Friday, December 30, 2011

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone’s having a great Holiday, whatever way you celebrate. I also hope everyone’s had a great year. NC Stage has had a tremendous season so far with a production of Hedwig And The Angry Inch and both parts, count ‘em, BOTH parts of Angels In America, and then two companies of Live From WVL Radio Theatre: It’s A Wonderful Life and, of course, The 12 Dates Of Christmas. Dozens of actors, designers, technicians, volunteers and administrators have been making it all happen and more than 5,000 seats have been occupied during all this. All in all one of the biggest seasons we’ve ever done.

And we can’t thank you all enough. If you’ve bought a ticket for one of those seats, given a donation, told or brought a friend, hell, even if you’ve just “retweeted” one of our twitter posts, you’re a big part of the success of NC Stage. If you would still like to make a donation, you still can. And what a great time to get in that last minute tax deduction before the New Year!

But we’re not done for the season! We’re just getting started! Our New Year starts off when Neela Munoz (director, Boeing Boeing) and I team up again as she directs me and her husband Billy (actor, Fully Committed) in Love Child. These are two of the nicest, most talented and funniest people I know and I can’t wait to work with them again.

Immediate Theatre Project returns after their brilliant production of The Glass Menagerie last season with a great new play, Circle Mirror Transformation. And the season finishes up in May with one of the best new comedies of the past several years, In The Next Room Or The Vibrator Play.

We wish you a terrific New Year with lots of laughs and good times. And we hope that some of those good times happen at NC Stage! Be safe out there and watch out for others.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Last minute shopping! Yikes!

Okay. So it’s just you and me, right? Here’s the deal. I am NOT a procrastinator. Okay maybe I am a little bit but I’ll talk about that later. Truth is, December has snuck up on me as the Fall has been killer busy with over 90 performances at NC Stage and more than 5,600 tickets sold to those events, plus the education program and fundraising, (more on that in a later post). Anyway, I’m just peeking up and it’s December??? The week of Christmas??? How did THAT happen?

So I’m finishing up some work at the office and getting my Christmas shopping done. And I’m looking to you for last minute gift ideas. We’re offering $25 Anytime tickets for any of our mainstage productions the remainder of the season but Angie is already going to those. Heh, heh. There is also some great art out there and I’ve got my eye on a few things. In fact I was recently linterviewed about that in the Mountain Xpress. Check it out!

But I’m looking for something like that. Local, experiential, meaningful. Art or performances? Lessons? Memberships to cultural institutions?

So what’s the best thing you’ve either given or received that can be gotten last minute that you think that special someone I’m related to might really like? Please post a comment! I’m serious!

Charlie