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stage preview NC Stage Kicks Off Summer Series with Shakespeare and a Vampire
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orth Carolina Stage Company’s Mainstage season is winding down with the final weekends of In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play (closing June 10), but the downtown theatre will not be dark this summer. In June, NC Stage offers a special oneweekend production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, as well as a mini-festival of silent Tempest
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films called “The Sounds of Silence,” featuring live musical accompaniment from local composer Nathan Shirley. In between its own productions, NC Stage hosts The Catalyst Series, an eclectic mix that in the past has featured original works, music, comedy, burlesque and dance. The Tempest Tempest, June 14-17, is presented by the students of NC Stage’s Professional Actor Training program, and directed by Michael MacCauley. Far more than a showcase, The Tempest is a fully produced play, featuring many of the professional designers who work on NC Stage’s Mainstage productions. One of Shakespeare’s latest and greatest of plays,, The Tempest is a wondrous journey, filled with love, ‘NC Stage’ continued on page 38
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