Piccolo Spoleto
The Piccolo Spoleto Festival annually presents a varied program that includes visual arts exhibitions, performances of classical music, jazz, dance, theater, and choral music, cultural events and community celebrations, poetry readings, children’s activities, craft shows, and film screenings.
Piccolo Spoleto prioritizes accessibility for both artists and performers, presenting professional work of the highest standard, while ensuring nearly half of Piccolo’s events are admission-free, with the balance offered at affordable ticket prices.
Piccolo Spoleto was launched in 1979 by the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs, which continues to work closely with an engaged group of volunteers from the Charleston arts community. The working group of arts professionals who serve as volunteer program coordinators for the Festival now numbers nearly forty, with each specializing in a particular discipline, genre, or period.
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Piccolo Spoleto Location and Map
Piccolo Spoleto Box Office
Gaillard Center
95 Calhoun St
Charleston SC 29401
(866) 811-3474
Piccolo Spoleto Website
Piccolo Spoleto Date and Time
Date: May 26 - June 11, 2023
Admission: Admission varies by event. Many events are free to the public. Tickets can be purchased at the box office, on-line, on the phone or at the event.
Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibition
Dates: May 26–June 11
Monday–Thursday 10:00am to 5:00pm
Friday–Sunday 10:00am to 6:00pm
Address: Marion Square, King and Calhoun Streets
Admission: Free
Marion Square is transformed into a beautiful open-air market as some of the finest and most creative local artists exhibit and sell their work. Stroll through the park and browse the artists’ tents as you view original oils, pastels, watercolors, acrylics, encaustics, photography, and more. With 54 artists on hand to personally answer questions and show their artwork, the Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibition offers a memorable experience and a great way to enjoy the creativity of our local visual arts community whether you’re in the market for a new acquisition, or simply window shopping.
Piccolo Spoleto Juried Art Exhibition
Dates: May 26 – June 11; 12:00pm – 5:00pm
Venue: City Gallery
Address: 34 Prioleau Street
Admission: Free
Piccolo Spoleto Performance Schedule
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Friday, May 26
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5:00PM |
Gap Gallery Pop Up • Redux Studios |
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6:00PM |
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress • Five Women Wearing the Same Dress is an irreverent comedy that follows five bridesmaids seeking refuge from the wedding reception in an upstairs bedroom. |
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8:00PM |
Sunset Serenade • US Customs House • Free |
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8:00PM |
Take the Funny and Run • Live improv comedy at Theatre 99 is a Charleston's funniest tradition! Shows at Theatre 99 are improv parties where audience members laugh until it hurts. Come loaded with suggestions for the quick-witted Theatre 99 ensemble members who will take your suggestions...and rock out hilarious unscripted scenes. Guaranteed to make you laugh! |
Saturday, May 27
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11:00AM |
Seed and Feed Marching Abominable • Marion Square |
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12:00PM |
Gullah/Geechee Connecting With The Diaspora • We will honor, celebrate and sustain our Gullah/Geechee family, land, legacy, history, culture and our ancestor. We are collaborating with our family of the diaspora. We welcome Amanda Smith founder/Creative artist to the Gullah/Geechee Nation. She is an internationally known artist. She tells the story of the water that brought us together by way of the Transatlantic Slave trade. We will have our very own collaborative Gullah/Geechee artists, herbalists, musician and African Dance group that will edutain you. This affair is by donation. Calling all the Dada and Kaka !! |
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2:00PM |
The Sound of Charleston • Experience the music that helps define Charleston’s history and unique charm. The longest running musical show in Charleston history features a diverse mix of gospel, Gershwin, jazz, Civil War songs, and light classics. Performers include Mayor John Tecklenburg, Ann Caldwell, Carl Bright, CSO artists Charles Messersmith and Jessica Hall-Dambaugh, and many more. Frommers Travel Guide calls The Sound of Charleston “the best time out in Charleston…a must see performance”. |
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3:00PM |
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress • Five Women Wearing the Same Dress is an irreverent comedy that follows five bridesmaids seeking refuge from the wedding reception in an upstairs bedroom. |
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4:00PM |
A Yank in Scotland • The Highlands of Scotland, filled with misty moors and glens, rolling fields of heather, and ghosts from Scottish history, invite mystical ruminations, kindle existential questions, and spark the imagination to soar into higher and uncharted territory. Join Paul O’Brien, and Bonnie Prince Charlie, in the telling of one man’s story of loss and discovery as he searches for mystery, meaning, and a lost wallet in the Highlands of Scotland. |
