Raleigh Little Theatre — Attraction in Raleigh

I attended the Color Purple Musical this evening during opening weekend. I arrived an hour before showtime to enjoy the Rose Garden after the rain showers. What an added bonus ! Parking in the Permit lot was fairly easy, however it is a One Way, and you must bring your patience when exiting after the show. Try to find nearby street parking to avoid a traffic jam. I was lucky to score an Orchestra seat front row in A6. The best seat in the house! Plenty of leg room, comfortable and the best view of the stage. I've never sat behind the Orchestra booth, so this was a treat ! This was my first visit to Little Raleigh Theatre and I am very impressed. This production was impeccable. Tia James did a phenomenal job directing. The cast was perfectly tailored to each character and I appreciated that. What a talented cast ! The music was beautiful and the set design blew me away !!! The acting was stellar ! This was in my honest opinion, better than the 2024 Warner Brothers film. By far! I am planning to return again soon. We laughed. We cried. We danced. We sang ! Much thanks to the staff who run a tight ship. Very organized and excellent customer service.

I recently discovered that they also offer acting/ vocal / dance classes for adults at any level. I am excited to enroll this fall and I’m happy to hear that they are bringing classes to convenient city park community centers. A dream come true for me to tap back into my talents and...

My 6 year old child had a terrible experience at camp here. He has sensory issues and expressed that he was scared/embarrassed to perform at the final performance. The day of, at least 3-5 adults, presumably in different managing roles gave me varying, conflicting instructions on how to handle him not getting on stage. (“He HAS to sit with you.” “He can sit with you if he wants.” And one incredibly demanding woman barked orders at me and my child that he MUST sit with the group. She did this in front of the whole auditorium. Make up your mind, people.) Based on their tones and the all around confusion, I understood my son’s hesitancy to be on stage.

With the exception of his younger counselors, the people running the show were less than impressive. In addition to forcefully pressuring my 6 year old to sit alone, one acting teacher spoke very negatively about my child to me in front of a lobby full of waiting parents. (His counselor, on the other hand, told he was doing a great job all week.)

Not all —but several employees— were the most unprofessional group of people and we will never be back. It would serve their team well to remember all children are different and to take a refresher course on working with and teaching children who have anxiety and/or...

The Summer Camp was a hotbed of bullying and mean girl nastiness. The counselors had no plan to deal with bullying instead responding to each individual incident, instead of recognizing a pattern with certain girls. They told my child to "stop complaining about other girls being mean". They never informed me as a parent of the various number of times (over 5) they were informed of incidents, or their weak response. The counselors stood around and watched the girls fling verbal abuse, exclude girls they didn't like and did nothing to help. The bullying got so bad I had to pull my child out of the program early - she never got a chance to do the final theater performance. RLT did not deliver on their website's promise to "foster a supportive environment and bring their individual perspectives to encourage students in making new stories to share with each other and an audience.". Instead, they denied denied denied and refused to give me my money back. I would never return nor recommend anyone sign up...