Carolina Actors Studio Theatre (CAST)

Carolina Actors Studio Theatre (CAST)
Formation 1992
Type Theatre Company
Purpose/focus a culturally diverse theatre experience
Headquarters 2424 North Davidson,
Charlotte NC 28205
Region served Charlotte, North Carolina
Official languages English
Artistic Director Michael R. Simmons
Website http://www.nccast.com/index.html

Carolina Actors Studio Theatre (CAST) is an independent non-profit theatre company located at 2424 North Davidson Street in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was founded in 1992 by Charlotte acting instructor Ed Gilweit as an actor's teaching school. In 2000 Gilweit's company partnered with a video and stage production company run by Michael Simmons called Victory Pictures, Inc., and then with the fledgling theatre group Another Roadside Performance Company run by Robert Lee Simmons, Michael Simmons's son. Through this series of mergers, Gilweit and the Simmonses became the founders of the Carolina Actors Studio Theatre. Since Gilweit's death in 2002, Michael Simmons has been the Managing Artistic Director.

CAST is noted for large-scale installations and elaborate sets with the goal of complete immersion of the audience in the reality of each play. CAST always seeks to obliterate the emotional distance between the actor and spectator, a technique they call "experiential theatre". When attending a CAST performance, the experience of the spectator begins from the moment they enter—or even approach—the theater.[1][2]

In 2006, with the help of a board of directors recruited from Charlotte’s arts community, CAST received a 501(c)(3) designation. Since 2008, CAST has also received financial support from the Arts & Science Council.

Contents

History

1992 to 2000

In 1998 there was a fledgling Charlotte theatre troupe named Another Roadside Performance Company, which performed at The Neighborhood Theatre on 36th Street in the NoDa neighborhood of Charlotte, and which was managed by Robert Lee Simmons. In the fall of 1998 he invited his father Michael Simmons to help produce Eric Bogosian’s play, subUrbia. Michael Simmons was the owner and director of a video and stage production company called Victory Pictures, Inc. The elder and younger Simmons began to work together on subUrbia.[3] Since the play takes place in a gas station, they built a gas station. There were real traffic signals hanging over the set (and the audience), there was a working refrigerator, there was a fully stocked grocery store that audience members could actually walk into and buy a loaf of bread. They got ten speakers and set up a surround-sound system.[4] This dedication to literally surrounding the audience with the atmosphere of the play become characteristic of the Simmons's work, and indeed, continues to the present day.

Down the block from the Neighborhood Theatre was a small teaching studio for Charlotte-area actors run by playwright, director, and acting instructor Ed Gilweit. It was called Carolina Actors Studio Theatre—or CAST for short. Gilweit bemoaned what he felt was the mediocre quality of acting in Charlotte and had started CAST in 1992 as a training ground for local actors to improve their skills and try new techniques.[5] In the fall of 1999, Robert Lee Simmons, who was one of Gilweit’s students, invited Gilweit to attend the production of the Viet Nam-era play Tracers, which starred Robert Lee and several other actors in Gilweit’s school. It was directed by his father Michael Simmons who was now operating the troupe under the name of Victory Pictures, Inc.,the film company which had now branched out into theatre.

Simmons again tried to achieve a "total immersion experience" using techniques developed during the production of subUrbia. The Tracers team put sandbags and a .50-caliber machine gun in the entry to the theater. The tickets were dog tags. They got members of the North Carolina National Guard to greet the patrons. They put regulation army trucks and a painted 1968 Volkswagen hippy van in the parking lot and then covered the two story theater building in camouflage netting. They even hired protestors to picket the theater, and placed "snipers" and machine guns on the rooftop. The entire cast and crew attended a real, live fire, three day survival experience in uniform run by a local group of Viet Nam Vets!

The experience of Tracers impressed Ed Gilweit who was also looking for ways to overcome the emotional distance between performance and spectator. He told the elder Simmons that they should begin working together.[6] Victory pictures, Inc. had the technical expertise that Gilweit was looking for. An informal alliance was formed and the two companies began to share resources.

2000 to present

Finally, in April of 2000, when Victory Pictures, Inc. left the Neighborhood Theatre, an official partnership was formed. Halfway through the production of the play Steambath, Simmons moved his operations to Gilweit's nearby theater at 3143 Cullman Avenue where he would remain for the next fourteen months.[5] Gilweit and Simmons were joined by, and briefly took the name of, yet another company called The Off-Tryon Theatre Company, and in June of 2000 produced their first show together,Asylum. It was the beginning of an ongoing exploration of what they called “experiential theatre”. Robert Lee Simmons had found the word “experientia” in the dictionary and simply invented the phrase. Eventually, even the critics would use the term "Experiential Theatre" when talking about CAST.

