Trustus Theatre Announces Two Special Events For This Weekend
by Stephi Wild - Apr 5, 2022
Trustus Theatre will hold two special events the weekend of April 8 through April 10, 2022. Following the Friday, April 8th performance of Terry Guest’s At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen, Trustus will hold a late night Drag Show Extravaganza featuring performances by Alexia Bonet, Paris Lefaris, Anaya DeVore, Dorae Saunders, Samantha Hunter, and Nicole Roberts.
WITH PREACH JACOBS Comes to the Trustus Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Dec 19, 2020
Following the success of Preach Jacobs’ one-man show Black AF in 2019, Trustus Theatre is partnering again with the Columbia hip-hop artist, creator, activist, and award winning writer to bring With Preach Jacobs – a one-on-one conversation series – to the Thigpen Main Stage.
Trustus Presents ROCK THE BLOCK
by Stephi Wild - Nov 7, 2020
Local rock bands Brandy and the Butcher, Les Merry Chevaliers, and E.Z. Shakes are coming together to raise support for Trustus Theatre at “Rock The Block,” an outdoor concert on Saturday November 21st, 2020.
Trustus Theatre Presents THE THANKSGIVING PLAY
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 28, 2020
This November, Trustus Theatre will be presenting “The Thanksgiving Play” by Indigenous playwright Larissa FastHorse, the recipient of the 2020 MacArthur Genius Grant.
Trustus Theatre Presents Fest24 Homecoming
by Stephi Wild - Sep 25, 2020
Trustus Theatre will host FEST24: Homecoming online in October. This virtual experience will provide a new take on the theatre's popular 24-hour theatre event that was last presented in 2018 for a standing-room-only public performance. Six playwrights, six directors, and twenty-four actors will produce six new virtual one-acts over the course of three weekends.
Trustus LIVE Presents SOMETHING TO VOTE FOR Livestream Event
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 14, 2020
Trustus Theatre, in a partnership with The League of Women Voters Columbia Area, is celebrating the 2020 Women's Vote Centennial by producing a live-streamed reading of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 1911 activist play, Something to Vote For. Join the theatre online for this one-night-only event on Wednesday, August 26, at 7pm at trustus.org.
Trustus Theatre Board of Directors Has Named Chad Henderson New Producing Artistic Director
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 19, 2020
On Monday, February 17, 2020, the Trustus Theatre Board of Directors voted to end the organization's search for a Managing Director that began in September 2019, and named current Artistic Director Chad Henderson as the Producing Artistic Director. Henderson will now serve the organization in an Executive capacity to lead artists, staff, board and the community in realizing Trustus Theatre's mission.
Trustus Theatre Will Welcome the Revival of Coker College's Production of WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 8, 2020
In preparation for presenting the 2019 Pulitzer Winner Fairview, Trustus Theatre is partnering with Coker College to revive their stirring production of We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Hero of Namibia, Formerly Known as South West Africa, From the German Südwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915a?"an earlier work by Fairview playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury. This limited run production will be presented by Coker College and will be on Trustus Theatre's Side Door Theatre stage January 16-18, 2020. Tickets may be purchased at www.trustus.org, or by calling the Trustus Theatre Box Office at 803-254-9732.
Trustus Theatre Opens 35th Anniversary Season With COMPANY
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 16, 2019
Trustus Theatre opens their 35th Anniversary Season with the 1971 Tony Award-Winning musical, Company. Originally set in the '70s, this production has been reimagined to a modern landscape where swiping right, liking, and sharing are all part of starting a relationship and will leave us pondering how true human connections begin these days. Company will open up on The Thigpen Main Stage on Friday September 27, and will run through Saturday, October 26, 2019. Shows will run Thursday through Sunday for five packed weekends. Tickets may be purchased at www.trustus.org, or by calling the Trustus Theatre Box Office at 803-254-9732.
Trustus Theatre Announces Search For New Managing Director
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 27, 2019
Trustus Theatre, a local nonprofit theatre in the heart of Columbia's historic Vista district, has announced that they are searching for a new Managing Director. Applications for the position are now being accepted by the Trustus Theatre Board of Directors.
BWW Previews: MIDLANDS THEATRE ROUNDUP in Columbia, SC 4/19 - Columbia Children's Theatre Presents THE THREE LITTLE PIGS and More!
by Patrick Michael Kelly - Apr 19, 2019
OPENING! Columbia Children's Theatre presents THE THREE LITTLE PIGS with music by George Stiles and book and lyrics by Anthony Drewe. The production is directed by Paul Lindley II with choreography by Lisa Sendler and stars an ensemble cast. THE THREE LITTLE PIGS opens Saturday, April 20 and runs through Sunday, April 28. Tickets are $10, or $8 for active military and seniors. All Saturday night tickets are $5. Columbia Children's Theatre is located in Richland Mall, 2400 Forest Drive, Columbia, SC 29204. For more information, visit columbiachildrenstheatre.com.