Upcoming performances....
HOW TO BE AN ETHICAL SLUT
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MAY 16 & 17
with an opening act featuring Trace Casanova! Experience the ride of your life as an unethical slut penetrates lies, STDs, triads, orgies, and love in her musical journey to becoming an Ethical Slut.
This award-winning, original one-woman musical comedy is by and starring Brooke McCarthy. In this bold, sexy, and vulnerable story, watch how one woman tackles topics that are often unseen onstage such as sexual health and unconventional relationship styles like polyamory and swinging. The show features a variety of music genres including jazz, pop, musical theater parodies, and original songs, so there is music for everyone. Upcoming NC productions:
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Upcoming classes...
Meisner Technique - DCP 2 Day Intensive
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June 9-10 from 10a - 2p
Are you ready to cultivate your impulses and explore what it’s like to live truthfully in the moment? Dive headfirst into the heart of Sanford Meisner’s revolutionary acting technique in the two-day intensive at Davidson Community Players. Through Meisner’s signature repetition exercises and open scene work, you’ll learn to:
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Characterization: A Physical Acting Class
at the Comedy Arts Theater of Charlotte (CATCh)
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Unlock the full potential of your performance by creating rich, dynamic characters through the power of your body. In Characterization, you’ll explore physical storytelling and character creation using tools inspired by Laban Movement Analysis, Michael Chekhov’s Psychological Gesture, and Anne Bogart’s Viewpoints.
Discover how movement, tempo, and gesture can inform emotion, status, and relationships, bringing your characters to life in ways that captivate audiences. Through exercises, group work, and performance play, you’ll learn to create characters that are bold, specific, and alive in the moment. This class is already in session, but you can check out the student showcase on Friday, May 23rd. Snag a ticket below. |
Recently taught...
Scene Study for Adults
at Matthews Playhouse
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Take your acting skills to the next level with our Scene Study course, designed for adult actors
eager to deepen their craft. Building on foundational concepts like Stanislavsky, Meisner, and Viewpoints, this class will focus on analyzing, rehearsing, and performing dynamic scenes from contemporary plays. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced performer, you'll refine your ability to create authentic, compelling characters and strengthen your collaborative skills through storytelling. Mondays starting March 3 from 6:30-8:30. |
Free Your VOICE & Tune Your SPEECH
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Discover the full potential of your voice in this transformative acting class, designed for performers of all levels to refine and elevate their most powerful instrument—the voice. Grounded in Kristin Linklater’s technique, this course focuses on freeing your natural voice by removing physical and mental blocks that inhibit expression while ensuring sustainable and healthy voice use.
When: Starting Monday, February 17th Time: 12:00-1:30 p.m. Where: Cain Center for the Arts (part of Davidson Community Players) |
Meisner Crash Course: Weekend Intensive
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Are you ready to cultivate your impulses and explore what it’s like to live truthfully in the moment? Dive headfirst into the heart of Sanford Meisner’s revolutionary acting technique in the two-day intensive. Through Meisner’s signature repetition exercises and open scene work, you’ll learn to:
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Acting Foundations for Adults
at Matthews Playhouse
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Are you curious about acting? Whether you’re new to the craft or an experienced performer onstage or screen, this course can help you expand your skills. Throughout this course, you will learn or refresh fundamental performance skills by discovering how to use your voice, body, and emotional life to cultivate an active character on stage.
Starting September 2024. Monday evenings. |
THE MOMENT IS NOW:
Meisner for Improvisors and Actors
at the Comedy Arts Theater of Charlotte (CATCh)
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Do you want to master the art of being “in the moment”? Are you ready to take your performance skills to the next level? Using Sanford Meisner’s approach, you will cultivate stage presence while exploring what it is like to live truthfully in every moment. Whether you’re an improviser looking to sharpen your acting skills or a theater artist looking to hone your authentic response, this course will offer a transformative journey into the heart of really being in the moment.
Starting September 2024. Tuesday evenings. |
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Recently seen in...
THE CAT IN THE HAT
The Wild Party
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Brooke made her debut with Queen City Concerts as Kate in their production of LaChiusa's The Wild Party! The performances were held at the Booth Playhouse (part of Blumenthal) in Uptown Charlotte
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Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
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Brooke recently played the classic, iconic role of Mr. Darcy in Davidson Community Players' production of Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley alongside an all-female/non-binary cast directed by Steve Kaliski.
About: Evoking the history of Jane Austen, the romantic sizzle of Bridgerton, and the cozy comforts of a yuletide special, the intoxicating Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley will sweep you off your feet. A “sequel” to Pride and Prejudice set two years after the novel ends, Pemberley continues the story, only this time with bookish middle-sister Mary as its unlikely heroine. Mary is growing tired of her role as dutiful middle sister in the face of her siblings’ romantic escapades. When the family gathers for Christmas at Pemberley (Mr. Darcy's estate), an unexpected guest sparks Mary’s hopes for independence, an intellectual match, and possibly even love. |
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School of Rock
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Brooke had a rocking time in the guitar-shredding, live music sensation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Broadway smash, based on the hit movie.
Brooke played Mrs. Travis, Ms. Gordon, Waitress, and understudied Patty. She was so excited to make her debut with CTC! |
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Taylor Swift Revue Show
Brooke performed alongside Charlotte's best local artists with Queen City Comedy. Each act was inspired by songs from Taylor Swift's latest album The Tortured Poets Department. Check out Brooke's performance below!
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THIS IS NOT A SCAM!
an original play seeking to expose and prevent scams
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Brooke was recently the co-writer and co-director of this original play created from real Virginian's interviews about being scammed. She and Susanna Rinehart, another performance faculty member at Virginia Tech, co-directed this piece with an all star cast made up of VA Tech undergraduate students and faculty. She also performed in the show as well. It toured locally throughout Virginia to elder care facilities and played on Virginia Tech's campus.
This project is sponsored by an Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology major grant, along with the Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention and the Center for Gerontology. |
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In Development
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Gaslighting: The Musical!
a circus of the mind GTM is my new, one-woman musical comedy about the darker side of relationships, inspired by my life and my desire to spread awareness to help others "shine your light"! We'll go on a wildly fun and darkly comedic journey through gaslighting, emotional abuse, and mental health.
This is a theatrical solo show blending musical theater, storytelling, and stand-up! I can’t wait to welcome you to the #NarcisCircus! Follow my development journey on Instagram @gaslightingthemusical |
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For Fun
Check out Brooke's YouTube Channel: Bartender Brookie!
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