The summer of 2025 will be the summer of the playwright. Common Thread Theatre Collective (CTTC) is giving focus to the origin of theatre productions by beginning at the beginning with the playwright. The work of the playwright is central to the world of theatre. They are originator, interpreter and voice of individual communities and institutions. Playwrights have the power to write stories that reflect and shape our culture. Through their writing, they introduce audiences to new ideas, perspectives, and experiences, challenge societal norms, and encourage critical thinking.
Performances:
June 19-22 in Davidson, NC in the Barber Theatre
June 26-29, 2025 in Greensboro, NC in the Paul Robeson Theatre
Common Thread Theatre Collective was founded by theatre faculty members at Davidson College and North Carolina A&T State University. Our goal is to create professional, engaging productions that focus on voices and stories that have traditionally been underrepresented in American mainstream theatre.
We want to create a new kind of summer-stock theatre: one that balances inventive entertainment with thoughtful content, that knits together disparate elements of our local artistic community, that fosters a humane consent-based rehearsal approach for our artists, that prioritizes community engagement around issues of contemporary relevance. Our goal is to grow our little start-up over the next several years into a welcoming home for like-minded artists, while delivering diverse, provocative productions to OUR community.
Despite the differences between our respective institutions, the four of us and our students were bound together by the “common thread” of our commitment to theatre as a force that can influence change, in individuals and across society. We want to bring professional theatre to the Lake Norman/Charlotte community that is exciting and challenging.
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Barber Theatre on Davidson College's campus
Barber Theatre on Davidson College's campus
Paul Robeson Theater on NC A&T's campus
Paul Robeson Theater on NC A&T's campus
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