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Congrats to CPCC Theatre and Summer Theatre Nominees for Broadway World Charlotte Theatre Awards 2017

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We want to congratulate all of our students, faculty and staff who have been nominated for the 2017 Broadway World Charlotte Theatre Awards. Follow this link https://www.broadwayworld.com/charlotte/liveupdate2017region.cfm?btype=1766&region=Charlotte#sthash.oMcXr1BW.h8h2Mnr8.dpbs to vote for your favorites from this past year.

Best Scene Design (local)

James Duke The Bridges of Madison County

Gary Sivak Fiddler on the Roof

Bob Croghan Mamma Mia

Biff Edge A Comedy of Tenors

Best Actor Play Drama (local)

Brian Logsdon Pride & Prejudice

Hank West Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Jonavan Adams Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Tom Scott Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Best Actor Play Comedy (local)

Craig Estep A Comedy of Tenors

Gabe Saienni A Comedy of Tenors

James K. Flynn A Comedy of Tenors

Josh Logsdon A Comedy of Errors

Winston Sims A Comedy of Tenors

Best Actor Musical (local)

Beau Stroup Fiddler on the Roof

Billy Ensley Ragtime

Carson Palmer A Chorus Line

Dakota Mullins James and the Giant Peach

Gabe Saienni The Bridges of Madison County

J. Michael Beech Mamma Mia

Jeffrey Keller Mamma Mia

Johnny Hohenstein Fiddler on the Roof and Ragtime

Josh Logsdon Fiddler on the Roof and Ragtime

Matthew Schulman Fiddler on the Roof

Patrick Ratchford Mamma Mia and Ragtime

Ryan Deal The Bridges of Madison County

Tony Wright A Chorus Line

Tyler Dema A Chorus Line

Tyler Smith Ragtime

Best Actress Drama (local)

Shar Marlin Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Best Actress Comedy (local)

Amanda Becker A Comedy of Tenors

Caroline Renfro A Comedy of Tenors

Taffy Allen A Comedy of Tenors

Best Actress Musical (local)

Annabel Lamm Ragtime

Bailey Rose A Chorus Line  and Mamma Mia

Brittany Harrington Ragtime

Eleni Demos A Chorus Line

Haley Vogel Fiddler on the Roof

Kathryn Stamos Mamma Mia

Lexie Wolfe A Chorus Line

Lucia Stetson  Ragtime

Meredith Fox A Chorus Line

Morgan Wakefield Fiddler on the Roof

Sarah Henkel The Bridges of Madison County

Sophie Lamm Fiddler on the Roof

Susannah Upchurch Fiddler on the Roof and A Chorus Line

Taffy Allen The Bridges of Madison County

Best Director Play (local)

Cary Kuglar A Comedy of Tenors

Corlis Hayes Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Heather Wilson Pride & Prejudice

Best Director Musical (local)

Cary Kuglar The Bridges of Madison County

Todf Kubo A Chorus Line

Tom Hollis Fiddler on the Roof, Mamma Mia and Ragtime

Best Music Director Play or Musical (local)

Amy Boger Morris The Bridges of Madison County

Craig Estep The Bridges of Madison County

Drina Keen A Chorus Line, Fiddler on the Roof, Mamma Mia and Ragtime

Jean Colghan Phillips James and the Giant Peach

Best Choreographer (local)

Ron Chisholm Fiddler on the Roof, Mamma Mia and Ragtime

Tod Kubo A Chorus Line

Best Play (local)

A Comedy of Tenors

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Pride & Prejudice

Best Musical (local)

A Chorus Line

Fiddler on the Roof

James and the Giant Peach

Mamma Mia

Ragtime

The Bridges of Madison County

Best Costumer (local)

Barbi VanShaick A Chorus Line and Fiddler on the Roof

Bob Croghan Mamma Mia

Jamey Varnadore ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Ragtime

Rachel Hines A Comedy of Tenors

Best Lighting Design (local)

Gary Sivak A Chorus Line and Mamma Mia

James Duke Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Jeff Childs The Bridges of Madison County

