Theatre of Dare
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Theatre of Dare is a non-profit community theater group based out of Kill Devil Hills on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. They attract patrons from neighboring areas, including Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Nags Head, Manteo, Roanoke Island, Hatteras, and Currituck County, North Carolina.
[edit] History
Theatre of Dare began in 1991 with the help of Ruth Ambrosius and Pat Clayton with the Outer Banks Forum. The first organizational meeting was held in November of that year, and along with the Dare County Arts Council, the Theatre of Dare was born. The original (and mercifully brief) name of Theatre of Dare was "Players of Truth and Dare".
Auditions for the first production, California Suite, were held in January 1992 and the show was performed at the Port O'Call restaurant on March 19-22, to great acclaim. After a few locations were tried, the Theatre finally settled in the Manteo Middle School auditorium, which had appropriate seating and a real theatrical stage. Some day, the Theatre hopes a kind and generous benefactor in need of a healthy tax-deduction (T.O.D. is a bona fide 501c3) will donate a reasonably sized building on the beach that can become our permanent home and we can avoid the splinters and arrows of outrageous fortune that accompany the constant moving of sets and sensibilities.
Since these humble beginnings, Theatre of Dare has performed dozens of major plays and several second stage vignettes. Recent performances include Little Shop of Horrors (musical), Annie, Fools (play), and The Diary of Anne Frank.
