Led by Producing Artistic Director Anne Lambert, Charlotte’s Off-Broadway (COB) creates bold, contemporary theater that centers authentic female experiences and explores questions of justice, identity, and connection. Our work entertains while provoking thought—through stories of marriage, friendship, career, and art.
COB operates a 56-seat black box theatre and a rehearsal studio inside The VAPA Center in uptown Charlotte. When not producing our own projects, we rent our spaces to independent producers at below-market rates. If you present a show here, it’s under your own banner—not by COB or by VAPA.
Shows take place “in the COB Black Box Theatre at The VAPA Center” to help build our brand and distinguish our venue from others.
Interested in renting the space or supporting our mission?
Contact Anne Lambert at charlottesoffbroadway@gmail.com or 704-589-9146.
Make a gift online or mail donations to:
Charlotte’s Off-Broadway
401 Hawthorne Lane #110-239
Charlotte, NC 28204
EAW Productions Presents a World Premiere Theatre Event
Love, Compassion, & Comedy
February 26 – March 1, 2026
In the Charlotte’s Off-Broadway Black Box Theatre
at The VAPA Center in uptown Charlotte
Love, Compassion, & Comedy is a collection of four original short plays written and produced by Charlotte creative leader Elyse Williams.
Running February 26 through March 1, 2026
In the Charlotte’s Off-Broadway (COB) black box theatre space inside the VAPA Center!
The parking address for the VAPA Center is 731 N. College Street Charlotte, NC 28202
The evening features four new works:
Donuts and Milk, directed by Marilyn Carter
Rocking Chairs, directed by Judy Simpson Cook
Diev ParkBank, directed by Susan Cherin
Cats and Dogs, directed by Cale Evans
An all-star cast of some of Charlotte’s favorite actors will bring these four shows to life on the COB stage. Each short play explores human connection through memory, humor, tenderness, history, and unexpected relationships. Together, the four pieces create one cohesive evening designed to be intimate, welcoming, and emotionally resonant. Featuring: Ginger Heath, Sultan El – Amin, Anneliese Torres, Jennifer Adams, Amy Campbell Pratt, Josh Looney, Lew Herman, Luna Mackie, Sharrin Edwards, Kathrine Goforth, Shon Williams, Kerra Don, P.J. Barnes, and RC Theriault.
Performance Dates & Times
Thursday, February 26 at 7:00 PM
Friday, February 27 at 7:00 PM
Saturday, February 28 at 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM
Sunday, March 1 at 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM
Tickets are available now:
https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/eawproductions/love-compassion-comedy
Seating is limited due to the intimate black box setting, and advance purchase is recommended.
About EAW Productions
Founded by Elyse Williams, EAW Productions, LLC is a Charlotte-based creative production company with more than 30 years of experience producing compelling video and digital media. Love, Compassion, & Comedy launches the company’s Theatre Events initiative — bringing its signature storytelling approach from screen to stage.
For more information about EAW Productions, contact the producer at: eawprod@gmail.com or visit www.eawproductions.com
Charlotte’s Off-Broadway and Susan Lambert Hatem are teaming up to produce a concert reading of The Flirt Bar, a new comedic play with music by Amy Ray and Michelle Malone, at Synchronicity Theatre in Atlanta, GA, January 5–11, 2026. Public performances will be January 10 & 11.
Set in a dive bar where the jukebox never dies and the regulars know your secrets, The Flirt Bar explores the messy, hilarious, and sometimes heartbreaking ways we seek connection—especially when we’re not sure what we’re looking for. This concert reading builds on previous workshops in Charlotte and Los Angeles, where eight original songs from the show were recently staged.
The Story:
When heartbroken Bible Belt wife Honey B. Dews loses everything, she and her book club decide to turn a former strip club into The Flirt Bar, where women can go and be flirted with. To pull it off, she must team up with Raquel Ramone—the hard-singing, god-fearing, gay Greek chorus of a singer who comes with the place.
Stay tuned for ticket details and casting updates as we bring this vibrant new work to life.
For more information, contact:
Anne Lambert
charlottesoffbroadway@gmail.com
704-589-9146
To make a tax-deductible donation to support The Flirt Bar in Atlanta,
go to: Donate - Arts A La Carte!
See you soon at the theatre – on stage, behind the scenes, or in the audience!
Anne Lambert/Charlotte’s Off-Broadway is a founding board member of the Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Center.Help Charlotte’s Off-Broadway to activate a 65-seat black box theater space inside VAPA!
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Charlotte’s Off-Broadway cancels Oct 19 - 22 performances of current show THUMBS, but plans shows as scheduled on Oct 27, 28, and 29 and extends run to add shows on Nov 2, 3, 4 and 5 at the COB space at the VAPA Center, 700 N. Tryon Street
Get tickets to THUMBS: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=cob
