Queen Street Playhouse: Home of the Footlight Players

Cadillac Crew - A Regional Premiere Event - n the day of a much-anticipated speech by Rosa Parks during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, four activists working in a Virginia civil rights office wonder whether the proclamation of equality amongst mankind includes women. With remarkable insight and unexpected humor, Cadillac Crew reclaims the stories of the forgotten leaders who blazed the trail for desegregation and women’s rights and asks: when will the world be ready to embrace women in all their capacity?

Mar 8, 7:30pm - 9:30pm

Queen Street Playhouse: Home of the Footlight Players

Proof, on the surface, is a simple story about family dynamics and mathematics but is so much more complex than it seems. The play starts with Cat sitting in her backyard waiting for one of her father's students to finish reviewing some of his final work before he passed. As the play unfolds, we experience the rollercoaster of feelings that occur when two sisters are grieving and saying goodbye to their father, only to be pulled into his world of academia. When a revolutionary mathematic proof is found that could change the academic study of math all over the world, its authorship is questioned and challenged. As Cat navigates her own academic journey in the wake of her brilliant father, we see the challenges she faces as a woman in a male-dominated world. This is compounded by the perception of her mental state - she has inherited her father's brilliance without question...but does her brilliance come at the same cost?

Feb 9 - Feb 18

Queen Street Playhouse: Home of the Footlight Players

Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival - A well-done film has the ability to impact and change your life. Delve into the depths of the stories as the world of film is on full display.

Nov 2, 6:30pm - Nov 5, 12am

Queen Street Playhouse: Home of the Footlight Players

One four-letter word is about to rock 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant and beleaguered women he relies upon most risk life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble. Nominated for three Tony Awards, this outrageous political comedy is a direct from Broadway to Charleston regional premiere event.

Aug 18 - Sep 3

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A comedy of manners...without the manners. The Tony Award-winning sensation God of Carnage is the story of two married couples who meet for the first time shortly after their respective sons have a nasty schoolyard tangle. But any attempt at having a civilized discussion about whose child is responsible for the fight, and how the parents may have influenced such destructive behavior, quickly devolves into finger-pointing, name-calling, stomping around and throwing things. And that’s before they break out the rum!

Mar 24

Queen Street Playhouse: Home of the Footlight Players

91 seasons of continuous live theatre and survival in Charleston is already plenty to celebrate for any one organization, but for Footlight Players, in residence at the Queen Street Playhouse, it’s also an opportunity to grow and try out new theatrical experiences to offer to their patrons.

Queen Street Playhouse: Home of the Footlight Players

The Charleston Playhouse has announced its list of performers for the 2023 Broadway Cabaret Series season. This year the slate will include Broadway performers Darilyn Castillo (Hamilton, The Lion King, Motown the Musical), Hayley Podschun (“Glinda” in Wicked, Hello Dolly!, Something Rotten!, Chaplin, Anything Goes, Pal Joey, Sunday in the Park with George, Hairspray, The Sound of Music), Jenny DiNoia (“Elphaba” in Wicked in seven companies across four countries, more than any other actress in the show’s history, including Broadway, London, Chicago, Seoul, Sydney, and the 1st & 2nd National Tours), Jenny Lee Stern (Rocky, A Christmas Story), and local professionals Clyde Moser, Aaron Hancock, and Lauren Wagner.

Queen Street Playhouse: Home of the Footlight Players

SUCCULENTS: THE ART OF ADULTING BY LEAH ROTH BARSANTI DIRECTED BY MAARI SUORSA ALL SHOWS 7:30 PM AT QUEENSTREET PLAYHOUSE FEBRUARY 3, 4, & 5  Daphne's roommates are probably going to change the world. Ryn's a surgeon: she saves lives. Massie volunteers overseas in global crisis zones: she also saves lives. And Daphne... Daphne tried to bake cookies the other day. It didn't go well. In fact, nothing that Daphne has tried has EVER gone well. That is... until she buys her first succulent and realizes that plants just might be "her thing." What starts as a hobby for Daphne soon becomes an obsession, maybe even her small way of doing something positive for the world? Succulents is a modern myth about eco-warriors and indoor gardening asks whether it's possible to find a passion without letting it consume you.

Feb 3 - Feb 5

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Queen Street Playhouse premiers their new Summer Cinema Series on Friday, July 9th, with a free showing of the horror classic, Halloween, directed by John Carpenter. It's the first of the theatre’s new “Fright Night Friday” showings of a new horror classic every Friday through August 22nd. The weekend continues with “Smash Saturday” showing the original Jurassic Park, followed by “Sing-a-Long Sunday” with a showing of Disney's Frozen. All films are free to attend with online reservations highly recommended at footlightplayers.net/qsp-cinema-series. Full bar, popcorn, snacks, and concessions are available for purchase in the lobby.

Queen Street Playhouse: Home of the Footlight Players

The Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival, in partnership with the College of Charleston, is proud to announce the 15th edition of the annual celebration of contemporary Italian cinema and culture. The 2021 event will take place November 4th through 6th, 2021, at the Queen Street Playhouse and will feature 10 award-winning films.

Queen Street Playhouse: Home of the Footlight Players

The Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival, in partnership with the CofC, will take place November 4th - 6th, 2021, at the Queen Street Playhouse and will feature 10 award-winning films. Enjoy a range of films including comedy, romance, drama and films that explore the horrors of the Holocaust. Individual tickets cost $12 each, only available in advance through the Queen Street Playhouse Box Office (with an additional fee), or on the night of the screening (if tickets are still available). For more info, visit nuovocinemaitaliano.com, follow @nuovocinemaiff on Instagram or visit facebook.com/nuovocinemaiff. Watch movie trailers at nuovocinemaitaliano.com/films/.