Beverly Weston, the poet patriarch has disappeared and now the family gathers to weather this Oklahoma storm of uncertainty – an extended clan,  grand and bizarre – a sweltering reunion of black sheep toting their suitcases packed with addictions, secrets, and unspoken truths.

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY plays at CAST August 25 – September 24.

DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher

Jeffrey Hatcher’s expressionistic stage adaptation of the 1886 novella will mesmerize audiences during the days leading up to and following Halloween. This retelling of a classic tale will be augmented by CAST’s special brand of experiential theatre, serving as an apt backdrop for a chilling fun house ride through a haunted psyche.

Based on the 1886 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, CAST presents this cinematic stage production about Dr. Henry Jeckyll’s exploration into a mind a mind altering drug, taking him through a journey of multiple personalities and asking the ultimate question about where evil is born.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde plays October 13-November 5, 2011, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at 8:00PM with select matinees.

A TUNA CHRISTMAS

1 spaceship.  2 actors.  21 characters.  364 costume changes.  1,003 laughs.  A Tuna Christmas comes to NoDa.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the theatre, they’re back!

The Tuna Christmas family has found their way back to CAST for their annual Holiday extravaganza.   We moved but someone told these crazy Texans the new location, CAST Noda at 28th Street!

Don’t blame us if you spend your holidays rolling in the aisles as the residents of Tuna, Texas, celebrate Christmas as only a bunch of good old boys (and gals) can…Oh, did we mention that ALIENS LAND ON CHRISTMAS EVE???!!!

Forget the North Pole and head to North Davidson Street as Texas comes to North Carolina this Holiday Season.

A Tuna Christmas we be performed November  25 – December 24; Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at 8:00Pm with select Matinees.

JACK GOES BOATING by Robert Glaudin

Shake off that winter chill with dreams of warm, lazy summer days drifting on a glassy lake. Of course dreaming about it and actually doing it is a whole other story … or unconventional romantic comedy in this case set in the midst of working-class New York City. Come with us and investigate the lives of a couple of limousine drivers, Clyde and Jack, and their love interests, Lucy and Connie as they negotiate life’s potholes of winter in search of love in the summer surf and sun! Jack will take us all boating – if first we learn how to swim.

Lessons begin January 12 through -February 11, 2012. The pool opens at 8:00PM

Jack Goes Boating received an enthusiastic reception at New York’s Public Theatre and has recently been released as a motion picture.

RACE

Carolina Actors Studio Theatre presents the Regional Professional Premiere of Race–the latest in-your-face tour de force by Pulitzer Prize winner, David Mamet.  Mix up a trial about a rich white man accused of raping a black woman, stir in a mysterious red dress, a  mixed race defense team, and you have the formula for a very special brand of fireworks.   See CAST heat up the winter nights with this searing drama.

You thought you disliked lawyers before.  Wait ’til you see this one.

Race will be performed at our new location CAST Noda at 28th Street.

Performances are February 23 – March 34; Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at 8:00PM.

FLOYD COLLINS, book by Tina Landau and music/lyrics by Adam Guettel

Floyd Collins spent countless cold, wet and cramped hours searching for his fortune underground, exploring caves in hopes of capitalizing on that craze of the time. One frosty afternoon he discovered the most glorious cave of all, bigger an’ better than any cave in history – the first man ever to set eyes on this magnificence of creation … A glory and a wonder all right, up until the moment the roof caved in hopelessly trapping him 100 feet underground.

Rescue attempts were launched but what ensued turned the small town of Cave City, Kentucky into the first real “Media Circus” in the United States. Covered by a cub reporter from the Louisville Journal the news about Floyd blossomed by way of the wire into full-fledged carnival coverage by every major AND minor newspaper in the country. Radio stations and movie makers came over the weeks to follow this drama … many people stopped reading newspapers altogether and DROVE to Cave City where a circus atmosphere ensued and hawkers made small fortunes raking thousands of dollars from the crowds of onlookers and gawkers – … and this in the day of few roads and Model A’s.

Based on a true story, CAST presents the Regional Premiere of Floyd Collins with performances Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 8:00PM with select matinees from April 12 through May 12, 2012.

THE EDGE OF OUR BODIES

Fresh from its World Premiere at the Humana Festival of New Plays, CAST is honored at being chosen to present the Regional Premiere of The Edge of Our Bodies, a one woman show written by America’s foremost new generation playwright, Adam Rapp.  Intimate and searingly honest, this play captures a young woman at the threshold of vulnerability and experience, achingly articulate about all she can’t know or control.

Bernadette is sixteen, on the train from her New England private school to New York City to give her college boyfriend some big news.  But he has other plans and they don’t include Bernadette.  Her abandonment in the city and the ordeal to return to school is as unpredictable a journey as what happens after.

The Edge of Our Bodies will keep you on the edge of your seats.  Recommended for ages 16 and up.  Contains strong language, herbal cigarette smoke and fog.

Join us at our new First in Mind, First in Choice location, 2424 N. Davidson, Charlotte 28205.
Seating is limited – No Late Seating.
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Reservations: 704-455-8542; Direct Theatre Line: 704-373-PLAY