Charlotte is blooming with arts offerings
InFocus: Charlotte 2018 — Mark your calendars for these shows being staged throughout the upcoming year.
Charlotte’s arts offerings spread across the spectrum — theatre, music, museum and more.
How four gender-nonconforming youth made their stage debut
My play ‘The Mermaid Hour’ asks theatres to cast only trans or gender-nonconforming performers in the lead role. Here’s how they, and the teens, including one from Charlotte, rose to the occasion.
Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte executive director Chip Decker said, “We put everything we could think of out into the universe,” including connecting with a support group for parents of trans youth.
Our People: Q&A with Alex Aguilar
Actor, dancer, choreographer, sportsman
Alex Aguilar commits, not only in his role as the larger-than-life, fantastical Merperson in David Valdes Greenwood’s “The Mermaid Hour,” but in all his endeavors.
Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte presents gay-themed ‘The Luckiest People’
First production in new home, where ATC will be Queens University’s resident theatre company
Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte will hold its first production in its new home at Queens University, the gay-themed “The Luckiest People.”
Charlotte: Levine Exhibit, TOY Gift, Chamber Links, Dual Plays
Carolinas News Notes
Levine Museum of the New South, 200 E. Seventh St., is showcasing “Let Love Reign,” Time Out Youth Center has announced that the Howard R. Levine Foundation/Howard & Julie Levine have made a matching gift challenge of $100,000 to the Center’s capital campaign, the Charlotte LGBT Chamber of Commerce, along with the Latin, Asian and Black Chambers of Commerce will be front and center at the 2017 PGA Championship on Aug. 8 and In a unique collaboration, playwright Steven Dietz has written two original and interconnected plays which will debut and run simultaneously at two theatres during their 2018-19 seasons
Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte wows audience with ‘BootyCandy’ production
Shocking, funny show inspires deep thought about real issues
One of the many interwoven questions raised by “BootyCandy” is one that all audiences must ask themselves at some point: what is the purpose of theatre? According to the protagonist, a playwright named Sutter, he seeks to make his audience “choke.”
Our People: Q&A with Martin Damien Wilkins
Director of ‘BootyCandy’ with Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte talks the arts
In the world of thespians (not to be confused with lesbians), the Charlotte theatre scene is diverse and lively. No one knows this better than Martin Damien Wilkins, 37, a local stage director whose newest production, “BootyCandy,” is playing at the Mint Museum on Randolph Rd. until March 19.
Charlotte: Film fest, art exhibit, Valentine’s party, trans education, band celebration, ‘BootyCandy,’ wedding expo, org headquarters
Carolinas News Notes
The Charlotte Jewish Film Festival features a gay-themed film, an art exhibit for Time Out Youth Center has been opened, Snug Harbor is hosting a Valentine’s party, a trans education series is beginning, the Charlotte Pride Band is celebrating women it an upcoming concert, BootyCandy is coming to the Queen City, two wedding expos are upcoming and Campus Pride had completed its move into new headquarters.
Artists, organizations net grants, awards
Funds help to enhance works, services
Across the area, LGBTQ artists and arts organizations have been the recipients of grants and awards to help bring their vision to life or to help sustain the work they do for the community.
Charlotte: Cano candidacy, organization hiring, fund cycle open, songwriter disc release, theatre exec
Carolinas News Notes
Democrat Christopher Cano is running for U.S. House of Representatives for the 9th District, Time Out Youth Center is hiring, the Charlotte Lesbian and Gay Fund has announced it’s upcoming grant cycle, songwriter and activist Lara Americo has released an EP and Dan Shoemaker has stepped down as the Actor’s Theatre’s executive director.
