Burning Coal Theatre

The organization produces new plays and innovative versions of classics. During the year the organization produced five mainstage performances; produced our "second stage" series of challenging works presented in collaboration with emerging artists; produced our new works series of staged readings by north carolina writers; produced our history plays, drawn from raleigh's multifaceted past (including performances in oakwood cemetery, the mordecai house, and on historic fayetteville street); delivered our lobby lecture series, which presents experts speaking prior to mainstage shows on core topics or themes of the given play; and presented our educational programming such as classes for adults on acting, understanding shakespeare, and playwriting.