Burning Coal Theatre Directing Intership
Burning Coal Theatre is an AEA and non-union theatre located in Raliegh, North Carolina that strives to “emphasize works that are experienced viscerally, unlike more traditional, linear plays where audiences are most often asked to observe without participating. Using the best local, national and international artists available, we produce explosive re-examinations of overlooked classics, modern classic and new plays that address ideas important to our community. With this in mind, we strive to achieve high-energy performances with minimalist production values.”
As a Directing Intern - Worked Closely under Artistic Director Jerome. M Davis, assistant directing productions of A House (After Ibsen’s Ghosts) and Matilda Jr. Completed Dramaturgical work for Burning Coal’s upcoming American premiere of Haughey / Greggory By Collin Murphy while also assisting with marketing, outreach, casting, and day-to-day operations.
In Burning Coal’s production of A House (After Ibsen’s Ghosts), adapted by Lucius Robinson and Jerome Davis from the play by Henrik Ibsen, the ‘father of modern drama’ and a notorious ‘ladies’ man’, we meet the Alvings and the Engstrands, two families at polar opposite ends of the economic spectrum (and all played by actor Lucius Robinson). In this one-person show, Burning Coal regular and current Baltimore resident Lucius Robinson stars under the direction of Burning Coal Artistic Director Jerome Davis. In the play, we watch as a disease, not to be talked about in polite company, comes to infest not just its immediate victim, but the entire community in which he lives. Incest, syphilis, an overbearing mother, a dead but not forgotten father, a maid who may be more than she seems, its all part of Ibsen’s world, a world of secrets, shadows, lies and ghosts.
Director: Jerome Davis
Assistant Director: Chris Rubingh
Costume Designer: Beth Gargan
Sound Designer: Juan Isler
Production Stage Manager: Julianna Fresca
Lighting Designer: Landon Carson
Painter: Meredith Riggman
