Thanks to Diane Richard, First Vice President of the Wake County Genealogical Society, for sharing the following announcement: BURNING COAL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEDIA CONTACT: Simmie Kastner, Managing Director, 919.834.4001 April 16, 2007 BURNING COAL THEATRE COMPANY SM A New Look at the Stories of Oakwood Cemetery Burning Coal is excited to announce our third collaboration with Historic Oakwood Cemetery: An Oakwood Tapestry. This all-new script by Ian Finley features stories from Oakwood's illustrious past, including tales of love, laughter, and tragedy. The performance will feature actors from Burning Coal Theatre Company as well as members of the Oakwood community in a celebration of the history of Raleigh and its most famous cemetery. Performances are May 18th - 20th, at 6:30 Friday and Saturday and 2:00 Sunday. Tickets for the event are $20 for adults, $10 for students, and may be obtained by calling 919.834.4001 or visiting www.burningcoal.org. * * * Burning Coal Theatre Company is one of Raleigh's professional Equity theatre companies. Burning Coal is an incorporated, non-profit [501 (c) (3)] organization. Burning Coal's mission is to produce literate, visceral, affecting theatre that is experienced, not simply seen. Burning Coal produces explosive reexaminations of overlooked classic and modern plays, as well as new plays, whose themes and issues are of immediate concern to our audience, using the best local, national and international artists available. We work toward a theatre of high-energy performances and minimalist production values. The emphasis is on literate works that are felt and experienced viscerally, unlike more traditional linear plays, at which audiences are most often asked to observe without participating. Race and gender non-specific casting is an integral component of our perspective, as well as an international viewpoint. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.