Fall Arts Preview: Theater

▪ No Shame Theatre: Open performance venue for original works. Sept. 5, Oct. 10, Nov. 14, 8 p.m., $5.

▪ Transactors Improv: For Families!: 45-minute performance improvbased on audience suggestions. Sept. 9, Nov. 21, 6 p.m. $10, $8, $6.

▪ PlaySlam! Presented by Playwrights Roundtable: A poetry slam for short plays. Sept. 19, 8 p.m. $12, $10, $8.

▪ The Chuckle and Chortle Comedy Show: Sept. 19, 8:30 p.m. Sept. 20, Oct. 24, Nov. 21, 8:30 p.m., $7.

▪ “Titus Andronicus,” director Heather J. Strickland revisits Shakespeare’s bloodiest tragedy with an all female cast and crew. Nov. 5-21, 8 p.m.

▪ “Dirty Dancing,” Sept. 8-13, Memorial Auditorium. Tickets start at $25.

▪ “The Screwtape Letters.” Oct. 2-4, Fletcher Opera Theater. Tickets start at $45.

▪ Alvin and the Chipmunks Live! | Oct. 11, Memorial Auditorium. Tickets start at $26.

▪ VeggieTales Live! Nov. 13, Memorial Auditorium, Tickets start at $23.75.

▪ “Rudolph,” Nov. 27– Dec. 30, A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater, Tickets start at $22.69.

▪ ”Once,” Dec. 1-6, Memorial Auditorium, Tickets start at $25.

▪ “Asylum” adapted and directed by Nicki Miller presented in collaboration with New York City’s Only Child Aerial Theatre. Performed largely in the air. Oct. 15-Nov. 1.

▪ “The Wiz,” by William F. Brown, Charles Smalls and Luther Vandross, directed by Randolph Curtis Rand. Dec. 3-20.

▪ “Antigone,” by Sophokles featuring Juliette Binoche and directed by Ivo van Hove, Oct. 9-10, 8 p.m. Tickets start at $34.

▪ “You Us We All,” an Opera by Shara Worden performed by BOX Baroque Orchestration X, Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $19.

▪ “A Bronx Tale,” featuring Chazz Palminteri, Oct. 8, 8 p.m. Tickets start at $37.

▪ Isabella Rossellini “Green Porno,” one-woman show about the mating rituals of insects and marine life. Dec. 5, 8 p.m. Tickets start at $34. (Rescheduled from March.)

▪ “Isn’t It Romantic” Wendy Wasserstein Pulitzer Prize winning comedy about two women in NYC. Sept. 18-20, 25, 27 and Oct. 2-4.

▪ “Dashing Through the Snow” comedy Southern style by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten. Dec. 3-7.

▪ “Bar Plays,” Five short plays by N.C. authors that each take place in a bar. Sept 9-10, 8 p.m., Mac’s Tavern, 1014 Ryan Road, Cary. Donation.

▪ “The Hound of the Baskervilles” Oct. 16-17, 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 18, 3 p.m.

▪ “The Cherry Orchard,” Anton Chekhov’s drama. Oct. 2-Nov. 14.

▪ “Outside Mullingar,” the hit Broadway comedy by John Patrick Shanley. Oct. 9-Nov. 14.

▪ “Mementos Mori” a Manual Cinema show with a cast of six puppeteers who use hundreds of paper puppets, seven overhead projectors, two cameras, and three screens to create a live “movie.” Sept. 11, 8 p.m.

▪ “An Experiment With An Air Pump” by Shelagh Stephenson is a contemporary consideration of art and science that takes place in the same house in 1799 and 1999. Nov. 12-14 and 19-21, 8 p.m.; Nov. 15 and 22, 2 p.m.

▪ “Beautiful – The Carole King Musical,” Sept. 23-29. Tickets start at $40.

▪ “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder,” Oct. 13-Oct. 18. Tickets start at $35.

▪ “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,” Oct. 23-Oct. 25. Tickets start at $30.

▪ “Wild Kratts – Live!” Nov. 8. Tickets start at $25.

▪ “The Sound of Music,” Dec. 1-6. Tickets TBA

▪ “The Book of Mormon,” Dec. 29-Jan. 19. Tickets TBA.

▪ “The Waiting Room,” Sept. 18, 7 p.m. $25.

▪ “Coco Peru’s Guide to a Somewhat Happy Life,” 8 p.m. Sept 25. $25.

▪ “Lend me a Tenor,” Oct. 16-17, 23-24, 8 p.m., Oct. 27 and 24, 2 p.m., $15

▪ “Bodyology”: Theatrical show exploring the workings of the human body. Oct. 26, 9:55 a.m. and 11:40 a.m., $7.

▪ “Can Mrs. Claus Save Christmas?” and “A Christmas Line.” Dec. 11-12, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 12, Dec. 13, 3 p.m. Ticket prices TBA.

