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| Sacred Spaces Volume 1: The Minutes
By Tracy Letts
A dark comedy about the agony and ecstasy of small-town government.
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of August: Osage County comes a dark comedy about the agony and ecstasy of small-town government. Good intentions collide with malicious inertia when an upstart young councilman returns from a brief leave of absence. Missing the minutes from the previous meeting, he senses the other council members—from shy civil servants to buffoonish politicians to senile elder statesmen—are hiding something awful about what transpired. In hilarious and unsettling fashion, The Minutes shows how fictional towns like Big Cherry and real towns like Davidson wrestle with uncomfortable task of recording their own histories.
The Minutes is presented alongside A Small but Humble Erasure as “Sacred Spaces: Plays about the History Beneath Us”
Finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize; Tony-nominated for Best Play 2022
2 pounds Parks and Recreation with a dash of evil
Recommended ages 15+ | Buy Tickets |
| Now Are the Foxes
Midweek madness! An unscripted, highly energetic, audience interactive comedy experience performed by Now Are the Foxes, Charlotte's best theatrical improv team. We take your ideas and turn it into a night of unpredictable storylines and uncontrollable laughter for you and your friends!
Adult humor and adult beverages.
Feb. 25th and May 20th
7:30pm | Buy Tickets |
| Sacred Spaces Volume 2: A Small and Humble Erasure
By Stephanie Gardner
A true Charlotte history play.
Davidson Community Players is proud to present the world premiere production of a true Charlotte original. Playwright Stephanie Gardner digs deep into Queen City history to explore a pivotal moment in which the powers-that-be drove marginalized theatre makers toward founding a venue atop an enslaved people’s burial ground. In a sweeping, generations-spanning, and playful style, Gardner’s artistic rendering begs us all to consider what is sacrificed in the ever-problematic quest for space.
“A Small and Humble Erasure blends humor with horror through the presence of real ghosts and history that haunts us” – Cultural Voice of North Carolina
A heaping scoop of Queen City history with a sprinkle of haunted house
Recommended ages 15+ | Buy Tickets |
| Lake Town Stories - Inspired by the legendary organization The Moth, Lake Town Stories will be a live night of community storytelling. Anyone who is interested in performing can bring a 5-minute personal narrative that relates to the evening’s theme. Storytellers will be selected in a live drawing. Stories must be true, involve you, and have a change from beginning to end. Otherwise, any range of funny, vulnerable, or unfathomable events are welcome to be the focus!
*Part of the Armour After Dark Series: Grown-ups deserve to have fun, too! This recurring monthly series sees Armour Street Theatre turn into an adults-only nightclub, with beverages and frivolity aplenty. Acts will rotate between improv, stand-up, live music, staged readings, and Moth-inspired storytelling events.
Armour St Theatre
March 25, 2025
7:30pm | Buy Tickets |
| Hot Takes - Get ready for a one-of-a-kind showdown at Armour Street, where local industry experts and pop culture figures collide in a live debate-style format. Watch as passionate speakers present their bold opinions on topics ranging to frivolous to existential, and then cast your vote to see who truly moved the needle. Phones get checked at the door so that you have to listen and think critically WITHOUT a device!
* Part of the Armour After Dark Series: Grown-ups deserve to have fun, too! This recurring monthly series sees Armour Street Theatre turn into an adults-only nightclub, with beverages and frivolity aplenty. Acts will rotate between improv, stand-up, live music, staged readings, and Moth-inspired storytelling events.
Armour St Theatre
April 8, 2025
7:30pm | Buy Tickets |
| The Adventures of Avery and Masa
Adapted by Taylor Ford Patno, Chase Peacock, & Michael Deeney; Music by Chase Peacock
Two unlikely heroes on a quest to save the planet.
Avery and Masa, a red panda and a slow loris, go on great adventures through exotic locales across the Earth, protecting their planet and its endangered species from the likes of nefarious poacher Nukie Bluff.
Based on chapter books authored by Protectors of the Endangered to enhance children’s literacy, The Adventures of Avery and Masa is a unique collaboration between two local organizations passionate about igniting wonder and love of learning in kids from 1st-5th grades.
Everyone in attendance will receive a free copy of the book!
3 TBSP of Mission: Impossible, 1 pint Planet Earth, a pinch of Pumbaa and Timon.
Recommended for all ages | Buy Tickets |
| Head Over Heels
Original Book by Jeff Whitty; Adaptation by James Magruder; Music by The Go-Go’s
A Renaissance jukebox romp set to music of The Go-Go’s.
For our flagship summer musical, we present one of the quirkiest, most buoyant Broadway bops of the past decade. A wacky mash-up of a classic Renaissance adventure (Magical kingdoms! True love! Mistaken identities!) and the iconic 80s music of The Go-Go’s, Head Over Heels is a joyful, affirming crowdpleaser that bridges centuries with its message of hope and love.
“The joyful production dials the camp to 11” -Entertainment Weekly
“Head Over Heels does go retro, but waaay retro, to achieve something rarer and wonderfully strange. They've found the Venn overlap among "We Got the Beat," LGBTQ awakening, and Elizabethan allegory on humane statecraft.” -Village Voice
3 parts Renaissance Festival to 2 parts 80s dance club to 1 part Pride flag
Recommended ages 13+ | Buy Tickets |