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BNS Productions is a non profit 501 (c)3 Theater Company. Our mission is to produce and create stage plays that highlight the African American experience.

04/03/2026

One night only. One vibe only.

Step into 1985!

This Saturday at 8 PM, King Hedley II gets a full 80s takeover. Pull up in your best 80s look and bring the energy with you.

We’re talking bold fits, big personalities, and a night that feels like a throwback with purpose.

One guest will be crowned Best Dressed and win tickets to our next production, The Hot Wing King.

This is closing weekend. Don’t miss your moment!

Get your tickets now: https://www.bnsproductions.org

04/02/2026

This is it.

Final weekend of King Hedley II

Every night, audiences leave talking about the performances, the truth, and how it stays with you.

If you’ve been hearing about it
if you’ve been meaning to come
if you’ve been waiting…

This is your moment.

Only a few shows left
April 2 – April 5 at JCSU Arts Factory

🔥 This Saturday: 80s Night

Come dressed, bring your people, and make it a night to remember. Best dressed wins tickets to our next show!

Don’t hear about it later.
Be in the room.

🎟️ Get your tickets now: bnsproductions.org

03/30/2026

🔥 CHARLOTTE—THIS ONE IS FOR YOU. 🔥

Opening weekend is a wrap, and the audience has spoken: Powerful. Unforgettable. Necessary.

BNS Productions proudly presents King Hedley II by August Wilson, directed by Rory D. Sheriff.

Set in 1980s Pittsburgh, this raw, poetic, and unapologetic story explores survival, legacy, and Black manhood. It’s August Wilson at his most explosive—and BNS is bringing it home with heart, grit, and truth.

📍 Arts Factory at West End Studios
📅 March 27 – April 5

If you missed opening weekend, you’re not too late—you’ve got 5 more chances to experience the show everyone is talking about.

🎭 Professional theatre. Powerful storytelling. Unforgettable performances.

This isn’t just a play—it’s a reckoning.
Come witness the fire. Come sit in the truth.

🎟️ Get your tickets today: bnsproductions.org

03/24/2026

Some stories entertain… this one hits your soul.

BNS Productions invites you into the raw, unfiltered world of August Wilson’s King Hedley II — a story of survival, broken dreams, love, and the cost of trying to rebuild your life when the world keeps knocking you down.

This isn’t just a play… it’s our story.
It’s the struggle. It’s the hope. It’s the fight to plant seeds in soil that’s been hardened by life.

Directed by Rory D. Sheriff, this production pulls no punches. Every word, every moment, every silence will sit with you long after you leave your seat.

⚠️ And here’s the truth — you don’t want to hear about this show after it’s over. You want to EXPERIENCE it.

🗓 March 27th – April 5th
📍 Arts Factory at West End Studios

Seats are limited. Moments like this don’t come back around.

🎟 Get your tickets NOW: www.bnsproductions.org

Because some stories you watch…
and some stories change you.

03/22/2026

🎭 BNS Productions Presents: King Hedley II 🎭
Written by August Wilson | Directed by Rory D. Sheriff

This spring, BNS Productions brings one of August Wilson’s most powerful plays to Charlotte.

Set in Pittsburgh’s Hill District in 1985, King Hedley II is a story of survival, redemption, and a man determined to build a future in a world working against him.

📍 Arts Factory at West End Studios
📅 March 27 – April 5

This is not just theatre. This is truth on stage. Get your tickets now.

🎟️ Tickets: www.bnsproductions.org

03/20/2026

Some moments on stage don’t just tell a story… they cut deep.

In these clips, Jonathan Caldwell (King) and Toi Aquila RJ (Tonya) step fully into the fire—delivering one of the most raw, emotional, and honest scenes from King Hedley II by August Wilson. This is the kind of work that reminds you why theatre matters… why these stories must be told.

If this moment moved you, just imagine what the full production will do.

🎭 BNS Productions presents King Hedley II
📍 Arts Factory West End Studios
📅 March 27th – April 5th

Get your tickets now: bnsproductions.org

Come witness the pain, the love, the truth… live and unapologetic.

