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Theater: Women’s Theatre Festival continues with ‘Decision Height’

“Decision Height,” a play about female pilots in WWII based on the letters they wrote home opens August 12th at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro.
“Decision Height,” a play about female pilots in WWII based on the letters they wrote home opens August 12th at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro.

The first annual Women’s Theatre Festival continues this week with “Decision Height,” the little-known stories of WWII Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASP), based on letters from actual trainees. Emily Rose White directs the cast’s nine women at Carrboro’s ArtsCenter.

8 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday (through Aug. 21). $15 (students/seniors $12). 919-740-2736 or womenstheatrefestival.com.

Other highlights

  • Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton’s 1611 play, “The Roaring Girl” is transposed to 1946 Chicago in little independent theatre’s gender-bending production at Raleigh’s Burning Coal Theatre. Details at arclite.org.
  • Saturday and Sunday, N.C. Theatre Conservatory’s summer training program stages David Ives’ “All in the Timing,” six short comedies about romantic relationships and communication. Details at nctheatre.com/conservatory.

This story was originally published August 11, 2016 at 11:55 AM with the headline "Theater: Women’s Theatre Festival continues with ‘Decision Height’."

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