Upcoming Events
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Lighting & Sound Seminar
May 17, 2025 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Old Courthouse Theatre
49 Spring St. NW, Concord, NC 28025
A discussion of Lighting and sound techniques and equipment for small to medium size theatre spaces
On May 17th, MTA will be inviting a panel of experts to discuss two all-important aspects of any theatrical production: SOUND and LIGHTING. As we all know, the best script, the finest actors, and the most exquisite sets don't count for much if an audience can't see or hear what's going on. We'll be bringing together technical veterans from different companies around the Metrolina region to discuss all aspects of their craft and the best practices that can help your theatre company bring out the best in sight and sound for all of its shows!
The program will consist of a four hour panel, from 9 am to 1 pm on Saturday, May 17th. Keep an eye out on our social media, where panelists will be announced in the coming weeks!
Whether you have an established space with dedicated rigs and control boards, or whether you're a company that has to load-in and set up tech anew for every performance, we hope you'll come out for this great opportunity of discussion and knowledge sharing!
For MTA members, there is no charge for attendance; theater companies with current MTA membership can also designate two attendees at no charge. For nonmembers, there will be a $15.00 fee (whether attending one panel or both). Lunch is not provided, but guests are encouraged to visit one of the many local restaurants Concord has to offer!
Panelists:
- David Fillmore
- Alex Gomez
- John Harris
- Jon Kadela
- Stephen Lancaster
- Kelly Sandoval
SATURDAY, JULY 19 AND SUNDAY, JULY 20, 2025
CATCH Theater, 4128 South Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28209
QUEEN CHARLIE’S SWEDED BROADWAY TOURNAMENT
Based on the ancient and revered traditions of The Compleat Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) and the Jack Black classic Be Kind, Rewind, this night of music and mayhem will feature the Broadway musicals you know and love. Only greatly condensed and full of creative liberties.
Calling all musical theater singers, dancers, actors, and producers… gird your loins and sharpen your quills: registration begins May 19, 2025!
The Rules
- Assemble your team: 2 to 4 humans on stage + 1 techie
- Gather your props and costumes – your entire show must fit into a Extra Large packing box 18”x18”x24” (excluding the humans)
- Pick your Broadway show – from the first one from 1866 to what’s playing right now on The Great White Way.
- Edit the show down to 12 minutes – Yes, the entire show.
- Create a music track for your Broadway show to fit your 12 minute run time. Timing is everything.
- Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse.
- Register your team on the CATCh or MTA website no later than June 19, 2025.
- We’ll promote the show, so you’ll have huge audiences and have the distinction of being in A BROADWAY SHOW(abridged)
Current and Upcoming Area Productions
Dr. Seuess's The Cat in the Hat
The 39 Steps
The Adventures of Avery and Masa
Murder on the Orient Express
She Kills Monsters
The Odyssey Experience
Annie
Cabaret
…what the end will be
Jimmy Buffet's Escape to Margaritaville
Legally Blonde the Musical
Lizzie
Much Ado About Nothing
Puffs
Spring Show: 6 One-Act Plays
The Hobbit
Winnie the Pooh
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
12 Angry Jurors
Cost of Living
Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Sunday in the Park with George
Ain't Go No Men!
