BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC The Upstate Theatre scene has always been a close-knit community, often sharing artists, props, costumes, scenic elements, and since 2019, auditions. Companies have even collaborated on shows in the past (i.e. Mary Poppins in Greenwood/Abbeville) But...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC In a weekend of two fine musicals with many a nun (after Spartanburg Little Theatre’s sparkling Sister Act)the Upstate Foothills are alive with a glorious The Sound of Music at South Carolina Children’s Theatre. Artistic Director...
BY SANDY STAGGS DRAMA CRITIC The Mill Town Players in Pelzer and Greenville’s Guerrilla Shakespeare Company faced some stiff competition this weekend at the 2019 Southeastern Theatre Conference’s Community Theatre Festival in Knoxville, and are coming home tomorrow morning with...
The Theatre of Distinction Award goes to South Carolina Children’s Theatre, the Theatre Advocacy Award goes to Bert Wakeley and the 2018 Lifetime Service Award goes to Jimm Cox, formerly of USC Upstate. Chad Henderson of the Trustus Theatre will...
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This poignant axiom is as old as time itself, or at least Hans Christian Anderson, the Grimm brothers or Aesop. And South Carolina Children’s Theatre adds another message to the fairy tale...
BY SANDY STAGGS DRAMA CRITIC When the first name you recognize on the playbill of South Carolina Children’s Theatre’s “Seussical: The Musical” is Kim Granner as Director, and Scenic Designer, and on costumes and props, you know this is going...