Gilweit and Simmons were united by a shared philosophy. Ed Gilweit believed that the purpose of theatre was to force people to think and potentially even to be changed.[7] Simmons wanted to surround the audience with the physical space of the play.[8] Gilweit felt that theatre had "lost its ability to affect social change".[9] Because of this outlook, CAST has always resisted the traditional theatre’s separation of performance and spectator.[10] Examples of this philosophy abound. For Steambath they piped steam into the theater, had a working shower onstage, and handed out towels.[11] There was a working Italian restaurant complete with the aroma of oregano for the play Italian-American Reconciliation.[12] For One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest the company took pains to build an exact replica of the common room of the Western State Mental Institution where Ken Kesey had originally written the play.[13] The play Metamorphoses involved a functioning onstage swimming pool.[14] Not every show that CAST/Victory Pictures, Inc. did was a critical success, but the innovative quality of the company was recognized from the start. The Charlotte Observer wrote, "Expect the unexpected from CAST, an off-off-Broadway-style company that redesigns its entire theater for each show."[15]

The company in its several incarnations within Charlotte had a rather nomadic existence for the first five years of its existence. The first production (subUrbia) had been at The Neighborhood Theatre at 511 East 36th Street. The company then moved successively to Ed Gilweit's CAST theatre at 3143 Cullman Avenue, the Matthews Community Center at 100 McDowell Street in nearby Matthews, the Hart-Witzen Gallery at 611 West 5th Street, and finally achieved a measure of geographical stability in January of 2003 with a move to the CAST Theatre at 1118 Clement Ave where it would remain until 2010.

In the summer of 2010 CAST received a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Arts & Science Council.[16][17][18] This allowed the company to move out of the cramped quarters they had occupied for eight years on Clement Avenue into a space at 2424 North Davidson in the NoDa neighborhood of Charlotte where it had all begun.[5][19] The new location at NoDa contains three theater spaces including a Thrust stage, and a Theatre in the round. For the first time in CAST history there is a spacious bar and lobby area, dressing rooms, storage rooms, a conference room, and a fully equipped scenery-building shop.[16] The new theatre was officially launched in August of 2011 with a production of August: Osage County, the Pulitzer Prize winning play by Tracy Letts. It was the regional premier of that play and was a great critical success.[20][21]