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5:00PM |
Lowcountry Voices Music Group presents Black Broadway • Charleston Music Hall • Free |
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6:00PM |
Clean Improv Comedy Show • Have you ever been to an improv show and thought, "I'd love to bring my 10 year old, but it's just not clean enough for them"? Well, now we've got you covered! Theatre 99 is presenting a one hour hilarious short form show that is clean as a whistle. No need to take cover from "F" bombs. This show is chock-full of fun and is just as side-splittingly funny as what you've come to expect here at Theatre 99. All improv - all based on your suggestions. |
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8:00PM |
The Have Nots! Comedy Improv Company • No scripts! All improv! This high-energy comedy improv show is entirely based on your audience suggestion so every show is different. It’s the longest running show in Charleston. The Have Nots! (Timmy Finch, Brandy Sullivan and Greg Tavares) will perform their unique brand of improv comedy AND you never know who will join them on the stage! Come find out why critics say “The Have Nots! have it!” |
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10:30PM |
Marching Abominable: Midnight Pajama March • US Custom House • Free |
Sunday, May 28
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11:00AM |
Seed and Feed Marching Abominable • Marion Square |
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2:00PM |
Gershwin & Jazz with an All Star Cast • In this special event, we have assembled an all-star cast of Charleston entertainers to highlight the City’s rich jazz history and, of course, the timeless music of George Gershwin, who wrote “Porgy and Bess” on Folly Beach in 1919. Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg & Saxophonist Jon Phillips perform jazz and reflect on its role in our history. Soprano Diamond Tyler and baritone Ramelle Brooks will perform hits from the opera, including the iconic “Summertime”. The program concludes with a stirring rendition of “Rhapsody in Blue” with Ghadi Shayban and Maida Libkin on the piano. |
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3:00PM |
Early Music Series Mediterranean Magic with Chatham Baroque • One of the most emblematic series of Piccolo Spoleto which has been going strong since 1986. This years’ series features the world renowned Chatham Baroque, the Spartina Consort, cellist Wade Davis, and performances of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons plus Mozart in the Afternoon. The amazing acoustics of Old St Mary’s will bring this music to life. Lively Spanish dances of the Baroque with virtuosic Italian sonatas for violin by Fontana and the one and only Antonio Vivaldi. Chatham Baroque musicians Andrew Fouts, violin, Patricia Halverson, viola da gamba, Scott Pauley, theorbo and baroque guitar. |
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3:00PM |
The Charleston Playhouse Broadway Cabaret Series Presents Clyde Moser • Charleston Playhouse's Broadway Cabaret Series will feature Broadway performers, Equity members from across the country, and local professionals on the beautiful Chapel Theatre stage in downtown Charleston. Following the time-honored structure of Cabaret performances, each evening will be a themed original work curated by the Artist, featuring music and storytelling in an immersive and intimate experience. |
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4:00PM |
Cognac and Roses, A Toast to Edgar Allan Poe • Cognac and Roses contains some of Poe's best and most loved works told by six master storytellers. Join us as we perform these haunting tales for you. Immerse yourself in the intoxicating imagination of one of America's greatest writers. The show runs ninety minutes and consists of eleven of Poe's poems and short stories. This cast of six will open your mind in a whole new way to the phantasmagoric world of Edgar Allan Poe. |
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6:00PM |
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress • Five Women Wearing the Same Dress is an irreverent comedy that follows five bridesmaids seeking refuge from the wedding reception in an upstairs bedroom. |
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7:00PM |
Cognac and Roses, A Toast to Edgar Allan Poe • Cognac and Roses contains some of Poe's best and most loved works told by six master storytellers. Join us as we perform these haunting tales for you. Immerse yourself in the intoxicating imagination of one of America's greatest writers. The show runs ninety minutes and consists of eleven of Poe's poems and short stories. This cast of six will open your mind in a whole new way to the phantasmagoric world of Edgar Allan Poe. |
Monday, May 29
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10:00AM |
L'Organo Recital with Raphael Vogl • Grace Church Cathedral • Free |
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11:00AM |
Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestra • Charleston Music Hall • Free |
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11:00AM |
Piccolo Spoleto Rising Stars • Check back for tickets |
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12:00PM |