Jennifer O’Kelly Ragtime

Sarah Ackerman A Comedy of Tenors

Best Sound Design (local)

Stephen Lancaster A Comedy of Tenors, A Chorus Line, Fiddler on the Roof, ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Mamma Mia, Ragtime, The Bridges of Madison County

 

 

 

 

CPCC Theatre Receives Three Nods from Creative Loafing’s Best of Charlotte Awards-Critics Picks

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Creative Loafing announced their Best of Charlotte awards in the issue hitting newsstands today. Congrats to all involved in garnering these awards from Creative Loafing this year. The hard work of the students, faculty and staff is evident in all that they do. Onward and upward!

 

Best Musical – ‘Ragtime’

Folks who confine their diet of musicals in Charlotte to touring productions at the Performing Arts Center are missing out big time on the locally produced blockbusters playing out at smaller venues around town. Actor’s Theatre, Children’s Theatre and Theatre Charlotte all astonished with excellent productions this year. Maybe it was sheer luck, but Central Piedmont Community College’s wintertime production of Ragtime was the most timely of the year, underscoring the sad fact that institutional racism, police brutality and prejudice against immigrants aren’t quaint relics of the Jazz Age. As the martyred Coalhouse Walker, Tyler Smith’s impassioned “We are all Coalhouse!” reverberated through a city in turmoil.

 Best Drama – ‘Jitney’

As Charlotte was fully wakening to how badly we have neglected and mistreatedour underclass, theatergoers may finally have been zonked by the realization that our city is exceptionally rife with African-American acting and directing talent. Kim Parati made an auspicious directorial debut at Theatre Charlotte with a freshened-up Raisin in the Sun, but this was a vintage year for August Wilson — in two dramas directed by Corlis Hayes, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom at CPCC and Brand New Sheriff’s Jitney at Spirit Square. Hayes brought out the best in John W. Price and Jermaine Gamble as the father-son antagonists in Jitney, with Gerard Hazelton adding a mix of comedy and poignancy as the gypsy cab company’s resident lush. Move over OnQ Productions, there’s a brand new black theater company in town.

Best Actress – Shar Marlin

The field of contenders is larger among the ladies, but the roles were more thinly distributed, eliminating productivity as a decisive criterion. But which other benchmark should override all others? We’re turning to Shar Marlin for her sheer power and imperial dominance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, a dramatic stunner that also showed Marlin’s blues-singing chops. Dignity in the face of exploitation and discrimination. Diva!

Here is the link to all of the awards announced. https://clclt.com/charlotte/BestOf?category=2168599&year=2017

Creative Loafing Previews CPCC Theatre’s Ragtime

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Follow the link to Charlotte’s Creative Loafing’s preview of CPCC Theatre’s Ragtime opening Friday February 10th in the Dale F. Halton Theater. http://clclt.com/charlotte/us-reset-brings-new-relevance-to-el-doctorows-ragtime/Content?oid=3824984

Get your tickets at the SunTrust box office 704-330-6534 or online at tix.cpcc.edu 24/7.

Creative Loafing Review of CPCC Theatre’s Pride & Prejudice

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“Jon Jory is best known as the artistic director who brought renown to the Humana Festival and the Actor’s Theatre of Louisville — and widely believed to have penned Keely and Du, Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage, and Anton in Show Business under the penname of Jane Martin. When it comes to adapting Jane Austen, whose Pride and Prejudice is currently on view at Pease Auditorium in a CPCC Theatre production, Jory is no dilettante. He has also adapted Sense and Sensibility and Emma.

Even if all the subtleties aren’t always pointed under Heather Wilson-Bowlby’s poised direction, it becomes obvious that Jory’s adaptation preserves the style and thrust of Austen’s liveliest masterwork. Most of the credit goes to Moriah Thomason as Austen’s prejudging heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, though it’s hard to deny she is amply counterbalanced by the hauteur of Brian Logsdon as Fitzwilliam Darcy. Thomason unveiled her elegance in the ATC production of Stick Fly back in February. Here she adds vivacity and wit, so I couldn’t get enough of her.

