Onstage this Month
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Onstage in November
Each month we put out a listing of onstage opportunities and theater-related events for the upcoming month. Here are some onstage offerings in Raleigh, Wake Forest, and Western Wake during November. They are listed in the order of the date of the first performance.
November audition opportunities are listed after the performance listings.
If you know of a performance or audition we haven’t listed, let us know! We’re always happy to learn about new theatrical events in the Raleigh area. (At present, we are not listing high school or college and university theatrical events.)
EbzB Productions and North Raleigh Arts & Creative Theatre
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
October 18–November 3
Music by Dan Gillespie Sells. Book and Lyrics by Tom MacRae. Directed by Timothy E. Locklear.
Inspired by the 2011 British television documentary Jamie: Drag Queen at 16, this musical is based upon the true-life story of 16-year-old British schoolboy Jamie Campbell and his journey towards becoming a drag queen in the face of prejudice from his school, classmates and family members.
North Raleigh Arts & Creative Theatre
7713-51 Lead Mine Road, Raleigh
www.nract.org
Raleigh Little Theatre
Doubt, A Parable
October 18–November 3
Written by John Patrick Shanley. Directed by Sean A. Brosnahan.
This play received the 2005 Tony Award for Best Play and the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Set in 1964 amidst America’s evolving socio-political landscape, the story unfolds at St. Nicholas Church School in the Bronx. School principal Sister Aloysius Beauvier is staunchly traditional and inflexible in her beliefs. Her world is shaken when she develops grave suspicions about the conduct of Father Flynn, the charismatic and modern parish priest who is beloved by the community for his progressive methods.
Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre
301 Pogue St, Raleigh
raleighlittletheatre.org/shows/doubt
Theatre Raleigh
Curse of the Starving Class
November 6–17
Written by Sam Shepard. Directed by Charlie Brady.
When a family in the American West decides to sell their farmhouse house to raise money, they face a series of challenges. The mother wants to run away to another country while the alcoholic father tries to become sober. The precocious daughter tries to work out her rage with her family while the idealistic son tries to maintain the farm long after everyone else has given up on it. In this play, the characters become a metaphor for the underside of American life—benighted innocents pursuing a dream that remains beyond their reach.
De Ann S. Jones Theatre
6638 Old Wake Forest Rd., Raleigh
theatreraleigh.com/curse
The Justice Theater Project
The Lifespan of a Fact
November 21-24
Written by Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell and Gordon Farrell
Based on the book by John D’Agata and Jim Fingal
In this book-in-hand production, a brilliant essayist has written his magnum opus on suicide culture in Las Vegas. It could win the Pulitzer. When the struggling magazine’s green Harvard intern is assigned to fact-check the piece, he discovers a veritable mountain of liberties the author has taken in the name of art. The two engage in a comic war of fact vs. truth that could make the essay (and the magazine) sink or soar.
Umstead Park United Church of Christ
8208 Brownleigh Drive, Raleigh
thejusticetheaterproject.org/lifespan
Auditions
For full details about auditions, follow the links to the theaters’ websites.
Cary Players
The Trip to Bountiful
November 4-5
Cary Arts Center (Principal’s Hall on the first floor)
|101 Dry Avenue, Cary
For auditions, please arrive between 6:15 PM and 6:45 PM to sign in, have your photo taken, and submit paperwork. Auditions will start promptly at 7:00 PM. Please bring a completed audition form and conflict calendar, both available on the website.
Auditioners should prepare a 30-second to one-minute monologue from a contemporary play (monologues from The Trip to Bountiful are fine). There will be a brief interview and, if time permits, some line readings and scene work.
Theatre Raleigh
The Trip to Bountiful
November 16
Theatre Raleigh Studios
3027 Barrow Drive, Raleigh
Auditioners should prepare one short, American monologue and bring a photo and resume, stapled.
Towne Players of Garner
Don’t Dress for Dinner
November 21 and 23 at 7:00pm
Garner Performing Arts Center
742 W. Garner Road, Garner
Auditions typically consist of cold readings from the script. Scripts are provided at auditions. Actors may bring a resume and headshot, but neither is necessary.