Productions by season

All shows except where otherwise noted were produced entirely by Carolina Actors Studio Theatre.
2011—2012 Season
Show Author Run Dates Venue
August: Osage County Tracy Letts Aug 25—Sep 24 CAST Theatre at NoDa
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Jeffrey Hatcher Oct 13—Nov 05 CAST Theatre at NoDa
A Tuna Christmas Jason Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard Nov 25—Dec 24 CAST Theatre at NoDa
Jack Goes Boating (scheduled) Robert Glaudini Jan 12—Feb 11 CAST Theatre at NoDa
Race (scheduled) David Mamet Feb 23—Mar 24 CAST Theatre at NoDa
Floyd Collins (scheduled) book by Tina Landau
music & lyrics by Adam Guettel
additional lyrics by Landau		 Apr 12—May 12 CAST Theatre at NoDa
The Edge of our Bodies (scheduled) Adam Rapp May 24—June 23 CAST Theatre at NoDa
2010—2011 Season
Show Author Run Dates Venue
Steambath Bruce Jay Friedman Sep 16—Oct 16 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
The Elephant Man Bernard Pomerance Oct 28—Nov 21 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
The Day They Shot John Lennon James McLure Dec 08—Dec 18 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? Mark Medoff Jan 27—Feb 12 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
A Behanding in Spokane Martin McDonagh Mar 03—Apr 04 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
Agnes of God John Pielmeier Apr 21—May 21 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
Neon Psalms Thomas Strelich Jun 16—Jul 16 CAST Theatre at NoDa
2009—2010 Season
Show Author Run Dates Venue
Master Class Terrence McNally Sep 10—Oct 03 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
Marat/Sade Peter Weiss Oct 22—Nov 21 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
A Tuna Christmas Jason Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard Dec 03—Dec 13 McGlohon Theatre at Spirit Square
Our Lady of 121st Street Stephen Adly Guirgis Jan 07—Feb 06 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
Evie’s Waltz Carter Lewis Mar 04—Apr 03 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
Welcome to the Monkey House Kurt Vonnegut Apr 29—May 29 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
Ice Fishing on Europa: A Festival of New Short Plays various authors Jun 03—Jun 12 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
Real Women Have Curves Josefina Lopez Jul 15—Jul 31 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
2008—2009 Season
Show Author Run Dates Venue
Foxfire Susan Cooper and Hume Cronyn Sep 11—Oct 04 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
Monster: The True Story of Frankenstein Mary Shelley—adaptation by Neal Bell Oct 30—Nov 15 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
Savage In Limbo John Patrick Shanley Dec 11—Dec 20 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
A Tuna Christmas Jason Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard Dec 19—Dec 28 McGlohon Theatre at Spirit Square
Someone Who'll Watch Over Me Frank McGuiness Jan 08—Jan 24 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
Killer Joe Tracy Letts Feb 12—Mar 07 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
No Exit Jean-Paul Sartre Apr 02—Apr 25 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
Metamorphoses Mary Zimmerman May 28—Jun 27 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
2007—2008 Season
Show Author Run Dates Venue
Autobahn Neil LaBute Aug 09—Sep 09 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
Omnium Gatherum Theresa Rebeck and
Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros		 Sep 13—Sep 24 Duke Energy Theatre at Spirit Square—restaged
Dracula Bram Stoker—adaptation by Steven Dietz Oct 10—Nov 03 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
A Tuna Christmas Jason Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard Nov 28—Dec 09 McGlohon Theatre at Spirit Square
Edmond David Mamet Jan 24—Feb 23 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
Dark Play Carlos Murillo Mar 27—Apr 26 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
Limbo Glenn Hutchinson Jul 10—Jul 26 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
2006—2007 Season
Show Author Run Dates Venue
Neon Mirage Liz Duffy Adams Sep 21—Oct 21 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
A Tuna Christmas Jason Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard Dec 21—Dec 31 McGlohon Theatre at Spirit Square
Omnium Gatherum Theresa Rebeck and
Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros		 Jan 11—Feb 03 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
The Pavilion Craig Wright Feb 22—Mar 09 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
Some Girls Neil LaBute Apr 12—May 12 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
Topdog/Underdog Susan-Lori Parks May 31—Jun 16 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
