Trustus is a year round professional theater in downtown Columbia. Trustus has always been to bring the best of the newest and original plays, to an audience craving professional theatre in a setting that is comfortable and unique. Trustus' uniqueness is the comfortable chairs, complimentary popcorn and bar that allows you to pretend you're really sitting at home in your living rooms while watching thought provoking, entertaining, quality theatre. Trustus' year around season is comprised of eight mainstage productions that combine comedy, drama, musicals and a Late Night season of one-acts and sketch comedy at 11:15pm on Fridays. Over the years, we have premiered over 65 shows in the southeast, including: Angels in America, Falsettos, Beirut, Colored Museum, The Boys Next Door, The Sum of Us, The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite, Fires in the Mirror and Boy Gets Girl.
Trustus Theatre
520 Lady Street
803-254-9732

The founders of the Town Theatre were not professional producers, directors or actors. They were a group of families who dreamed of a new concept for Columbia: a theatre where they and their families could not only watch plays, but also take part in them for fun and learn from the experience.
Town Theatre provides an exceptional opportunity for entry level actors by giving them the chance to work on stage with experienced veterans, many of whom are working professionals volunteering their time. Many of Town Theatre's current and alumni performers have appeared on Broadway, network television and in major feature films. They include Cats, A Chorus Line, Ruthless People, Hill Street Blues, and North and South. Every performance has open auditions, with all community members being encouraged to attend. There is also ample opportunity for members of the community to get involved behind the scenes.
Town Theatre
1012 Sumter Street
803.799.4764

The Colonial Life Arena is the largest arena in the state of South Carolina with 18,000 seats, and the tenth largest on-campus basketball facility in the nation. Located on the beautiful University of South Carolina campus, this one-of-a-kind facility features 41 suites, four Entertainment Suites, and the Frank McGuire Club, a full-service hospitality room that has a capacity of 300. The state-of-the-art facility also features plush seating, a technologically advanced sound system, a four-sided video scoreboard, and a one-of-a-kind selection of unique concession foods that will delight fans of all ages.
Colonial Life Arena
801 Lincoln Street
1-877-4-TWC-TIX

USC Summer Dance Conservatory
803-777-7264 www.cas.sc.edu/dance
SC Summer Dance Conservatory: July 27 at Drayton Hall Theatre, 1214 College Street, 5 PM.

Lake Murray Symphony
803-400-3540 www.lmso.org
The Pipes of Pan: May 13 at Harbison Theater at Midlands Tech, 7300 College Street, Irmo,
3:30-6 PM.
Fourth of July: July 4 at Saluda
Shoals Park, 5605 Bush River Road, 8 PM.
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South Carolina Philharmonic
803-771-7937 www.scphilharmonic.com
SCP Spring Gala: May 22 at the SC State Museum, 301 Gervais Street, 7 PM.
Special Event Concert: Piano Extravaganza: June 10 at the Koger Center for the Arts
1051 Greene Street, 4 PM.
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University of South Carolina School of Music
803-777-4280
www.music.sc.edu/events.html
Memorial Day Concert: May 28 at the Koger Center for the Arts, 1051 Greene Street, 7:30 PM.

Chapin Community Theatre
803-240-8544 www.chapintheatre.org
Little Princess: July 19-29 at Harbison Theater at Midlands Tech, 7300 College Street, Irmo.
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Columbia Children's Theatre
803-691-4548
www.columbiachildrenstheatre.com
3400 Forest Drive, Forest Acres
The Commedia Cinderella: June 15-24. The Commedia Pinnochio June 28-July
26. Willy Wonka Jr.: August 3-12.
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ICRC Children's Theatre
803-345-6181. www.icrc.net
School House Rock Live! Jr.: May 4-6 at Harbison Theater at Midlands Tech, 7300
College Street, Irmo.
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SC Shakespeare Company
803-787-2273. www.shakespearesc.org
Lysistrata by Aristophanes: May 16-19 at Finlay Park, 930 Laurel Street, 8PM
(tentative). The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged): May 25-27 at Saluda
Shoals Park, 5605 Bush River Road, 7:30p.
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Featured Theatre: Town Theatre
803-799-2510. www. towntheatre.com
1012 Sumter St in Downtown Columbia

Grease: May 4-20.
Take a trip to a simpler time of poodle skirts, drive-ins, and T-birds. "Bad boy" Danny and "the girl next door" Sandy fall in love all over again to the tunes of your favorite songs: "Summer Nights," "Greased Lightning," and "We Go Together," as well as additional songs from the hit movie: "Grease is the Word,"
"Hopelessly Devoted to You," and "You're the One That I Want." Throw your mittens around your kittens and hand-jive the night away with the show that'll make you want to stand up and shout, "A-wopbop-a-loo-bop A-wop-bam-boom!"

