Where
Location:
111 Grace Street, Wilmington NC, 28401
Contacting us:
Email: contact@browncoattheatre.comPh: 910-341-0001
Hours of Operation:
7:30pm to 2am (usually, read below)
The bar is open from 7:30pm to 2am daily with exceptions:-The Monday-Wednesday prior to the open of a show, the bar opens at 10:30pm to facilitate "Tech Week"
-During special, ticketed events (such as play performances) the bar is only open to theatre patrons during the performances. Generally, it reopens at 10pm for Karaoke once the performance has finished.
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Who
Richard Davis
Co-Owner/Artistic Director/Board Member
Richard established what he calls a house of ideas at the Browncoat, the downtown nonprofit theater he founded in 2007 with his wife, Amber. Its a haven for emerging playwrites, actors and designers. Though Richards long been involved in the Wilmington theatre scene, he says his first love was baseball, and he once aspired to play for the Atlanta Braves. The most important thing he learned from baseball, he says, is its OK to fail. One action wont define your entire life; theres always another at bat, so go for it.
Favorite Drink
Magic Hat #9
Fandoms
Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Marvel, DC, Game of ThronesAmber Davis
Co-owner/Board Member
Amber Davis is the co-owner of the Browncoat. She is often seen or heard (loudly) behind the scenes ensuring that all runs smoothly and is the wearer of many hats, whether it be helping to build sets, run lights or sound, at the ticket booth, or acting as an usher. She holds a degree in English literature and German from UNCW and has a penchant for boots over high heels in order to kick butts in the most efficient manner.
Favorite Drink
Absolut CherryKran Vodka with Cranberry and Sprite
Fandoms
Totally identifies with the Sith from Star WarsNick Smith
Associate Artistic Director/Bartender/Board Member
Nick Smith had a few too many one night when Richard Davis approached him about directing Night of the Living Dead, and the rest is history. Since then, Nick has directed 11 shows for the Browncoat Theatre, including the critically acclaimed A Piece of My Heart, the Star News Award-nominated His Girl Friday and Boys' Life, and Little Shop of Horrors, 2012 winner of the Encore award for Best Theatrical Production. In his new role as associate artistic director, he looks forward to helping to bring up the next generation of stage talent at the Browncoat.
Favorite Drink
White Russian
Fandoms
Star Trek, Firefly, MarvelSamantha Sofield
House Manager
Sammie, who is still fairly new to The Browncoat family, is working towards her degree in Medical Sonography at Cape Fear Community College. You may also be able to find her working the register at Nerdvana Comix. She spends most of her free time expanding her nerdy horizons through comic books.
Favorite Drink
Cherry Cran-Cran
Fandoms
Firefly and Doctor WhoJesse Smith
Web Monkey
Code monkey get up, get coffee. Code monkey do the trick. Code monkey have boring meeting with boring manager Rick. Rick say code monkey very diligient, but his output stinks. His bio not functional or elegant, what do code monkey think? Code monkey think maybe manager wanna right gorram bio page himself. So manager does, alright, code monkey not thinking so bright...
Favorite Drink
Banana Daquarie
Fandoms
Jonathan Coulton, Star Trek, Portal, SPACE!!!!!Aaron Moody
Karaoke Host
When the TARDIS crashed and burned up Captain Karaoke stayed and brings you the best karaoke in The Galaxy. You may also remember him from such films as Eastbound and Down and Arthur Newman. Arthur Newman: "He's choking!!!"
Favorite Drink
Bourbon on the Rocks
Fandoms
Doctor Who, The Price Is Right, and ALFBen Henson
Bartender
Ben Henson discovered the Browncoat 5 years ago and it's been a second home since then. Ben has been bartending at the Browncoat for almost 4 years and loves what he does and is grateful to do so in such a cool environment. When not at the Browncoat Ben holds down a day job as a pawnbroker and in his free time enjoys Films, video games, and being involved with his comedy troupe Pineapple-Shaped Lamps.
Favorite Drink
White Russian
Fandoms
BioShock, Borderlands, The Big Lebowski, The Simpsons, Star WarsHeather Campbell
Bartender
A part of the NC Film Community since 2006 and a member of the Browncoat Family since 2013, Heather Campbell started as a casting assistant and soon became a casting director, working with several independent companies as well as through her own company, Blue Stars Casting & Productions. She has worn every hat on different t.v. and film sets, from script supervisor to producer to craft services to "people wrangler", and most recently worked as 1st Assistant Director on the film Sangria Lift. One of her proudest moments to date is seeing her name on the big screen at Horrorfind Festival 2011 as Casting Director on the feature film Attack of the Alien Jelly Monsters From the Depths of Uranus. You can currently find Heather volunteering as both bartender and therapist here at the Browncoat Theatre & Pub on Monday and Friday nights.