American Buffalo David Mamet Jun 28—Jul 28 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
2005—2006 Season
Show Author Run Dates Company & Venue
A Few Good Men Aaron Sorkin Sep 15—Oct 08 CAST/Generations Theatre Group co-production
CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
Orange Lemon Egg Canary Rinne Groff Oct 20—Nov 12 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge Christopher Durang Nov 24—Dec 25 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
The Late Henry Moss Sam Shepard Jan 12—Feb 04 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
On the Verge Eric Overmyer Feb 16—Mar 11 Generations Theatre Group
Central Avenue Playhouse on Clement Ave
Act Without Words
CAMERA
Rembrandt’s Gift		 by Samuel Beckett
by Jon Jory
by Tina Howe		 Jun 08—Jul 01 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
2004—2005 Season
Show Author Run Dates Company & Venue
The Faculty Room Bridget Carpenter Sep 08—Sep 28 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
A Tree With Arms
G.I. Joe		 by James Saba
by Ben Werling		 Oct 06—Oct 23 Allyn Points in association with CAST
CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
Sans-Culottes in the Promised Land Kirsten Greenidge Feb 09—Feb 26 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
I'm Not Rappaport Herb Gardner Apr 14—May 01 Generations Theatre Group
CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
Orphans Lyle Kessler Jun 16—Jul 02 CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
Laughing Wild Christopher Durang Jul 14—Jul 24 Duke Energy Theatre at Spirit Square
2003—2004 Season
Show Author Run Dates Company & Venue
Kiss of the Spider Woman John Kander and Fred Ebb Aug 14—Aug 23 CAST/Victory Pictures, Inc.
CAST Theatre at Clement Avenue
Finer Noble Gases Adam Rapp Sep 10—Sep 27 Central Avenue Playhouse on Clement Ave
Dear George: Letters to the President Marcus Woollen Oct 28 Central Avenue Playhouse on Clement Ave
Glengarry Glen Ross David Mamet Jan 22—Feb 05 Generations Theatre Group
Central Avenue Playhouse on Clement Ave
Laughing Wild Christopher Durang Feb 18—Mar 06 Central Avenue Playhouse on Clement Ave
White Man Dancing Stephen Metcalfe May 13—May 29 Generations Theatre Group
Central Avenue Playhouse on Clement Ave
Lenny’s Back Sam Bobrick and Julie Stein Jun 16—Jul 03 Central Avenue Playhouse on Clement Ave
2002—2003 Season
Show Author Run Dates Company & Venue
Snapshot various authors Sep 26—Oct 05 Victory Pictures, Inc.
Hart Witzen Gallery
Closet Land
Twilight Zone		 by Radha Bharadwaj
by Rod Serling		 Oct 24—Nov 09 Victory Pictures, Inc.
Hart Witzen Gallery
Speed-the-Plow David Mamet January Inner Voices/Victory Pictures, Inc. co-production
Central Avenue Playhouse on Clement Ave
The Colored Museum George C. Wolfe Nov 12—Nov 23 CAST/Victory Pictures, Inc.
Central Avenue Playhouse on Clement Ave
Some Things You Need to Know Before the World Ends: A Final Evening with the Illuminati Larry Larson and Levi Lee May 08—May 24 CAST/Victory Pictures, Inc.
Central Avenue Playhouse on Clement Ave
2001—2002 Season
Show Author Run Dates Company & Venue
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Dale Wasserman
based on the novel by Ken Kesey		 Sep 06—Sep 30 Victory Pictures, Inc.
Matthews Community Center
Talking With... Jane Martin Nov 01—Nov 17 Victory Pictures, Inc.
Matthews Community Center
The Good Doctor Neil Simon Jan 10—Jan 27 Victory Pictures, Inc.
Matthews Community Center
Terra Nova Ted Tally Mar 21—Apr 07 Victory Pictures, Inc.
Matthews Community Center
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Dale Wasserman
based on the novel by Ken Kesey		 May 16—Jun 02 Victory Pictures, Inc.
McCelvey Center in York, South Carolina
2000—2001 Season
Show Author Run Dates Company & Venue
Italian American Reconciliation John Patrick Shanley Nov 02—Nov 19 Off-Tryon Theatre Company
CAST Theatre at Cullman Avenue
The Good Doctor Neil Simon Dec 07—Dec 17 Off-Tryon Theatre Company
CAST Theatre at Cullman Avenue
The Good Doctor INCONSISTENT DATA
INCONSISTENT DATA		 Nov 30—Dec 10 Off-Tryon Theatre Company
Theatre Charlotte
1999—2000 Season
Show Author Run Dates Company & Venue
Tracers various authors
organized by John DiFusco		 Nov 03—Nov 20 Victory Pictures, Inc.
The Neighborhood Theatre
Steambath Bruce Jay Friedman Apr 19—Apr 30 Victory Pictures, Inc.
The Neighborhood Theatre
Steambath Bruce Jay Friedman May 04—May 07 Victory Pictures, Inc.
CAST Theatre at Cullman Avenue
Asylum Arthur Kopit Jun 1—Jun 11 Off-Tryon Theatre Company
CAST Theatre at Cullman Avenue
Oleanna David Mamet Jul 20—Aug 6 Carolina actors studio theatre
CAST Theatre at Cullman Avenue
1998—1999
Show Author Run Dates Company & Venue
subUrbia Eric Bogosian January
1998		 Another Roadside Performance Company
The Neighborhood Theatre
The Well of the Saints John M. Synge May 5—May 22
1999		 Victory Pictures, Inc.
The Neighborhood Theatre

