Dewey Scott-Wiley News

MISERY IS OPTIONAL rolls through Trustus and SC Shakespeare is back with THE LIAR!

Director Patrick Michael Kelly sits down with Playwright Jon Tuttle to talk about Jon's new play BOY ABOUT TEN!

Three closings and one opening make for a busy weekend on Soda City stages!

A pair of Disney musicals open at Town and Village Square while Trustus keeps rocking with MEMPHIS!

Trustus' summer musical keeps on rolling!

WOW closes SECRETS 2 and Trustus raises the curtain on MEMPHIS!

Trustus Theatre brings the Tony Award-winning hit musical, Memphis by Joe Dipietro and David Bryan, to the Thigpen Main Stage this summer. Showing from June 29 - July 28, 2018, this show brings two unlikely characters together on Beale Street, although the world isn't quite ready for their love or their rock 'n' roll music. Memphis will open on Friday, June 29 and will run through Saturday, July 28, 2018. Tickets may be purchased at www.trustus.org, or by calling the Trustus Box Office at 803-254-9732.

FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE say goodbye, ALICE keeps wondering, PROOF opens in Newberry, and HT@MTC shows off what it's been cooking in its performance incubator!

It's a busy weekend for theatre in the Capital City!

CCT and Village Square start up their seasons and Trustus keeps the BARBECUE going!

Trustus kicks off its 33rd season with Robert O'Hara's charged comedy BARBECUE, and MOMMA'S BOY makes a stop at the Township Auditorium.

It's last call for ROCK at Trustus!

CLOSING! Columbia Children's Theatre presents THE COMMEDIA SLEEPING BEAUTY, adapted and directed by Jerry Stevenson. The show opens Saturday, June 24 with performances at 10:30 AM and 7:00 PM and closes Sunday, June 25 at 3:00 PM. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door. All performances are at First Christian Church, 2062 Beltline Boulevard, Columbia, SC 29204. For more information, visit www.columbiachildrenstheatre.com.

It's a four-day weekend for Columbia theatergoers with two openings, two closings, and the continuation of Trustus Theatre's ROCK fest!

Soda City stages are showing strong this weekend with two openings and more ROCK.

Trustus Theatre brings the hit musical Rock of Ages by Chris D'Arienzo to the Thigpen Main Stage this summer.

When one show closes another opens on Columbia stages...THE PRODUCERS takes its final (SOLD OUT!) bow at Sumter Little Theatre while ROCK OF AGES roars into Trustus Theatre!

Pulitzer Prize winning play written by Annie Baker and directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley, The Flick, will be on Trustus Theatre's main stage from May 20-June 4.

Trustus Theatre today announced that it is progressing to its next level of leadership. Effective August 31st, Chad Henderson, the theatre's current co-artistic director, will take on full artistic responsibilities as Dewey Scott-Wiley leaves Trustus to pursue other artistic goals. In addition, Henderson will serve as interim managing director, taking over from current managing director Larry Hembree, who is retiring.

Bill W. and Dr. Bob is an absorbing play by Samuel Shem and Janey Surrey about the men who created Alcoholics Anonymous in the early twentieth century. The AA movement has brought a system of support and hope to millions of addicts in recovery. This production explores how these men recognized their addiction to alcohol, what effect it was having on their lives and their families' lives, and how they started building a system that would promote effective recovery.