Artist Statement
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Triple Threat Billy Ensley Talks Community Theatre and ‘Mamma Mia!’
Call him Mister Versatility. To find anyone else in the Charlotte theatre scene who has been celebrated for excellence in…
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Jean E. Caldwell Takes on Bullying with ‘Yusef and the President’
It’s hard to take the expression “Be Best” seriously when it’s coming from the worst. First Lady Melania Trump’s public…
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Audrey Baran Dances Around the Questions
Audrey Baran began attending UNC Charlotte in 2000, graduated in 2003, then returned to the school as an adjunct lecturer…
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Mikey Sevier Puts a Face to All Things Dark and Horrible
The faces are weird and twisted. A malevolent mummy sneers through a veil of rotting flesh. A sickly green skull’s…
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The iNCubator is Co-working for Black Creatives
Back when Tierany Griffin-Purdie lived in Raleigh, where she was born and raised before moving to Charlotte two years ago,…
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Davidson Author Confronts Real White Supremacist Threat in Fiction
Local author J.A. Walsh didn’t always want to pen an espionage thriller. He originally had something else he wanted to…
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Manoj Kesavan Lowers the BOOM Back on Plaza Midwood
Manoj Kesavan and a dedicated band of artists and volunteers got the BOOM ball rolling three years ago. Where it…
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Local Carnival Party Celebrates a Decade of Authentic Brazilian Fun
We all need a night to let loose, Carnival is just the perfect time to do it. While the pre-Lent…
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Artist Statement: Siobhan O’Loughlin Gets Deep in Your Tub
When Siobhan O’Loughlin broke her arm in a bike accident in New York City, her bathing options became slim.…
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Artist Statement: Local Poet and Storyteller Hannah Hasan has the Tough Conversations
Hannah Hasan is a storyteller. Not the stories of fiction or elaborate tales of wonderment and far-away places. She tells…
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Artist Statement: Armando Bellmas Opens the Floor
Armando Bellmas remembers the exact moment when he realized that Charlotte might not be as lacking in culture as…
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Artist Statement: Alicia D. Williams Begins Again
Alicia D. Williams is a self-proclaimed jack of all trades, but in the end it was always about storytelling. She’s…
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Artist Statement: Julie McElmurry Talks Free Film Workshops and Unconventional Schooling
This time two years ago, The Charlotte Unconventional Film School was an idea that had not yet planted itself in…
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Artist Statement: Karina Caporino on Local Theater and True Lobster
Karina Caporino is not one to mince words. Last October, the 32-year-old actor and creator took to Twitter and said…
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