Awards

Creative Loafing

Creative Loafing is a publisher of newsweeklies and their associated websites focusing on local affairs, including arts and entertainment. CAST has twice won Creative Loafing’s Theatre of the Year Award.[22][23] CAST has garnered many other awards from Creative Loafing including Best Drama and Best Director[24] in addition to many technical awards.[25] A complete list of Creative Loafing awards which CAST has won over the years is shown below.

Metrolina Theatre Association

The Metrolina Theatre Association (MTA) is a Charlotte organization which gives awards each year to support and advocate for local theatre, and these awards are the major source of public recognition for theatres, shows, and individuals. In 2009 Cast won the MTA award for Theatre Company of the Year and CAST's artistic director Michael R. Simmons won the award for Theatre Person of the Year. In 2011 CAST won the MTA awards for best show, actor, actress, and director.[34] A complete list is shown below.

Selected reviews

References

Notes
  1. ^ Charlotte Magazine, Theater experience: Carolina Actors Studio Theatre, May 2011
  2. ^ Charlotte Magazine: Revue sits down with director of CAST's A Behanding in Spokane, February 25, 2011
  3. ^ Blamy, p. 76-77.
  4. ^ Blamy, p. 240-241.
  5. ^ a b c NoDa News: Prodigal Theatre Returns to NoDa, June 29th, 2011
  6. ^ Blamy, p. 78.
  7. ^ Blamy, p. 79.
  8. ^ Blamy, p. 79.
  9. ^ Charlotte Magazine: Out of the Spotlight, by Allison Hart, July 2000
  10. ^ Blamy, p. 99.
  11. ^ Blamy, p. 104.
  12. ^ Blamy, p. 244.
  13. ^ Blamy, p. 88.
  14. ^ Swimming Pool with an Escape Tunnel is Part of the Insane Labor by CAST for the Play Metamorphoses, by Lawrence Toppman, The Charlotte Observer, May 22, 2009
  15. ^ The Charlotte Observer: SouthPark Magazine, December 02, 2010
  16. ^ a b Charlotte Observer: CAST flies happily off to NoDa, April 22, 2011
  17. ^ Arts & Science Council: 2008-2009 Grants to Organizations
  18. ^ Arts & Science Council: 2009-2010 Grants to Organizations
  19. ^ The Charlotte Observer: CAST into a new dimension, by Lawrence Toppman, Aug. 27, 2011
  20. ^ a b Charlotte Observer: Oklahoma brood riveting in 'Osage County', Theatre Review by Lawrence Toppman, August 26, 2011
  21. ^ CVNC: CAST Hits all the Right Notes in August: Osage County, Theatre Review by Perry Tannenbaum, August 25, 2011
  22. ^ Cl's 21st Annual Charlotte Theater Awards
  23. ^ Creative Loafing Charlotte: The 23rd Annual Charlotte Theater Awards: Company of the Year
  24. ^ Creative Loafing Charlotte: The 22nd Annual Charlotte Theater Awards: Drama Winners
  25. ^ Creative Loafing Charlotte: The 22nd Annual Charlotte Theater Awards: Tech Winners
  26. ^ CL's 23rd Annual Charlotte Theater Awards
  27. ^ CL's 22rd Annual Charlotte Theater Awards
  28. ^ CL's 21st Annual Charlotte Theater Awards
  29. ^ CL's 20th Annual Charlotte Theater Awards
  30. ^ CL's 19th Annual Charlotte Theater Awards
  31. ^ CL's 18th Annual Charlotte Theater Awards
  32. ^ CL's 17th Annual Charlotte Theater Awards
  33. ^ CL's 15th Annual Charlotte Theater Awards
  34. ^ Theatre Charlotte, CAST, CPCC top MTA Awards, by Lawrence Toppman, charlotte Observer, October 12, 2011
  35. ^ 8th Annual Metrolina Theatre Awards: 2010-2011 Awards
  36. ^ 7th Annual Metrolina Theatre Awards: 2009-2010 Awards
  37. ^ 6th Annual Metrolina Theatre Awards: 2008-2009 Awards
  38. ^ 5th Annual Metrolina Theatre Awards: 2007-2008 Awards
  39. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (October 18, 2011) “Classic horror yarn Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reverts to its literary roots”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  40. ^ Toppman, Lawrence (October 18, 2011) “Jekyll reveals shades of gray among the red”, Charlotte Observer
  41. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (August 23, 2011) “Field of dreamcatchers: August: Osage County”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  42. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (June 21, 2011) “Theater review: CAST's Neon Psalms”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  43. ^ Toppman, Lawrence (June 21, 2011) “CAST actors shine, but 'Neon' doesn't”, Charlotte Observer
  44. ^ Bell, Julie Reed (April 26, 2011) “Well-done drama explores beliefs in conflict”, Charlotte Observer
  45. ^ Toppman, Lawrence (March 09, 2011) “What's the sound of one hand clapping?”, Charlotte Observer
  46. ^ Toppman, Lawrence (January 14, 2011) “'Red Ryder' comes back hard”, Charlotte Observer
  47. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (December 14, 2010) “Theater review: The Day They Shot John Lennon”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  48. ^ Toppman, Lawrence (December 11, 2010) “'Lennon': A day in the life, after a death”, Charlotte Observer
  49. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (November 02, 2010) “The Elephant Man fit for a princess”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  50. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (October 12, 2010) “Dracula has risen from the stage”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  51. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (September 21, 2010) “Theater review: CAST's Steambath”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  52. ^ Toppman, Lawrence (September 18, 2010) “Vintage 'Steambath' still turning up heat on ideas”, Charlotte Observer
