Byron Woods
@byronwoods.bsky.social
Now in his 32nd year as a live arts journalist & critic in central North Carolina, Byron has published ~1,950 stories in regional newspapers & online media including CVNC.org. Honors include a Green Eyeshade Award & two fellowships each from the NEA & NCI.
The smorgasbords of shows at the 2025 Raleigh Fringe Festival brought the weird, the wonderful - and the sharpest stories from Vixen Theatre, comedian Nik Narain, EggNymph Artist Collective, Rigsbee Ave & Ashley Wettlin. Lives on the fringe, in the CVNC.org review: bit.ly/46cvb
July 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The smorgasbords of shows at the 2025 Raleigh Fringe Festival brought the weird, the wonderful - and the sharpest stories from Vixen Theatre, comedian Nik Narain, EggNymph Artist Collective, Rigsbee Ave & Ashley Wettlin. Lives on the fringe, in the CVNC.org review: bit.ly/46cvb
VOLCANO, Luke Murphy's remarkable live sci-fi thriller miniseries, followed two passengers' desperate attempts to survive a diplomatic space mission gone wrong. The theatrical hybrid floored us at American Dance Festival. Read all about it; link to the CVNC.org review: bit.ly/43cvb.
July 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
VOLCANO, Luke Murphy's remarkable live sci-fi thriller miniseries, followed two passengers' desperate attempts to survive a diplomatic space mission gone wrong. The theatrical hybrid floored us at American Dance Festival. Read all about it; link to the CVNC.org review: bit.ly/43cvb.
A cast of 26. An 8-member orchestra. In an oversized production of Jason Robert Brown's stirring musical PARADE. Somehow, remarkable director Mark Hopper, designer Matt Nowell & choreographer Freddie Lee Heath made it work perfectly in NRACT's intimate room. The CVNC.org review: bit.ly/41cvb.
July 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
A cast of 26. An 8-member orchestra. In an oversized production of Jason Robert Brown's stirring musical PARADE. Somehow, remarkable director Mark Hopper, designer Matt Nowell & choreographer Freddie Lee Heath made it work perfectly in NRACT's intimate room. The CVNC.org review: bit.ly/41cvb.