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- EIN 56-1910148
- 919-834-4001
- 224 Polk Street Raleigh NC 27604 USA
- www.burningcoal.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Arts & Culture, Arts, Culture & Humanities, Performing Arts, Theater
Mission: To produce literate, visceral, affecting theater works that favor neglected classic, modern classic, and new plays of serious themes.
Geographic areas served: Raliegh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill
Programs: The organization produces new plays and innovative versions of classics. During the year the organization produced five mainstage performances; produced our "second stage" series of challenging works presented in collaboration with emerging artists; produced our new works series of staged readings by north carolina writers; produced our history plays, drawn from raleigh's multifaceted past (including performances in oakwood cemetery, the mordecai house, and on historic fayetteville street); delivered our lobby lecture series, which presents experts speaking prior to mainstage shows on core topics or themes of the given play; and presented our educational programming such as classes for adults on acting, understanding shakespeare, and playwriting.