Charleston Men's Chorus 2023 Memorial Day Concert • Please join the Charleston Men's Chorus on Memorial Day as we honor and celebrate in song those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country. |
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12:00PM |
Isn't It Romantic • This all Handel program includes the uplifting Gloria for soprano, two violins and basso continuo, the aria “Rejoice Greatly”, O Daughter of Zion from the Messiah and the beautiful Trio Sonata in G Major. Andrew Fouts, violin, Patricia Halverson, viola da gamba and Scott Pauley, theorbo and baroque guitar with guests Evan Few, violin and Justin Wallace, harpsichord. |
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3:00PM |
Early Music Series Handel's Gloria with Chatham Baroque • This all Handel program includes the uplifting Gloria for soprano, two violins and basso continuo, the aria “Rejoice Greatly”, O Daughter of Zion from the Messiah and the beautiful Trio Sonata in G Major. Andrew Fouts, violin, Patricia Halverson, viola da gamba and Scott Pauley, theorbo and baroque guitar with guests Evan Few, violin and Justin Wallace, harpsichord. |
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3:00PM |
Memorial Day Concert • Hampton Park • Free |
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3:00PM |
The New South Festival Singers • Circular Congregational Church • Free |
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3:00PM |
Piccolo Spoleto Rising Stars • Check back for tickets |
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5:00PM |
The Charlestones Sing Everything • The Holy City's favorite a cappella quartet presents a program of 8 musical genres, including Renaissance, sacred hymns, spirituals, musical theatre, country, patriotic, jazz, and pop! |
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6:00PM |
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress • Five Women Wearing the Same Dress is an irreverent comedy that follows five bridesmaids seeking refuge from the wedding reception in an upstairs bedroom. |
Tuesday, May 30
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9:15AM |
Porkchop presents Rapunzel • Charleston County Public Library Auditorium • Free |
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10:00AM |
L'Organo Recital with Ryan Chan • Cathedral of St. Luke & St. Paul • Free |
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11:00AM |
Porkchop presents Rapunzel • Charleston County Public Library Auditorium • Free |
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12:00PM |
Go For Baroque • Join us for this concert featuring the music of JS Bach and others! • Free |
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3:00PM |
Early Music Series Vivaldi's Venice with Chatham Baroque • Enjoy the veritable showdown of fiery sonatas for 2 violins and lively ciacconas by Italian Baroque masters including Vivaldi, Bertali, Merula, Corelli and Castello. Andrew Fouts, vioilin, Patricia Halverson, viola da gamba and Scott Pawley, theorbo and baroque guitar with guests Evan Few, violin and Justin Wallace, harpsichord. |
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6:00PM |
Sundown Poetry with Willie Lee Kindard III • Washington Square Park • Free |
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6:30PM |
Featured Film Series: March '68 • Movie Description: Two young students - Hania and Janek - meet and fall in love in the midst of social turmoil and Jewish discrimination in 1960’s Warsaw. |
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7:00PM |
Cello Recital: Music of Shostakovich and Beethoven • The Unitarian Church in Charleston • Free |
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7:00PM |
The Book of Will • When a rip-off Hamlet hits the stage (“To be or not to be, ay! there’s the point”) Shakespeare’s friends are furious. They set off on a mad chase to compile a book of Will’s plays -- but to make one, they’ll battle dodgy publishers, boozy rivals, and worst of all, time. Gunderson’s look at Shakespeare’s First Folio is a lively, funny, poignant love letter to theatre and the printed word. |
Wednesday, May 31
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9:15AM |
College of Charleston Opera • Charleston County Public Library Auditorium • Free |
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10:00AM |
L'Organo Recital with Patrick Pope • Cathedral of St. John the Baptist • Free |
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11:00AM |
College of Charleston Opera (Children's Programs at Main Library) • Charleston County Public Library Auditorium • Free |
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12:00PM |
College of Charleston Jazz • CofC's top jazz combo of James Tomberg (saxophone), Axel Rangel (guitar), Brice Tiffany, (bass), and Alex Brouwer (drums) will captivate the audience with their selections of jazz standards. |
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2:00PM |
The Sound of Charleston • Experience the music that helps define Charleston’s history and unique charm. The longest running musical show in Charleston history features a diverse mix of gospel, Gershwin, jazz, Civil War songs, and light classics. Performers include Mayor John Tecklenburg, Ann Caldwell, Carl Bright, CSO artists Charles Messersmith and Jessica Hall-Dambaugh, and many more. Frommers Travel Guide calls The Sound of Charleston “the best time out in Charleston…a must see performance”. |
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3:00PM |