03/14/2026

🎭 BNS Productions Presents: King Hedley II 🎭
Written by August Wilson | Directed by Rory D. Sheriff

This spring, BNS Productions brings one of the most powerful plays of the American stage to Charlotte.

King Hedley II is the ninth play in August Wilson’s legendary American Century Cycle, set in Pittsburgh’s Hill District in 1985. It’s a story about survival, redemption, and the relentless hope of a man trying to build a future in a world determined to keep him in the past.

For me, directing this play is deeply personal. The Hill District feels like neighborhoods many of us grew up in. The struggles, the dreams, the resilience of the people—it’s all familiar. Wilson wrote truthfully about our communities, and that truth still echoes today.

This production features an incredible cast of Charlotte talent bringing these unforgettable characters to life.

📍 Arts Factory – West End Studios
1545 W. Trade St., Charlotte, NC

📅 March 27 – April 5

If you’ve never experienced August Wilson live on stage, this is the one you don’t want to miss. And if you know his work, you already understand the power of these stories.

Come witness a story about hope, legacy, and the fight to plant seeds in hard ground.

🎟️ Get your tickets now:
www.bnsproductions.org

03/09/2026

Levine Museum of the New South & BNS Productions present….
COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS: Second Chances

Survival is at the heart of August Wilson’s King Hedley II—a powerful story of a man fighting to rebuild his life amid poverty violence and the lasting impact of incarceration.

BNS Productions, in partnership with Levine Museum, invites the community to experience selected scenes from the play followed by a community conversation with representatives from Mecklenburg County Sheriff Office, Freedom Fighting Missionaries and the Center for Community Transitions.

Together, artists and community leaders will explore how best to support the formerly incarcerated as they establish their place in community and how the idea of second chances resonate beyond the stage and into real lives.

This community conversation uses storytelling as a bridge to dialogue; offering space to reflect, learn, connect around justice, around resilience and the paths forward for individuals & families impacted by incarceration.

🎟️ FREE & Open to the Public
🍽️ Complimentary bites and refreshments
💻 Register to attend: https://www.museumofthenewsouth.org/lmns-events/community-conversations-second-chances/

03/03/2026

🎭🔥 Inside the Making of “Mister” 🔥🎭

In this behind-the-scenes video, Andrew Monroe breaks down his journey into becoming Mister in King Hedley II, written by August Wilson and directed by Rory D. Sheriff.

He shares how he tapped into Mister’s ambition, charm, restlessness, and hunger for something bigger — unpacking the layers of a man chasing opportunity while wrestling with loyalty and survival.

This is the work behind the work. The study. The spirit. The transformation.

Come see Mister live on stage. 🎟️

❤️💞❤️

02/27/2026

🎭✨ She’s Not Just Playing Tonya… She’s Living Her. ✨🎭

In King Hedley II by August Wilson, Tonya is the heartbeat of the story — a woman wrestling with love, survival, motherhood, and the weight of dreams deferred. And this season, Toi Aquila RJ steps into that fire.

Produced by BNS Productions and directed by Rory D. Sheriff, this production promises raw truth, vulnerability, and power that will sit with you long after the curtain falls.

Toi shares that playing Tonya has challenged her spirit in the best way. Tonya isn’t soft — she’s strong, she’s honest, and she refuses to bring a child into a world that keeps breaking Black men. That monologue alone? It’s worth the price of admission.

This is August Wilson’s language at its finest — poetic, prophetic, and painfully relevant. And Toi Aquila RJ is ready to deliver a performance that will shake the room.

🔥 If you’ve ever loved hard.
🔥 If you’ve ever questioned the world you’re raising children in.
🔥 If you’ve ever fought to hold your family together…

This story is for you.

🎟️ Don’t wait. Seats are limited, and this cast is bringing something special to Charlotte.
Secure your tickets now at BNSProductions.org

Come witness Tonya.
Come witness truth.
Come witness greatness.

Address

9611 Brookdale Drive, 100/161
Charlotte, NC
28215

Telephone

+17042436125

Website

http://www.bnsproductions.org/

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