Byron Woods
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Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels bring their new opera 'Omar' to Carolina Performing Arts
The opera puts the insights of a 19th-century Sufi scholar enslaved in North Carolina to music. → Read More
The Must-See Winter Performances Coming to the Triangle
From Shakespeare to RENT, here are the performances hitting Triangle stages this winter. → Read More
Director Rebecca Holderness on Her Burning Coal Theatre Company Production of “Silent Sky”
"It was an opportunity to give an audience a close-up, personal—and hopefully, beautiful—experience of that process of needing to know what the truth is: where we are, what does it mean, with as much rigor as possible." → Read More
A Showcase of a Small-Town Tap Ensemble That’s Gone Big, and a Transgressive Production of “Emma”
A Showcase of a Small-Town Tap Ensemble That’s Gone Big, and a Transgressive Production of “Emma” A preview and a review of two local productions. → Read More
Reviews of Four Significant Local October Productions
Productions from the Justice Theater Project, Burning Coal Theatre, Sweet Tea Shakespeare, and Theatre in the Park. → Read More
New Triangle Venues Help Fill In the Gaps for Performing Arts Companies
Any stage manager will tell you: the real drama’s always offstage. → Read More
New Theater Companies Give Durham a Groundswell of New Growth
Five new groups join Switchyard Theatre Company in mounting productions running through November. → Read More
Fall Arts Preview: Five Theatrical Productions to See
Plays by Playmakers, Burning Coal Theatre, Theater Raleigh, and more. → Read More
Ira David Wood III and Daughter Evan Rachel Wood Bring a Gripping Psychological Family Drama to Stage
'The Father' runs through August 21 at Theatre in the Park. → Read More
A Documentary Theater Project Examines the State of Motherhood Today
“American mothers are exhausted. They’re just drowning,” dramaturg Emily Boyd Dahab says. → Read More
Switchyard Theatre Is Bringing Dramatic Arts Back to a Distinctly Local Audience
The founders of Switchyard Theatre are resurrecting the art form with ambitious productions for Triangle audiences. → Read More
‘Radioactive Practice’ Is a Radical Primer on Claiming Space
Award-winning choreographer Abby Zbikowski’s new work at the American Dance Festival runs through July 2. → Read More
Raleigh Little Theatre’s Production of ‘In the Heights’ Is a Sparkling, Spirited Pinnacle of Community Theater
“Oftentimes, arts groups say they want to work with the Latino community, and say, ‘Here’s some tickets,’” executive director Iliana Santillán says. “But the way RLT has developed this partnership really speaks to their core values.” → Read More
A Rundown of This Year's Thrilling American Dance Festival Lineup
Over the next month and a half, its 15 programs encompass modern dance’s past, present, and future. → Read More
A New Regional Theater Company Interprets Samuel Beckett’s “Spectral Quality”
Beckett’s characters are clearly haunted in works like Rockaby, Footfalls, and Ohio Impromptu, which runs this weekend in a production by Other Only Windows at Raleigh’s Pure Life Theatre. → Read More
After a Long Intermission, Theater Came Back Swinging in the Last Half of 2021
Here's a rundown of the year's best shows, with nods to those we lost. → Read More
Post-Vaccines, Local Theater Companies Take Stock of What Was Lost—and What Comes Next
“We are literally in rehearsal now, both on stage and off. We’re in rehearsal for who we are becoming.” → Read More
A New Documentary, Book, and Show Celebrate 20 Years of Paperhand Puppet Intervention
“Those three strands—their artistry, community building, and eco-activism—really shine throughout the book." → Read More
In a North Carolina Theatre Concert Production, Each Song Is a Mini-Play Made for COVID-Era Downsizing
'Songs for a New World' closed on August 1. → Read More
Adam Dipert Spends His Days Working as a Nuclear Physicist and Circus Artist. His Next Frontier? Space Juggling.
In front of Adam Dipert, four white balls float, suspended in mid-space. → Read More