There are several major theaters and a few fringe groups scattered throughout the city, especially in and near Uptown: the Children's Theatre of Charlotte stages live theater for young people and families from preschool to late teens, the Charlotte Comedy Theatre is,made of up of Charlotte's most notorious improvisers, the Collaborative Arts Theatre produces contemporary plays and the Charlotte Shakespeare Festival, and Play!Play! Theatre creates plays specifically for children ages birth to age 3.
The Blumenthal and Spirit Square in Uptown features national touring Broadway productions, the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, Opera Carolina, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Carolina Voices, the Carolinas Concert Association, ArtsTeach, Community School of the Arts, and the Light Factory.
Actor's Theatre of Charlotte is a highly awarded professional theater in Myers Park. Diverse dramas and musicals fill the seasons here.
In Elizabeth, Theatre Charlotte is Charlotte's oldest arts organization, and Central Piedmont Community College Theatre performs several times a year and has a professional summer series
UNC Charlotte Theatre and Dance performs several times throughout the year in University City.
Citizens of the Universe is a fringe theater in Charlotte that specializes in book film translations to stage, performing in various locations around the city.
