Preview Nite: Rory D. Sheriff's SPEAKEASY - PAY WHAT YOU CAN
Thu, Dec 03
|The Arts Factory
It’s 1978. The fight is on. The plates are hot. And Virginia needs every dollar she can get. Facing the loss of her childhood home, she turns one big fight night into a business opportunity. But when the doors open, so does a world of unexpected trouble.
Time & Location
Dec 03, 2026, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
The Arts Factory, 1545 W Trade St, Charlotte, NC 28216, USA
About the event
It’s 1978. The fight is on. The house is packed. The plates are hot. And Virginia needs every dollar she can get.
Newly separated and dangerously close to losing her childhood home, Virginia turns one big fight night into an underground business opportunity. But when the doors open, so does a world of unexpected trouble.
Set in playwright Rory D. Sheriff’s hometown of Reading, PA, SPEAKEASY is a warm, funny, and deeply human story about a woman learning that starting over sometimes requires breaking a few rules - and discovering a few of your own.
Winner of the 2023 Annual BIPOC Playwrights Festival, SPEAKEASY has delighted audiences in both Charlotte and Reading. Now, BNS Productions brings Rory D. Sheriff’s audience favorite back to the stage.
Come for the fight. Stay for the food, the foolishness, and everything else