  53. ^ Toppman, Lawrence (July 17, 2010) “Curves goes unswervingly to the heart”, Charlotte Observer
  54. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (June 08, 2010) “Theater review: Ice Fishing on Europa”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  55. ^ Bell, Julie Reed (May 07, 2010) “CAST's 'Monkey House' is vivid Vonnegut”, Charlotte Observer
  56. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (May 04, 2010) “Theater review: Welcome to the Monkey House”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  57. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (March 09, 2010) “Review of Evie's Waltz and Charlotte Symphony's Variations”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  58. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (January 12, 2010) “Last stop for forgiveness: Our Lady of 121st Street”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  59. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (October 27, 2009) “Marat/Sade aims for the jugular”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  60. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (September 15, 2009) “Experiential flair on view in CAST's Master Class”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  61. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (June 09, 2009) “Metamorphoses makes a splash”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  62. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (April 14, 2009) “CAST's No Exit is suitably claustrophobic”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  63. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (January 13, 2009) “A review of Someone Who'll Watch Over Me”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  64. ^ Toppman, Lawrence (January 09, 2009) “Review: A play to 'Watch' with eyes and heart”, Charlotte Observer
  65. ^ Toppman, Lawrence (December 13, 2008) “A frantic, fun evening of savaged youth”, Charlotte Observer
  66. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (November 04, 2008) “CAST's Monster madness”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  67. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (September 16, 2008) “Revelation redefined - Plus, savoring Foxfire”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  68. ^ Pizzato, Mark (July 10, 2008) “Review of Limbo by Glenn Hutchinson, Carolina Actors Studio Theatre”, ARTS à la Mode
  69. ^ Pizzato, Mark (March 27, 2008) “Review of Dark Play, or Stories for Boys by Carlos Murillo, Carolina Actors Studio Theatre”, ARTS à la Mode
  70. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (February 06, 2008) “Cutthroat Everyman - Plus, there's not much in Egypt”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  71. ^ Pizzato, Mark (January 24, 2008) “Review of Edmond by David Mamet, Carolina Actors Studio Theatre”, ARTS à la Mode
  72. ^ Leonard, Rita (November 28, 2007) “Review of A Tuna Christmas by by Jason Williams, Joe Sears, Ed Howard, The McGlohon Theatre at Spirit Square”, ARTS à la Mode
  73. ^ Pizzato, Mark (October 18, 2007) “Review of Dracula, Adapted from the novel by Bram Stoker, Carolina Actors Studio Theatre”, ARTS à la Mode
  74. ^ Pizzato, Mark (September 14, 2007) “Review of Omnium Gatherum by Theresa Rebeck & Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros, Carolina Actors Studio Theatre, Duke Power Theatre, Spirit Square”, ARTS à la Mode
  75. ^ Pizzato, Mark (August 10, 2007) “Review of Autobahn by Neil LaBute, Carolina Actors Studio Theatre”, ARTS à la Mode
  76. ^ Pizzato, Mark (February 22, 2007) “The Pavilion - A Dance with Time”, ARTS à la Mode
  77. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (June 14, 2006) “Scott Strikes Rijn Gold”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  78. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (February 16, 2006) “Review: On the Verge”, allBusiness.com
  79. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (February 1, 2006) “Review: The Late Henry Moss”, Backstage - The Actor's Resource
  80. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (November 30, 2005) “Dickens Plays Defense - Two shows put the screws on Scrooge”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  81. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (September 21, 2005) “Military misconduct revisited”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  82. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (September 15, 2004) “High School Apocalypse”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  83. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (June 23, 2004) “Kosher Profanity - Lenny Bruce almightily pissed at CAST”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  84. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (May 19, 2004) “Snuggling Up to Guilt & Shame - Comedy motivates White Men Dancing”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  85. ^ Tannenbaum, Perry (January 28, 2004) “A hot production of Glengarry”, Creative Loafing Charlotte
  86. ^ Trenning, Lynn (March 22, 2002) “Terra Nova reviewed”, ArtSavant.com
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