AUDACIOUS AUDITIONS: Stand Out from the Crowd!

BNS Productions, Charlotte's only Black Repertory Theatre Company, presents AUDACIOUS AUDITIONS, a dynamic workshop designed to heighten your audition skills and ensure you command any room with authenticity, preparation, and undeniably. Led by accomplished actor, director, playwright, producer, and voice talent artist, Brian Daye, participants will learn how to select appropriate monologues, make lasting first impressions, and respond to direction with flexibility & finesse. Whether you’re new to auditioning or looking to sharpen your technique, this workshop serves up practical tools, mock auditions, and personalized feedback, ensuring you leave unforgettable impressions - every time. SPACE IS LIMITED. Reserve your spot today.

Cost: Registration is free. Pay what you can at the workshop. Proceeds will support the Teaching Artist

Duration: 2 hours, Thursday, September 18th, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Location: TBA

Teaching Artist: Brian Daye

Beneficial for: Emerging actors, high school & college students, community performers

About BNS Productions

What began as a simple “what if” has grown into one of the most celebrated performing arts companies in Charlotte, NC, and beyond. Since opening our doors in 2013, BNS Productions has captivated audiences nationwide with award-winning performances that center and celebrate the African American experience.

Founded by Artistic Director, Producer, and Playwright Rory D. Sheriff, BNS Productions is committed to uplifting our communities and embodying a standard of excellence. From winning A Taste of Theatre in Chicago to multiple Metrolina Theatre Association Awards - and even making history at the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem – our work continues to be recognized on regional and national stages.

Beyond the stage, we are passionate about education and outreach, offering workshops, masterclasses, and community programming that cultivate emerging talent and engage new audiences in meaningful ways.

We remain deeply grateful for every opportunity and for the unwavering support of our community, which continues to inspire the stories we tell and the impact we strive to make. Learn more at .

Meet Master Teaching Artist, Brian Daye

BRIAN DAYE is an actor, director, playwright, producer and voice talent based in Charlotte, NC. His acting training includes Margie Haber Studios in Los Angeles and ActTrue in Atlanta & New York. As a playwright, he has written the original plays “ONE IN THE SPIRIT”, which toured NC, VA & GA and “THE RACE”, which had a premiere play-reading for Lee Street Theatre in Salisbury, NC. His TV acting experience includes Lifetime’s, “Drop Dead Diva”, and commercials for Food Lion, Bojangles, and the NC Lottery. His film acting experience includes “Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too”, “Prisoners”, and the original films “Sanguine Addiction”, “Denial”, “Ebbing”, and “A Social Love Affair”. Brian’s directing experience includes “TRIBE” and “HOME” for OnQ Productions, “TUESDAY’S WITH MORRIE” and “August Wilson’s FENCES” for Lee Street Theatre and “MEMPHIS The Musical” for Hickory Community Theatre. His one-man show, “HEY YOU!! An Afrostereophonicjourney” was performed to sold-out audiences at the 2018 United Solo Theatre Festival in New York City, The Warehouse Performing Arts Center in Cornelius, NC in 2020 and The VAPA Center in Charlotte, NC in 2023. “HEY YOU!!” also won BEST PERFORMANCE and BEST PLAYWRIGHT at the 2022 PEACH Theatre and Film International Festival in Los Angeles. Brian’s latest original work, “BY ANY OTHER NAME - An Opus for James Baldwin”, in which he wrote and directed, premiered to sold out audiences in Charlotte’s Off-Broadway’s Black Box Theatre at The VAPA Center in June 2025. He is represented by JTA Talent in Charlotte.

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