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Current & Upcoming Events
Common Ground Theatre Presents: Goodnight, Animals with Special Guests TAFFY: Transactors for Families
Our August Theatre Performance Arts Camp Presentation
Featuring music from Saint-Saens “Carnival of the Animals,” Goodnight, Animals is the story of a zoo keeper who is too tired to notice that the animals are sneaking out of their cages.
TAFFY will open for our presentation. Transactors for Families will perform on-the-spot scenes that have the perfect amount of silliness for young funny bones.
Saturday, August 23 at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
Tickets: $5
Reservations: (919) 698-3870 or by E-mail
Performance Art Night VI
Presented by Very Normal Productions, this evening of performance art gives voice to 6 artists, either developing new material or revisiting established pieces. Anything can happen from the bizarre to the beautiful- but it’s definitely a one-of-a-kind evening you’ll be thrilled you experienced.
Friday, August 29th at 8:00 p.m.
FREE- donations accepted!
Information: (919) 698-3870
Ghost & Spice Productions Presents: Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll By Eric Bogosian
Funny, fascinating, edgy and provocative, Bogosian’s collection of losers from all levels of society takes us deep into the arid, pitted landscape of their individual worlds. Intense, but often subtle, and hilarious, here is a perceptive view of a society without moorings from the playwright and bestselling author who brought us “suburbia” and “Talk Radio.”
The cast of “Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll” will feature company members Jeff Alguire & Rus Hames, with guest artists Tony Hughes and Lormarev Jones. Company member Rus Hames will direct.
In addition, each night the cast will be joined on stage by a different Triangle area rock & roll band! (Band list to be determined.)
With its “small but mighty” approach to theatre, Ghost & Spice Productions puts special emphasis on high standards of acting and directing while minimizing production costs. Its rich storytelling brings audiences varied, engaging, and affordable professional theatre. Ghost & Spice is a resident company of Common Ground Theatre.
September 5 and 6, 11-13, 18-20 at 8:00 p.m.
September 14 at 7:00 p.m.
Tickets: $14/ General, $12/ Students and Seniors
Reservations: (888) 239-9253, or by e-mail
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Website:Ghost & Spice Productions
FatMouth Improv
Silliness with a purpose! Short and longform improv based on audience suggestions—all in one evening.
Performances TBD
Tickets: $7.00
Information: (919) 698-3870
Website: FatMouth Improv
Common Ground Theatre Presents: The Santaland Diaries
The Santaland Diaries is a one-man show, written by Joe Mantello, based on David Sedaris’ much loved NPR commentaries on life as one of Santa’s elves at Macy’s in New York City. Elf training, obnoxious customers, store politics, and strange Santas are all highlighted in Crumpet’s tale of a starving writer trying to pay the rent without losing his dignity. Tightly written, this sardonic, wry monologue never gets mean as it relates the struggles and hardships of doing a job that is demeaning and enlightening, and makes us think about the best and worst in ourselves.
November 28 & 29, December 4, 5 & 6 at 8:00 p.m.
December 12, 13, 19 & 20 at 9:30 p.m.
Tickets: $10.00
Reservations: (919) 698-3870 or by E-mail
Coming this Holiday Season to Common Ground: A Trailer Park Christmas by Jeffrey Moore and Rachel Klem