KITTY HAWK - Theatre of Dare will be filling the Outer Banks summer with quality
entertainment for both kids and adults, as the local community theater brings both
camps and performances into its Kitty Hawk home.

“We’re thrilled to bring another summer of fun to Outer Banks theatergoers,” said
Business Manager Kelsey Thompson. “It’s great lineup of drama, comedy, and of
course, fun and educational theater camps.”

It all kicks off the evening of June 14 with a single staged reading of The Laramie
Project, a play about the brutal beating and murder of gay college student Matthew
Shepard and the impact it had on the small close-knit town of Laramie, Wyoming. The
performance is a combined effort between Theatre of Dare and the Dare Arts Pride
Project. Auditions for the performance will be held at the theater May 13, and since it is
a staged reading, those cast in the play won’t be required to memorize lines.
Information on the auditions and the performance can be found here.

After that, the kids will take over the theater for the first of six theater camp sessions
beginning June 16. The camps will once again be led by Lost Colony alumnus Stacey
Maxwell, and will feature sessions for kids ages 6-10 in the mornings and ages 11-17 in
the afternoons. This year’s offerings include old favorites like musical theater and stage
makeup, as well as new offerings such as camps focused on fictional wizards,
superheroes and voice acting. Space is limited and registration is now open at this page.

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Finally, Theatre of Dare will celebrate the 50 th anniversary of the release of the classic
1975 movie Jaws with seven performances of The Shark is Broken, a comic play based
on the true story of three egotistical actors (Robert Shaw, Roy Scheider and Richard
Dreyfuss) as they bond, argue, drink and gamble while stuck on a boat waiting to film
what would become the world’s first summer blockbuster. Auditions for this production
are coming up April 25-26, and performances will be held Wednesday evenings
between June 25 and August 6. For more information, click here.

Tickets for both shows and registration for camps are all available at our online box office.

 

For kids and adults looking to get out of the heat and humidity
this summer, Theatre of Dare is hoping to provide a steady supply of air-conditioned
entertainment all season long.