North Carolina Theatre

North Carolina Theatre is a professional theatre located in Raleigh, North Carolina. They perform four mainstage shows each year at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium and the A.J. Fletcher Opera Theatre in the Martin Marrietta Center for the Performing Arts, formerly the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts. It was founded by De Ann S. Jones and is currently managed by Eric Woodall, the executive director of the company. Woodall succeeded Elizabeth Doran in the summer of 2023, who succeeded former CEO, Lisa Grele Barrie, in 2017.

Several Broadway veterans are said to have started their careers at North Carolina Theatre, including Clay Aiken, Sharon Lawrence, Lauren Kennedy, and Beth Leavel.

In February 2024, the North Carolina Theatre filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announced that they would suspend operations for the 2024 season.

Alumni
Several notable actors and actresses have taken part in NCT productions:
 * Clay Aiken as "Clayton Grissom"
 * Debby Boone
 * Lisa Brescia
 * Alan Campbell
 * Jennifer Cody
 * Ariana DeBose
 * Sandy Duncan
 * Daisy Eagan
 * Sheena Easton
 * Larry Gatlin
 * Deborah Gibson
 * Montego Glover
 * Kathy Fitzgerald
 * Lauren Kennedy
 * Sharon Lawrence
 * Beth Leavel
 * Norm Lewis
 * Kara Lindsay
 * Terrence Mann
 * Andrea McArdle
 * Julia Murney


 * Michael Rupert
 * Elena Shaddow
 * Reed Shannon
 * Sally Struthers
 * Chuck Wagner
 * Ira David Wood III
 * Tom Wopat
 * Josh Young