We see where Elizabeth gets her wit from in Tony Wright’s slightly jaundiced portrait of her father, and Anne Lambert’s rendition of Mrs. Bennet has more than enough vanity, giddiness, and silliness to distribute among the younger Bennet sibs. My chief disappointment was the hoarseness that afflicted Lexie Simerly as Liz’s elder sister Jane. If only she could have borrowed some extra decibels from Iris DeWitt, whose towering presence made the imperious Lady Catherine De Bourgh a perfect victim of Elizabeth’s punctiliously polite sass.”

by Perry Tannenbaum Creative Loafing November 02,2016

Second Week of CPCC’s Phantom of the Opera Heading for a Sellout!

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CPCC’s joint production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera which combines the talents of the Drama, Dance and Opera programs runs Wednesday 11/18 through Sunday 11/22 in the Halton Theater. Friday, Saturday and Sunday are all sold out. Tickets are available for Wednesday and Thursday evening at 7:30pm. Grab them while you can. Call the SunTrust Box Office at 704-330-6534 or go online to tix.cpcc.edu.

Meet the Christines of CPCC Theatre’s Phantom of the Opera

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CPCC Theatre, Opera and Dance open Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera on Friday November 13th at 8:00pm in the Dale F. Halton Theater to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the opening of the facility. As part of the show two very talented young ladies have been cast in the role of Christine Daae. Why two actresses for one role? The role of Christine Daae is one of the most demanding vocal roles ever written for the Musical Theatre stage. At no time in the history of the show has one actress appeared in ever performance in a single week. So when we set out to cast Phantom we knew we were going to need two Christines in order to present the show. And we couldn’t be more pleased with the two dynamite performers we found.

Karley Kornegay is absolutely thrilled to be joining the cast of CPCC’s The Phantom of the Opera in the role of her dreams. Karley has studied classical voice for four years now with Jacquelyn Culpepper at Davidson College. Some of her previous credits include Peter Pan (Mrs. Darling), Sweeney Todd (Pirelli) Rent (Mrs. Cohen), Les Miserables (Montparnasse/Ensemble), and Footloose: The Musical (Eleanor Dunbar). She would like to thank her family for always loving and supporting her. 

Anna Belle Lusk will complete her AFA at CPCC this spring where she has maintained a 4.00, and will be transferring for a Bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance next fall. In the past, she has performed in the Wizard of Oz (Dorothy), Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey), and recently spent a month in Mexico studying opera at a vocal intensive.  Anna Belle is thrilled and humbled to be a part of Phantom, and sends much love and thanks to her parents, teachers, and friends for believing in her dream. 

Both of these talented ladies will making their premier performances with CPCC Performing Arts in Phantom of the Opera. Karley will appear on 11/13, 15, 19, 21. Anna Belle Lusk will perform on 11/14, 18, 20, 22. We invite you to see both of these fabulous performers as they present the role of a life time. You can get your tickets to Phantom at the SunTrust Box Office 704-330-6534 or online 24/7 at tix.cpcc.edu.  

 

 

CPCC Drama Alumni News

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Lots of news today from our CPCC Drama alumni family. Beth Anderson, Summer Theatre alum, has been cast in the national tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Ashtyn Hutchings will play Elle Woods in Legally Blonde during her senior year at FSU. Daniel Watts opened tonight in NYC in the new drama Whorl Inside a Loop at Second City Stage. Caroline Kasey has been cast in Into the Heights at Baldwin Wallace. Matthew Schulman was cast in Godspell at Catawba College.Grace Kidd opened tonight in Throughly Modern Millie at Machayden Theatre. We are so proud of our alumni performing across Charlotte, the region, the country and the world. Get your tickets to our first two shows of the 2015-16 season – The Trip to Bountiful and Phantom of the Opera at the SunTrust Box office 704-330-6534 or online at tix.cpcc.edu.