Onstage this Month
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Onstage in January
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 this month. They are listed in the order of the date of the first performance.
This month’s 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 able to list college and university theatrical events.)
Also, check out our Onstage! article from our January/February issue, A Lasting Legacy, which examines the influence Theatre in the Park has had on Raleigh’s theater scene.
Halle Cultural Arts Center
Beauty and The Beast Jr.
January 24-26
Music by Alan Menken. Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice.
Based on the hit films and Tony-winning Broadway musical, Beauty and the Beast Jr. follows Belle, who dreams of escaping her small town and brutish suitor Gaston. Her wish leads her to the Beast’s enchanted castle, where dancing flatware, menacing wolves, and singing furniture bring the fairy tale to life. Produced by Leaders by Choice in partnership with The Halle Cultural Arts Center and Town of Apex.
Halle Cultural Arts Center
237 N. Salem Street, Apex
thehalle.org
North Raleigh Arts and Creative Theatre
Appropriate
January 24 – February 9
Written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Directed by Jeri Lynn Schulke.
Every estranged member of the Lafayette clan has descended upon the crumbling Arkansas homestead to settle the accounts of the newly dead patriarch. As his three adult children sort through a lifetime of hoarded mementos and junk, they collide over clutter, debt, and a contentious family history. But after a disturbing discovery surfaces among their father’s possessions, the reunion takes a turn for the explosive, unleashing a series of crackling surprises and confrontations.
North Raleigh Arts & Creative Theatre
7713-51 Lead Mine Road, Raleigh
nract.org
Theatre Raleigh
What We Leave Behind Developmental Reading
January 24th-25th
Written and composed by Jenny Giering and Sean Barry.
Theatre Raleigh is partnering with Capital Arts Theater Guild to foster the development of What We Leave Behind, beginning with staged readings for public audiences, where the writers will be provided a wealth of feedback from various sources, including professional panelists as well as audience members. In September, the fully developed musical will premiere on Theatre Raleigh’s stage.
When musical theatre composer Jenny receives a diagnosis of breast cancer, it seems as though her world has come crashing down around her—but what a journey she embarks on! Written and composed by husband-and-wife team Jenny Giering and Sean Barry and based upon their shared journey, What We Leave Behind is a compelling one-woman musical.
TR Studio Theatre
3027 Barrow Drive, Raleigh
theatreraleigh.com
Burning Coal Theatre Company
Paint Me This House of Love
January 30–February 16, Thursdays-Sundays
Written by Chelsea Woolley. Directed by Flora Bare.
When Jules appears at Cecelia’s house after twenty five years of estrangement to help her renovate it, the two must navigate the web of narratives they’ve told themselves and each other. As father and daughter reconnect, they find it hard once they start to discuss the truth of their pasts, finding it easier to escape into fairytales. The truth about both of them and their past twist and turn just like the fairytales they tell.
Murphey School Auditorium
224 Polk Street, Raleigh
burningcoal.org
The Cary Players Community Theater Company
The Trip to Bountiful
January 31-February 3
Written by Horton Foote. Directed by Mark Arthur Zumbach.
Horton Foote’s play tells the story of Carrie Watts, an elderly woman, who longs to escape the cramped Houston apartment where she lives with her protective son, Ludie, and her authoritarian daughter-in-law, Jessie Mae. Carrie wants to return to her beloved hometown of Bountiful, Texas, one final time before she dies. While Ludie is at work and Jessie Mae is at the drugstore, Carrie escapes to the bus station and befriends a young woman named Thelma. The new friends travel toward Bountiful together, but when Carrie arrives in nearby Harrison, Texas, she begins to learn that her beloved town isn’t the same as she remembered it.
Cary Arts Center
101 Dry Avenue, Cary
caryplayers.org
Auditions
North Raleigh Arts and Creative Theatre
The World Goes Round
January 5th at 6 p.m. and Monday, January 6th at 7 p.m.
Callbacks January 8 at 7 p.m.
North Raleigh Arts & Creative Theatre, 7713-51 Lead Mine Road, Raleigh
The directors ask actors to please come prepared with 32 bars of a story song in the style of Kander & Ebb, and be prepared to dance.
Learn more and access audition forms here.
Raleigh Little Theatre
Morning After Grace
General Auditions: January 13 and 14, 7 p.m.-10 p.m.
Audition Information Session: January 6, 2025 (Monday) 7-8 p.m. (Register on Zoom here). This optional information session will include an overview of the audition process, forms, and guidance on how to prepare.
Callbacks: January 16 7-10 p.m.
Raleigh Little Theatre, 301 Pogue Street, Raleigh
Auditioners should prepare a provided monologue from the play. It does not need to be memorized. For a link to the monologue, forms and more information, please click here.
Theatre Raleigh
Waitress: The Musical
January 18
Theatre Raleigh Arts Center, 6638 Old Wake Forest Road, Raleigh
Auditioners should be prepared to perform a short contemporary pop or musical theatre song in the style of Sara Bareilles. An accompanist will be provided. Bring sheet music neatly marked in the correct key. Bring photo/resume stapled together.
Learn more here.
