Category: Theater/Dance

Ready for a break from the coronavirus?  Artists from throughout the City of Beaufort have filmed a series of videos to bring viewers happiness and inspiration while they continue to shelter at home.

Coastal Stage Productions proudly presents the second production of the CSP Theatre Season 2020, Always a Bridesmaid. This hilarious comedy of bridal proportions will be presented live onstage, weekends March 20 through 29 at Coastal Stage @ AMVETS, 1831 Ribaut Rd., Port Royal.

Hilton Head Dance Theatre will present an exciting program of classical and contemporary dance featuring company members and distinguished guest artists on Saturday, April 4th at 7:30 pm and Sunday, April 5th at 2:30 pm. The program takes its name from Terpsichore, the Greek muse of dance, and is always an audience favorite.

Oh, the challenges of first-time parenthood! You’ve got it all planned out and then that little bundle of joy derails all your preconceived notions about who you were and who you are now. You now must puzzle out how to juggle baby’s demands with those of your other relationships, especially those of your spouse.  Dreams of smoothly sailing into the future get tossed about and shipwrecked. And how in the world will you ever catch up on sleep?

Get ready to shake, rattle and roll as Hilton Head Christian Academy’s (HHCA) award-winning theater department brings the Elvis inspired jukebox musical All Shook Up to the stage March 19-21, 2020 at HHCA’s Performing Arts Center.  

Coastal Stage Productions proudly presents their CSP Theatre Season 2020 opener, DOUBT – A Parable. This Pulitzer Prize & Tony Award winning drama about authority, suspicion, and religion will be presented live onstage, Jan 24 through Feb 2 at Coastal Stage @ AMVETS, 1831 Ribaut Rd., Port Royal.

Pastor Paul may have begun his ministry in a small storefront church but now, twenty years later, he’s the leader of a grand megachurch of devoted parishioners. Yet now he stands on the brink of a theological earthquake. He’s had a revelation. In a late night talk with God he has come to the understanding that Hell, as he had been preaching, is not a physical place with fire and brimstone. Instead, Hell is the misery mankind makes on earth. 

Lean Ensemble Theater takes another giant step in its BOLDEST season yet with a new production of the much-acclaimed Every Brilliant Thing, written by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe. Directed by Maegan Azar, the one-man show stars Lean Ensemble member Matt Mundy.  

Your favorite practically perfect nanny takes center stage in The Beaufort Children’s Theatre production of Mary Poppins, Jr. This Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious adventure based on the award-winning Broadway musical and classic Walt Disney film will be on stage at USCB Center for the Arts November 22 and 23 at 7 pm and November 24 at 3pm.

The Hilton Head Dance Theatre will present the holiday favorite, The Nutcracker, at the Seahawk Cultural Center for six shows only opening Friday, November 15thand running through Sunday, November 24th.

Get ready to laugh as USCB Center for the Arts hosts the famous SECOND CITY comedy tour with their Greatest Hits, Vol 59! One night only – Friday, November 15 at 7:30pm.

The fourth show of the Coastal Stage Productions fifth season, The Last Romance, will be presented live onstage Oct 25 through Nov 3 at Coastal Stage @ AMVETS, 1831 Ribaut Rd., Port Royal, SC.  This bittersweet romantic comedy, laced with uproarious laughter, hilariously explores relationships between men and women and family in their golden years.

Lean Ensemble Theater launches its boldest season yet with Stephen Karam’s award-winning The Humans.  This 2016 Tony Award and Drama Desk Winner for Best Play is an intimate look at Thanksgiving dinner with a modern American family — a glimpse that is searingly funny and painfully troubled.  

If you are between the ages of 7 and 18 you’re invited to join Beaufort Children’s Theatre for auditions for Mary Poppins, Jr on September 24 and 25 at USCB Center for the Arts in historic downtown Beaufort. 

USCB Center for the Arts kicks off new seasonBy Mindy Lucas It’s a warm, muggy August evening on the University of South Carolina Beaufort campus. Inside the university’s Center for the Arts though, where rehearsals for Spamalot are taking place, it is cool and comfortable – a welcome relief from the summer heat. On stage, the cast is gathered around various music stands as music director Josh Wall, on piano, leads the group through several numbers.

The third show of Coastal Stage Productions’ sell out season, Moon Over Buffalo, will be onstage Aug 16 through Aug 25 at Coastal Stage @ AMVETS, 1831 Ribaut Rd., Port Royal, SC. 

USCB Center for the Arts announces the fabulous addition, By Experience Live, to their dynamic offerings to the Beaufort community. By Experience Live brings award winning live stage performances from all over the world to the big screen at Center for the Arts. 

Another wonderful Beaufort holiday tradition unfolds this December with scenes from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker performed by local ballerinas and guest artists at USCB Center for the Arts on December 13 and 14.  Beaufort’s Community Nutcracker will be directed by Melissa Derrick, who a studied classical ballet in Brazil, South America for over 15 years and has taught ballet in Beaufort for just as long.

Beaufort Theatre Company’s summer production Nunsense: The Mega Musical is all the fun of the original Nunsense,super-sized with more nuns and fun! Nunsense: The Mega Musical centers around the Little Sisters of Hoboken as they pull out all the stops to put on a talent show including tap dancing, habit humor, and much more!