Five new public sculptures have joined other works on the streets downtown as part of the Anderson Arts Center’s SculpTOUR, a public partnership between the Anderson Arts Center and the City of Anderson to increase public art downtown.
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The award is organization’s the top honor, and is given to recognize the individual or organization that has made the most significant contribution to theatre in South Carolina during the year most recently completed. The honor will be given to Ragland at the group’s annual meeting in June in Columbia.
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In the play, 10 contestants vie for a "hardbody" truck in Longview, Texas. The last contestant who has his or her hands on the truck wins it. The truck is a Nissan "hardbody" pickup (on stage).[5] The lives of each contestant, along with the car dealer and a radio announcer are revealed during the "hardbody" contest.
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Ten performance as set, beginning Friday night and running through May 11 with show times of 7:30 p.m on Thursdays and Fridays and 3 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. More than 4,300 tickets have already been sold and the best availability is on May 9, 10, and 11. Tickets are $15, with $12 for seniors, military, and students (a $1.50 processing fee is added to all tickets) and can be purchased online at www.milltownplayers.org, by calling (864) 947-8000, or at the door.
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Kym Day was awarded Best in Show for her oil on canvas “The New Ambassadors,” pictured below, as is a full list of winners from this year’s juried show.
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But it’s the voice of Drew Kenyon, who portrays Frankie Valli, that takes the show to another level, making this one of the best shows to date at Market Theatre.
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Market Theatre will tell the story of “Jersey Boys,” beginning this week, a musical that follows the foursome’s decades of professional success and rocky personal interactions in a play that was also a major motion picture.
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“The Savannah Sipping Society,” is a worthy addition to the theater’s run of Southern comedies. The show runs through March 10.
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L to R: Nancy Burkard, Tina Coppock, Kelly Wallace, Dona Shiflette
Photo credit: Escobar Photography
Tickets are $15, $12 for seniors, military and students, and are available at www.milltownplayers.org or by calling (864) 947-8000.
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“Bucket List,” which runs March 7-10, features songs and dance numbers, the staples which have made the senior variety show a sell-out success for more than 30 years.
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Mill Town Players' bold production of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” featured Broadway-level sets and superior performances to the Pelzer Auditorium stage. Review here.
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Anderson University's Studio 329 will host "ECHO: Unspoken and Retold," showcasing a compelling collection of stories from the Anderson community Saturday from 4-8 p.m. at 215 Main Street downtown.
An AU graphic design class collected narratives of local citizens throughout the semester, celebrating the diverse voices in Anderson, to produce the exhibit.
For more information contact Studio 329 at designforsocialvalue@gmail.com
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Perhaps the greatest challenge of the cast and director is overcoming an often campy, sophomoric comedy that almost tips at times into cartoonishly dumb due to the stage play by Qui Nguyen. But Market Theatre mines the best out of a challenging play, bringing life and fun to what could have been nothing but forced silliness.
Photo: Kelly T. Images
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The exhibit runs through Nov. 22.
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The Arts Center board of directors has chosen Kathy Moore as the new executive director. In a release, they wrote that Moore “has been active at the Arts Center for some time, understands the mission of the Arts Center, has a passion for the arts, and has the experience to continue moving the Arts Center in a great direction.”
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In the era of true-crime podcasts, and such television series as “Only Murders in the Building,” Joseph Kesserling’s play, “Arsenic and Old Lace,” which first hit the stage in January of 1941, remains fresh, and the Mill Town Players find just the right groove, nearly flawless as they dance to the playwright’s words which are on the edge of the macabre. Escobar Photography, LLC
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“We are so pleased to have received this award,” said April Cameron, executive director of the Arts Center. “It is our mission to advance the practice and appreciation of the arts, and we know that our art educators are in the trenches doing that every day. For them to recognize our efforts in this area is an honor.”
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The market is scheduled Oct. 5, 10 a.m- 5 p.m., Oct. 6. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. - with a Sip n Shop event from 4-7 p.m. On Oct. 7, the hours are 10 a.m.-1 p.m. with Market & Mimosas from 10 a.m. until noon. Admission to the Art Market is free. For more information, call 864-222-2787 or email brittonr@andersonarts.org.
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The winner of the 2023 Anderson Arts Center Art Slam now has an exhibit on display at the main branch of the Anderson County Library.
The exhibit for Kathy Moore, an artist and art educator at T.L. Hanna High School, kicked off Friday night on the second floor of the Anderson Main Library where her work will be on display through the first week of September.
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