Author: Margaret Evans

Alzheimer’s Family Services of Greater Beaufort invites you to dine with 99-year-old Lucy Marsden, as she tells her story of life with the Captain, a veteran of the War for Southern Independence. The play “Her Confession,” both bawdy and heartbreaking, is the last confession and prayer for judgment of a woman with “a good memory for grudges” and a mortal need for forgiveness. Jane Holding plays Lucy, having adapted the play from the best-selling novel “Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All,” together with its author, Allan Gurganus.

The curtain will rise next month on the inaugural International New Plays Festival of the Lowcountry, (INPFL) which will bring three evenings of original plays to the stage at USCB’s Center for the Arts in Beaufort. The festival is scheduled Friday, June 17 and Saturday, June 18 at 8 p.m. A matinee is planned for Sunday, June 19 at 3 p.m. Admission is $10 or $25 for all three shows. Students are admitted for $7 or $18 for all three shows. Audience members can reserve seats by calling (843) 521-4145 or pay at the door.

“Because what we do in the Black Box Theater is just a little different, we’re taking something that is tried and true – done and done again – and we’re going to put a new spin, ‘our’ spin, on it,” director JW Rone said of the new production of the American classic, Our Town, opening at ARTworks June 2. While virtually everyone is at least familiar with the concept of Thornton Wilder’s play – “Daily Life,” “Love and Marriage,” and “Death and Eternity” – many may not realize how timeless the play – originally produced in 1938 – really is.

Welcome One and All to the classic tale of “Pinocchio”! Lady’s Island Elementary has integrated this well-loved story from literature, adapted for younger audiences by Disney animators and retold by Kathryn Schultz Miller for Children’s Theatre. The story is a character lesson in behavior and consequences – about being brave, unselfish and  truthful.