We’re trusting our audience and they’re responding. See reviews, photos, directions, phone numbers and more for the best Theatres in Camden, SC. “Everyone is raising the bar with original productions that are daring and sophisticated. “It’s an exciting time in Columbia,” says Larry Hembree, who works with Columbia Children’s Theatre. Traveling shows like Broadway in Columbia also make their way to the Capital City thanks to large venues like the Koger Center, the Township Auditorium and Harbison Theatre at Midlands Technical College. Smaller theater companies like WOW Productions, the South Carolina Shakespeare Company and Workshop Theater have also found a supportive home in Columbia during the school year, University of South Carolina students from the department of theatre and dance stage contemporary productions at Drayton Hall and Longstreet Theater, an in-the-round theater which was built in 1855. Columbia’s Marionette Theater is one of just a handful in the county Columbia Children’s Theatre is known not just for high-quality programming for the next generation of theater-goers but, once during each production, a hilarious adults-only night. From director Hayao Miyazaki and the legendary Studio Ghibli, Howls Moving Castle is an Academy Award-nominated acclaimed fantasy based on the novel of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones. Town Theatre, which is the oldest continuously operating theater in the country, tends to focus on more classic works. Known for comfy recliners instead of the usual auditorium seating, Trustus leans away from the usual with thought-provoking works that often arrive directly from Broadway and off Broadway. For theater people, it’s a great place to live or visit.”Ĭolumbia’s theater groups are also providing a remarkable scope of work. “For a city this size, we have a lot of groups creating work and a lot of patrons supporting that work.
“Columbia is really a theater town,” says Chad Henderson, artistic director of the cutting-edge Trustus Theatre. Is all the world a stage? It could be, in Columbia, where men, women, children and even marionettes and muppets dance, sing, laugh and cry on dozens of stages throughout the region.
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