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: July 13-29. This is the story of Joseph, from the book of Genesis, a young man with a knack for having prophetic dreams-and the favorite son in the family. Incurring the jealousy of his brothers, they sell him into slavery in Egypt where his talents eventually save the country from fa mine and secure him a pos ition as Pharaoh's right-hand man. In due time, he is
reunited with his now-contrite and guiltridden brethren. Catchy music by Andrew Lloyd Webber utilizes a variety of musical styles and genres including rock 'n' roll, country-western, reggae, and disco. Prepare
to enter a world of dreams, for-as Joseph learns-"any dream will do."
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Featured Theatre: Trustus Theatre
803-254-9732. www.trustus.org
520 Lady St in Downtown Columbia

In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play: May 4-26.
This is a comedy about marriage, intimacy, and electricity. Set in the 1880s at the dawn of the age of electricity in a seemingly perfect, well-to-do Victorian home, proper gentleman and scientist Dr. Givings has innocently invented an extraordinary new device for treating "hysteria" in women (and occasionally men): the vibrator. Adjacent to the doctor's laboratory, his young and energetic wife tries to tend to their newborn daughter-and wonders exactly what is going on in the next room. When a new "hysterical" patient and her husband bring a wet nurse and their own complicated relationship into the doctor's home, Dr. and Mrs. Givings must examine the nature of their own marriage, and what it truly means
to love someone. This laugh out loud, provocative and touching play will take Trustus patrons on an "arousing" journey through the depths of the heart.

Almost an Evening: June 20-30.
From popular filmmaker and screenwriter Ethan Cohen comes a hilarious evening of one-acts. In Almost an Evening, three short plays unsuccessfully tackle important questions. In Waiting, someone waits
somewhere for a long time - is it Heaven or Hell? In Four Benches, a voyage to selfdiscovery
takes a British intelligence agent to steam baths in New York and Texas, and to park benches in the U.S. and U.K. In Debate, cosmic questions are taken up as an actor plays a challenging role: GOD. Not much is
learned, but boy, it's a good time!

Avenue Q: July 15-21.
Winner of the TONY "TRIPLE CROWN" for BEST MUSICAL, BEST SCORE and BEST BOOK, Avenue Q is part flesh, part felt, and packed with heart. Avenue Q is a laugh-outloud musical that tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. There, he meets Kate (the girl next door), Rod (the Republican), Trekkie (the internet sexpert), Lucy the Slut (need we say more?), and other colorful types who help Princeton finally discover his purpose in life! Featuring puppets by Columbia Marionette Theatre's Lyon Hill, Avenue Q will leave you rolling in the aisles with the most original experience in the Midlands this summer.

The Palace of the Moorish Kings: August 10-18.
Based on a short story by Evans S. Connell, this play is about the extent to which we get to choose how we live-or the extent to which we are programmed or brainwashed to live a certain way. It's 1970, and the Vietnam War is still raging. Old friends from high school-a doctor, a bank president, a contractor and an ad man, plus their wives-gather for the Thanksgiving ritual of gorging themselves and watching football. They are all pushing 50. Hard. On that fateful day, they get a call from JD, their old high school chum who tells them he's given up his world travels (about which he's sent many letters and photos) and
that he's coming back-and would they please make room for him? Now JD is old. And so are they. One has Parkinson's but is not yet diagnosed. One is in the grip of a nasty midlife emotional meltdown. One feels like a loser compared to his executive buddies. One has a son MIA in Vietnam who is surely dead, yet he still clings to the ideals that have cost him the life of his only child. Ideals, politics, and friendships are
challenged as this impassioned group converges for Thanksgiving.
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USC Summer Drama Conservatory
803-777-1277. www.cas.sc.edu/thea
High School Conservatory Performance
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Village Square Theatre
803-359-1436.
www.villagesquaretheatre.com
105 Caughman Road, Lexington
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs of the Black
Forest: April 26-May 6. The Miss Firecracker
Contest: June 7-17.
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Workshop Theatre of SC
803-799-6551. www.workshoptheatre.com
1136 Bull Street
Andrew Lippa's Wild Party: May 11-26.
Disney's Camp Rock: July 13-28.