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Current & Upcoming Events
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MUSIC: Primitive Sound Productions Presents: Spencer Scholes and The Buffalo Beat
Featuring Tim Smith up close and personal, and David Binanay.
Friday, July 30 at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $10 Suggested Donation
Reservations: (919) 332-4252
Website: Spencer Scholes
Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern Presents: Redghost
An original adaptation of one of Japan’s best known and most terrifying ghost stories, Yotsuya Kaidan. Revenge, lust, obsession and the fast track to Hell.
Directed by Rachel Klem, with Monica Byrne, Hilary Edwards, John Jimerson, Alphonse Nicholson & Gary Watts. Designed by Chelsea Kurtzman, Steve Tell & Stephanie Waaser.
September 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17 & 18 at 8:00 p.m.
September 12 at 2:00 p.m.
Tickets: $12 Wed/Thurs/Sun, $15 Fri/Sat
Student Rush: $8 (one hour before curtain)
Reservations by E-Mail or call (919) 452-9204
Website: Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern
Ghost & Spice Productions Presents: Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare
Witty, Intelligent, Incisive. A young man claiming to be Sidney Poitier’s son cons an Upper East Side couple. He sets in motion a series of events that will alter the course of their lives forever. Inspired by a true story, the play is both a laugh-out-loud comedy and a biting social commentary about the separation between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have-nots. Winner of the 1993 New York Critic’s Circle Award.
Directed by Rachel Klem, with Lenore Field, Gregor McElvogue & Alphonse Nicholson.
October 8 & 9, 14-16, 21-23 at 8:00 p.m.
October 17 at 2:00 p.m.
Tickets: $16-General, $14-Students & Seniors
THURSDAYS ARE ALWAYS HALF PRICE AT GHOST & SPICE
Reservations: (888) 239-9253 or by E-Mail
Website: Ghost & Spice Productions
Transactors Present: City of Medicine
Join us for our fourth season of this improvised serial medical drama. Inspired by Grey’s Anatomy and E.R., City of Medicine is set at Bull City Medical Center, Durham’s newest teaching hospital. The regular cast is joined each show by a special guest who is either saved or killed by our doctors. Don’t miss a single episode!
City of Medicine: Where who you heal is not nearly as important as whose heart you steal.
September 24, October 29, November 26 at 8pm Eastern
Tickets: $12- General, $10- Students & Seniors
Reservations: (919) 698-3870 or by E-Mail
Website: Transactors Improv Company
Common Ground Theatre Presents: A Trailer Park Christmas by Rachel Klem & Jeffrey Moore
Local filmmaker Jeffrey Moore and Common Ground Theatre owner Rachel Klem team up to present this interactive, holiday entertainment. Set in West Durham, A Trailer Park Christmas follows the Dodson/ Hussy family as they grapple with crazy neighbors, ghosts, fruitcakes and a holiday tornado.
A letter from Loraine Dodson- Whispering Pines Trailer Park, West Durham: “Dear Friends- Please join our family for holiday festivities at our trailer, row M, lot 16. There will be snacks, a little karaoke, and a lot of love as we celebrate the season together. No need to bring anything except yourselves, RSVP if you’re coming. See you soon! Love, Loraine.”
December 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17 &18 at 7:30 p.m.
December 12 & 19 at 2:00 p.m.
Tickets: $17- General, $15- Students & Seniors
Reservations: (919) 698-3870 or by E-Mail