▪ “A Lesson Before Dying” by Romulus Linney. Oct. 9-24

▪ “The Shipment” by Young Jean Lee in conjunction with Black Ops Theater Company. Five black actors show how it is vs. how it could be. Sept. 3-19, Common Ground Theatre, Durham.

▪ “The Emotions of Normal People,” a devised movement theater piece set in in 1970s East Germany, Dec. 3-19, Durham Fruit Company.

▪ “Mr. Burns” regional premiere by Anne Washburn. In the aftermath of a civilization-ending apocalypse, survivors huddled around a campfire entertain each other by remembering and re-telling a classic episode of “The Simpsons.” Oct. 22-Nov. 7.

▪ “Freight: The Five Incarnations of Abel Green,” Durham playwright Howard L. Craft tells the story of an African American man who exists at different points in history. Dec. 3-9.

▪ “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Sept 29-Oct 3, 7:30 p.m., Oct 4, 3 p.m.

▪ “A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas,” Nov 12-13, 7:30 p.m., Nov 14-15, 1, 5 p.m.

▪ “Seniors of the Sahara,” comedy, Sept. 11-12, 18-19, 8 p.m., Sept. 13, 3 p.m.

▪ “Something’s Afoot,” murder mystery musical comedy, Nov. 13-14, 20- 21, 8 p.m., Nov. 15, 3 p.m.

▪ “Madama Butterfly” Oct. 30, 8 p.m., Nov. 1, 3 p.m. Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. Tickets start at $18.87.

▪ “Skippyjon Jones, Snow What”: Oct. 17, 3 p.m.,

▪ “Fiddler on the Roof.” Sept. 30- Oct. 4, Stewart Theatre, Talley Student Union, 2610 Cates Avenue, Raleigh. Tickets: $6-$24.

▪ “Duck Hunter Shoots Angel,” story of two bumbling Alabama brothers who have never shot a duck but think they shot an angel. Oct. 21-25, 28-31, Nov. 1, Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre, Frank Thompson Hall, 2241 E. Dunn Ave, Raleigh. $6-$20

▪ “Anon(ymous)” Naomi Iizuka adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey tells of a young refugee’s encounters as he journeys through the U.S. in search of his family. Nov. 12-15, 18–22, Titmus Theatre, Frank Thompson Hall, 2241 E. Dunn Ave, Raleigh. $6-$20.

▪ “Dirty Dancing,” Sept. 8-13, Memorial Auditorium. Tickets start at $25. (Presented by Broadway Series South)

▪ ”Into the Woods,” Oct. 20-2, Memorial Auditorium. Tickets start at $25.

▪ ”Once,” Dec. 1-6, Memorial Auditorium, Tickets start at $25. (Presented by Broadway Series South)

▪ “Reefer Madness,” musical comedy inspired by the 1936 film, Oct. 9-25. $15-$20.

▪ “Nuncrackers,” The Nunsense Christmas musical, Dec. 4-20. $13-$18

▪ “Disgraced”: Comedy-drama; an upwardly mobile Pakistani-American lawyer who has distanced himself from his Muslim heritage host a dinner party. Sept. 16-Oct. 4.

▪ “Seminar”: Comedy, four aspiring young writers ante up big bucks to learn from a legendary novelist, starring Ray Dooley. Oct. 14-Nov. 1.

▪ “Peter and the Starcatcher”: A grownup's prequel to Peter Pan based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Nov. 18-Dec. 12

▪ “Monty Python’s Spamalot”: Musical adaptation of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” Cantey V. Sutton Theatre. Through Sept. 13. $20-$27.

▪ “The Rivals”: Comedy of manners about two young lovers. Oct. 2-Oct. 18, Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre. $13-$22.

▪ “A Year with Frog and Toad”: Based on the children’s stories. Nov. 6-22, Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre. $11-$17

▪ “Cinderella.” Dec. 4-20, Cantey V. Sutton Theatre. $28-$36.

▪ A troupe of actors, musicians, sculptors and dancers will travel via horse-pulled wagon to the commons and then use the wagon as a stage.

▪ “Dracula,” Ira David Wood III adapts Bram Stoker’s story. Sept. 11-12; 17-19; 25-26 7:30 p.m., September 13; 20; 27 3 p.m. $22, $16

▪ “A Christmas Carol.” Tickets range $30-$82.

Dec. 9-12, 7 p.m., Dec. 12-13, 2 p.m. Duke Energy Center for Performing Arts, Raleigh.

Dec. 17-19 7 p.m., Dec. 19-20 2 p.m. Durham Performing Arts Center.

▪ “The Santaland Diaries” based on the short story by David Sedaris. Dec. 11-12, 18-19, 7:30 p.m., Dec. 13, 20 3 p.m. $24, $18

▪ “And So We Walked”: Written and performed by Cherokee Delanna Studi. Shows enduring impact of the Trail of Tears. Nov. 13-14, 8 p.m.

This story was originally published August 29, 2015 at 10:15 AM with the headline "Fall Arts Preview: Theater."