books by David Markson. Audience members walk through the production with a downloaded audio play to accompany live action drama, film, dance and visual art combined in a singular experience.
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 7, March 2017,
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