Burning Coal Theatre Company is on board!
Aly and I met with Jerome Davis, the creative director at Burning Coal Theatre yesterday to see if they would be interested in being involved with SPARKcon this year.
First impressions were awesome! The space Burning Coal occupies is in the Murphey School Auditorium located in Downtown Raleigh at 224 Polk St. Louis Cherry of Cherry Huffman Architects was the creative force behind the design. The final product was beautiful. The use of space and attention to details is evident, and it would definitely enhance any theatre-goers experience.
After our brief tour we sat down with Jerome for a while. We learned about all the productions that are in the works, the camps and classes that they host, and their plans for the future of theatre in Raleigh. Jerome was very excited about the prospect of being able to showcase samples of their plays at SPARKcon this year. Their season re-opens a week prior to SPARKcon, so resources will need to be reworked, but he is ready to make it happen! We also discussed the option of linking the space itself to SPARKcon, and getting people to visit the theatre for their production of The Prisoner’s Dilemma.
If you are interested in visiting Burning Coal, please check out their production Bowling with Blueberries running from June 27-29.