Shakespeare One Acts
How to be an Ethical Slut
Some Things You Need to Know Before the World Ends (A Final Evening with the Illuminati)
The Wizard of Oz
A Walk in My Shoes The Musical
Stick Fly
Buried Child
Les Miserables
Just Desserts
She Kills Monsters Young Adventurers Edition
Schucked
James and the Giant Peach
Picasso at the Lapine Agile
The Moors
Zombie Prom
The Spongebob Musical: Youth Edition
Suddenly, Last Summer
By Any Other Name: An Opus for James Baldwin
presented by Charlotte's Off-Broadway
Produced by Dayelight LLC and being performed through Charlotte's Off-Broadway
Runs from June 5 to June 14
Squawks: 20th Century Censure-y Squawks
10 Minute Play Festival
First Date
Waitress
Tina The Tina Turner Musical
The Sunset Limited
The Miss Firecracker Contest
presented by The Green Room Community Theatre
Runs from June 13 to June 22
The Smell of the Kill
Head Over Heels
Hairspray
The Crucible
Annie Jr
Disney's Dare to Dream
presented by Spotlight Performing Arts Academy
Runs from June 20 to June 22
Newsies
Puffs
The Secret Garden
10 Minute Play Festival
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Alice in Wonderland
Tarzan the Musical
presented by Mooresville Community Children's Theatre
Runs from July 9 to July 12
Titus Andronicus
Six The Musical Teen Edition
Disenchanted
Peter and the Starcatcher
Six The Musical Teen Edition
presented by Spotlight Performing Arts Academy
Runs from July 11 to July 13
The Bodyguard
Rumors
ain't too proud to beg The Life and Times of The Temptations
Bakersfield Mist
Cabaret
Grease
Sex, Lies, and a Sycamore Tree
The Spongebob Musical
Once Upon a Mattress
Pirates of Penzance
Immediate Family
Life of Pi
Sweeney Todd
presented by Legacy Theater and Music Company
Runs from August 1 to August 9
The Gospel According to Tennessee
Jesus Christ Superstar
The Foreigner
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
presented by Fort Mill Community Playhouse
Runs from August 8 to August 24
Book of Mormon
Hamlet
Songs For a New World
presented by The Green Room Community Theatre
Runs from August 14 to August 17
Alive and Well
Electricidad
Holmes/Poirot
Wink
presented by Charlotte Conservatory Theatre
Runs from August 15 to August 24
Austin's Pride
An Evening of One Acts
presented by Charlotte's Off-Broadway
Runs from September 4 to September 14
Junk
presented by The Green Room Community Theatre
Runs from September 5 to September 21
Songs for a New World
Beetlejuice
Journey to Oz
presented by Children's Theatre of Charlotte
Runs from September 10 to October 5
A Red Plaid Shirt
James and the Giant Peach
Little Shop of Horrors
Oslo
Peter Pan
Wicked
Beetlejuice Jr
presented by Davidson Community Players
Runs from September 25 to October 5
Lord of Light
Company
Young Frankenstein
The Invisible Boy
presented by Children's Theatre of Charlotte
Runs from October 11 to November 2
Little Shop of Horrors
presented by Little Theater of Gastonia
Runs from October 17 to October 26
Once
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Hitchcock Radio Hour
Murder on the Orient Express
Six The Musical
Vanya, and Sonia, and Masha and Spike
presented by Davidson Community Players
Runs from November 6 to November 16
A Wrinkle in Time
Smoke on the Mountain
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
presented by Fort Mill Community Playhouse
Runs from November 7 to November 23
Darling Grenadine
Bessie Coleman Fearless and Free
presented by Children's Theatre of Charlotte
Runs from November 15 to November 16
The Sound of Music
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
presented by CAST (Carolina Actors Studio)
Runs from November 20 to December 7
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
presented by Children's Theatre of Charlotte
Runs from November 22 to December 23
A Christmas Carol
It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
A Banner Elk Christmas
A Christmas Carol
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
presented by Little Theater of Gastonia
Runs from December 5 to December 14
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever The Musical
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of A Christmas
Shrek The Musical
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
presented by Fort Mill Community Playhouse
Runs from December 12 to December 14
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical
Topsy-Turvy Cinderella
presented by Children's Theatre of Charlotte
Runs from January 10 to January 25
Rent
Spamalot
Over the River and Through the Woods
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show
presented by Children's Theatre of Charlotte
Runs from January 24 to February 8
The Outsiders
Winnie the Pooh
A Streetcar Named Desire
The Flick
The School for Scandal
Suessical the Musical
MJ
Calendar Girls
Hair
Esperanza Rising
presented by Children's Theatre of Charlotte
Runs from February 28 to March 15
Suffs
The Crucible
Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern
Shrek Jr The Musical
A New Brain
God of Carnage
Disney's Frozen
presented by Children's Theatre of Charlotte
Runs from March 28 to April 26
Mamma Mia!
August: Osage County
Beetlejuice Jr
Stereophonic
A Raisin in the Sun
Deathtrap
New Kid
presented by Children's Theatre of Charlotte