Favorite Drink
Mineral Water, Espresso, Vodka (Sometimes together.)
Fandoms
- Any original SyFy movie, especially those involving sharks or crocodiles, or both- The Twilight Zone (Rod Serling's)
- Breaking Bad
Lexi Wehunt
Bartender
Lexi is 22 years old and from Raleigh, NC. She moved to Wilmington at the age of 7, and has been here ever since. Although Bartending is a huge passion of hers, she also enjoys playing video games, reading Horror and Sci-Fi novels, and playing with her three cats Catsby, Socks, and Hazel. One day she hopes to move to New York City to pursue a career in Mixology and Hospitality. She had been a part of The Browncoat Pub and Theatre for almost a year and absolutely loves working with such a great group of people, as well as the awesome customers!
Favorite Drink
Vodka and Cranberry
Fandoms
The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, Disney, DC ComicsCourtney Harding
Bartender
Courtney Harding is a native of Wilmington NC and happy to have a home at the Browncoat Pub and Theatre! She received her degree in Theatre Education at UNC Charlotte, and is now the theatre instructor at New Hanover High School. She can be found dancing along the waterfront singing showtunes because she is a musical theatre junkie. She can also be found on stage here in Wilmington or working behind the scenes as a stage manager, light board op and sound board op, theatre is truly her passion! Past favorite acting credits include: The Sun Chasers, Carrie:The Musical and On The Town.
Favorite Drink
Kaylee's Umbrella (A Browncoat Classic!)
Fandoms
Firefly, Peter Pan, Doctor Who, Musicals, Game of Thrones, Sherlock, anything by Joss WhedonWhat
Opened in 2008, The Browncoat Pub & Theatre is a strange hybrid. While we are first and foremost a theatrical venue, we are also a geeky bar. Not only do we produce multiple plays a year, but we have nightly karaoke, the Camp-B Movie film club, screenings of shows such as Doctor Who, The Walking Dead, and Game of Thrones, and a variety of other forms of entertainment, such as magicians and mentalists, comedians, art shows, and the Cape Fear Film Festival. But at the root of it all, we can be summed up to be a place where people can meet and share ideas, pursue artistic endeavors, enjoy quality entertainment, and not feel constrained by the "traditional" bar atmosphere.
Theatre
Established in 2007 by Richard and Amber Davis, Guerilla Theatre started out first as a small blackbox under what was once the Soapbox Laundro-Lounge. The following year, it moved into the space in historic downtown Wilmington that is the Browncoat Pub and Theatre, where it has put on full seasons of theatre ever since. The mission of the theatre is to encourage and promote local, emerging talent, from new actors to brand new plays. The vast majority of work on our stage is original, including several pieces by the late Leonard Melfi, and we have debuted several actors and directors to Wilmington's vibrant theatre community. We are also proud that we are the most nominated and awarded straight theatre company in the Greater Wilmington Area at the annual StarNews Theatre Awards.
Interested in acting opprotunities? Check our Facebook and Twitter feeds for the audition information, as well as Encore Magazine.
Want us to perform something you've written? Email a synopsis and your completed stageplay to contact@browncoattheatre.com, and we will review it.
Bar
We are a geek bar, plain and simple. When first walk in, you see the CIC tables from Battlestar Galactica
to your left, and the TARDIS directly in the back of the bar. The karaoke booth is a steampunk machination,
and the bar itself is some strange amalgamation of Victorian library and a spaceship engine. Both the bar
top and bathrooms are Wilmington's most literate, covered in comic book excerpts, and our drink menu is quite
literally out of this world, with drink such as a "Sonic Screwdriver" and "Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster". And
once you've had that Gargle Blaster, you'll be ready to get up on our stage under real theatrical lights and
sing your favorite songs across our theatrical sound system during our 7-days-a-week Karaoke, starting nightly
at 10pm.
Perhaps most impressive, though, is that we are completely non-profit, even down to our bartenders proudly
being volunteers. The Browncoat is probably the only place in North Carolina where your beer dollars go directly
to funding the next great show that goes up on our stage.