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Transactors Improv Company Presents: The Professors!
Transactors Improv Co. is proud to present The Professors – a new serial set at the Private University of North Carolina State (PUNCS). Watch the sparks between teachers and students, faculty and staff, town and gown – all made up on the spot based on audience suggestions. And get in on the action as the professors take questions during their lectures.
Friday, May 18 at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $14- General, $10- Students & Seniors
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Reservations: (919) 698-3870 or by E-mail
Website: Transactors Improv Co.
Fatmouth Improv
Fatmouth Improv will perform short and long form improvisational scenes based on suggestions from the audience. Silliness with a purpose!
Saturday, May 19 at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $10.00- General
Information: (919) 698-3870
Website: Fatmouth Improv
One Song Productions Presents: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
directed by Kim Rubish
WINNER! of the 1955 Pulitzer Prize
May 24, 25, and 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $5-$8 Suggested Donation
Information by E-Mail
Website: One Song Productions
Black Poetry Theatre Presents: H.I.S. Thoughts: A Tribute to Keenan Gorham
A Dramatic Reading
On Thursday April 19, 2012 we lost one of our most beloved wordsmiths. He was a visionary, a bright soul, and an amazing poet. On June 2nd we are going celebrate the amazing talent of Keenan Gorham as cast members read from a script built completely from Keenan’s poems. The script tells a story of love, life, hope and triumph. You will be uplifted and inspired.
Keenan Gorham had been writing poetry for years. He started with traditional form, as he was an avid lover of poetry collecting books from such authors as Dickinson, Whitman, Hughes, Frost, Angelou, Hammon, Sanchez, Poe, Dunbar, Cullen, Brooks, Tate and Giovanni. He soon started incorporating various other writing styles into his works. In recent years he became familiar with spokenword and slam and the distinctive and animated nature of both. Being introduced to this type of expression and its poets, he fell in love with it and began to look at other ways to bring his words to life. He touched many with his crafty word play, emotional depth, command of vocabulary, and universal themes. His work will be forever remembered.
A portion of the proceeds from the show will go to the Keenan M. Gorham Memorial Fund.
About the company:
Black Poetry Theatre is a theatre company based in Durham, NC that creates, directs, and produces original theatrical pieces centered around poetry and spokenword. Founded by Joseph “Church da Poet” Churchwell and Dasan Ahanu, BPT has been offering quality theatre since 2007 and has been a creative outlet for artists in the community.
Saturday, June 2
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show begins at 7:00 p.m.
Tickets: $7 in advance, $10 at the door
Buy advance tickets at www.blackpoetrytheatre.com
More info contact: Joseph “Church Da’Poet” Churchwell 919-627-1076 or Dasan Ahanu 919 295-0176 or by E-mail
Transactors Improv Company Presents: Transactors Experimental Theater: On Deck
Transactors Experimental Theater shows give audiences the unique opportunity to see new improvisational forms for the very first time! Created and directed by company member Mike Beard, “On Deck” plays with using physical levels to influence the action. In this innovative form, where the improvisers are on stage affects where their characters are going.
Friday, June 8 at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $14- General, $10- Students & Seniors
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Reservations: (919) 698-3870 or by E-mail
Website: Transactors Improv Co.
The Wholesome Twins Present: The Ron & Rhonda Variety Hour
Time travel back to 1975 with America’s favorite evangelical sex therapists. Airing briefly as a summer replacement for “Chico & the Man,” this rarely seen show was thought to have been lost…until now.
Starring Jeffrey Moore and Annie Zipper as Ron & Rhonda
Featuring Jeff Alguire, Rachel Klem, Elena Koch, Dana Marks, Christopher Moore & Jay O’Berski. With 70s music stylings by the band “The Bacon.”
Mature content
After hours 70s dance party immediately following the show. Wear your best bell bottoms and platform shoes and be ready to shake your groove thing.
Saturday, June 23 at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $10- General
Information: (919) 698-3870