CAST was noted for large-scale installations and elaborate sets with the goal of complete immersion of the audience in the reality of each play.

CAST always sought to obliterate the emotional distance between the actor and spectator, a technique they called "experiential theatre".

[5][6] In the summer of 2010 CAST received a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Arts & Science Council.

[7] This allowed the company to move out of the cramped quarters they had occupied for eight years on Clement Avenue into a space at 2424 North Davidson in the NoDa neighborhood of Charlotte where it had all begun.

The company then moved successively to Ed Gilweit's CAST theatre at 3143 Cullman Avenue, the Matthews Community Center at 100 McDowell Street in nearby Matthews, the Hart-Witzen Gallery at 611 West 5th Street, and finally achieved a measure of geographical stability in January 2003 with a move to the CAST Theatre at 1118 Clement Ave where it would remain until June of 2011 when it moved to its final location, CAST Theatre at NoDa at 2424 North Davidson Street.

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