SOUTH CAROLINA INTERVIEWS

'What seems so important at one point in your life is really inconsequential to the larger snapshot of life.'...

'Just remember, if you touch us, we reserve the right to touch you back.'...

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

'One of my questions after reading the play was, 'Do you have to feel guilty in order to go to heaven, so you won't ever have to feel guilt again?' I think Del Shores grapples with that theme, so there is a lot of gut-wrenching guilt presented here.  Within the self-loathing there are opportunities...

'An immersive theatrical event, where Shakespearean Lovers are competing against the audience while performing scenes.'...

'I really think this show is going to be something special, and a journey for the audience and the cast to undertake together. I can't wait to see what kind of relationships we get to build!'...

'Expect a load of laughs, a heaping scoop of love, and tons of fun in this musical romp perfect for the entire family.'...

'It takes generations of people back to their younger days, which is what is so incredible about theater'...

'You cannot walk away from this show without learning something about yourself and your world.'...

We asked director Nicole Stratton to share with BWW readers a little about the production. She told us about the beauty of the music, the challenges of trying to direct yourself on stage, and how her own childhood dreams resonate with this story....

'I think that when people are crying or laughing, there is something in them that is open and engaged and invested with the story. That's what I always want.'...

'It's a very emotional show and it ends in a every delicate, sad way and it really touches people. I don't think they're expecting that.'...

In the Baptist backwoods of the Bible Belt, the beleaguered Turpin family proves that living and dying in the South is seldom tidy and always hilarious....

Town Theatre's Tracy Turnblad MADISON NELSON speaks out on her role in HAIRSPRAY and her experience making theatre in South Carolina!...

'It is a lovely, heartfelt, beautiful, emotion-filled, laugh-til-you-cry and cry-til-you laugh show'...

'I hope audiences will walk away realizing more fully that fear builds walls instead of bridges and that this will make them strive to see the perspectives of others who may be different, but who in reality as people are very much the same.'...

'Stay away from the botox injections before coming. You're really going to want to smile and have fun, so make sure your face muscles are ready.'...

'I think if you've seen the movie, if you've read the book, you won't be disappointed with the musical. You won't be like, 'Oh, I wish they would've left it alone.' No, you'll be like, 'That was amazing.'...

'It's going to be a body pile, we're going to get there, but there's also a lot of really great lightness and wittiness and intrigue and interest.'...

'As far as we know we're the only professional company in the world producing this story.'...

Actress, Amanda Sox has performed and lived all over the country. This fall she is stepping into the shoes of Jen in The Warehouse Theatre's production of the popular 'The Cake' by female playwright Bekah Brunstetter. I was lucky enough to sit down with Sox to discuss her perspective on the process ...

'It's a great way to escape the anxiety and stress of the holiday season with characters that remind you of your family - or yourself!'...

'It's just nice to be able to give the audience a little bit of light.'...

'The question is how do you represent these beloved iconic characters and this story without becoming mimics of their work. The answer is to tell the story in the best way that our actors and their gifts could tell it, making it their own and bringing the theatrical elements that we can produce on a...

'Our hope is that you come in and can forget the crazy world for a few hours. Smile, clap, toe tap, sing, and rejoice in some good ol' country music.'...