Early Music Series Dances and Ayres from the British Isles with Chatham Baroque • A delightful compilation of intimate consort songs of John Dowland , Henry Purcell’s heart-wrenching “Plaint” from the Fairy Queen, variations based on Greensleeves and arrangements of Old Scots Tunes. Andrew Fouts, violin, Patricia Halverson, viola da gamba and Scott Pauley, theorbo and baroque guitar with guests Pascale Beaudin, soprano, Evan Few, violin and Steve Rosenberg, recorder. |
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5:30PM |
Annex Dance Company Film Premier • World Premiere of Annex Dance Company's dance film created with film director, and former company member, Maggie Bailey. Filmed in April of 2023, the film explores the push and pull of relationships in a series of vignettes danced to the music of Marcus Amaker mixed with text by writer and poet collaborators. |
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6:00PM |
Chamber Music Charleston: Forgotten Voices: Celebrating Women Composers of the Baroque Era • The world has celebrated the music of composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach and Antonio Vivaldi for centuries, but what about the female composers who were writing equally glorious music during the Baroque and early Classical era? Chamber Music Charleston curates a special program of music that explores the compositions of these lesser-known composers, performed alongside their male contemporaries. |
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6:00PM |
Sundown Poetry with Marlanda Dekine • Washington Square Park • Free |
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7:00PM |
Cognac and Roses, A Toast to Edgar Allan Poe • Cognac and Roses contains some of Poe's best and most loved works told by six master storytellers. Join us as we perform these haunting tales for you. Immerse yourself in the intoxicating imagination of one of America's greatest writers. The show runs ninety minutes and consists of eleven of Poe's poems and short stories. This cast of six will open your mind in a whole new way to the phantasmagoric world of Edgar Allan Poe. |
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8:00PM |
Laughway to the Weekend • Come laugh it up with us half way to the weekend! This improv comedy show will feature 3 acts of hilarious improv comedy. Wednesday nights are a Charleston tradition that feature long form improv comedy. Every show is different and completely based on audience suggestions. |
Thursday, June 1
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9:15AM |
Professor Jazz • Charleston County Public Library Auditorium • Free |
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10:00AM |
L'Organo Recital with Valentina Huang • St. Philips Church • Free |
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11:00AM |
Professor Jazz (Children's Programs at Main Library) • Charleston County Public Library Auditorium • Free |
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12:00PM |
Music of the Romantics • Like Rachmaninov? Here you go! Rachmaninov's Etude-Tableaux in D Major (Clara Camacho, piano) and selected art songs (Lauren Funkhauser, soprano). Also presented, will be Brahms' Trio for Clarinet (Anna Cogbill, clarinet; Zach Butler, cello; Misha Pekar, piano); Chasson of Fauré (Seth Younglove, tenor) and lieder of Schubert (Justin Floyd, tenor); and Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole (Laura Diaz, violin). |
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3:00PM |
Early Music Series The Joy of Bach with Chatham Baroque • A program devoted to vocal and instrumental music by the most famous composer of the baroque, J.S.Bach, including sonatas and arias by his forebears and contemporaries such as Buxtehude and Handel. Andrew Fouts, violin, Patricia Halverson, viola da gamba and Scott Pauley, theorbo and baroque guitar, with guests Pascale Beaudin, soprano and Justin Wallace, harpsichord. |
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6:00PM |
Piccolo on King (street party) • King Street • Free |
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6:00PM |
Sundown Poetry with Eugene Platt • Washington Square Park • Free |
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6:30PM |
Featured Film Series: Karaoke • Movie Description: An offbeat, comedic journey that delights and surprises, Karaoke follows Tova and Meir, a standard aging couple with 46 years of marriage and two grown daughters. They live a comfortable life, with Meir currently on sabbatical from his academic professorship, and Tova running a boutique shop. Their lives get a jolt of excitement from their neighbor from above, Itzik, who invites them to his penthouse for karaoke nights. Tova and Meir fall hard for Itzik’s energetic lifestyle. They enter into a competition amongst their other neighbors and soon themselves, trying to win Itzik’s attention. |
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7:00PM |
Sierra Club presents: Barbarian Utopia: Encounters on the Appalachian Trail • College of Charleston Robert Scott Small 235 Auditorium • Free |
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7:00PM |
The Book of Will • When a rip-off Hamlet hits the stage (“To be or not to be, ay! there’s the point”) Shakespeare’s friends are furious. They set off on a mad chase to compile a book of Will’s plays -- but to make one, they’ll battle dodgy publishers, boozy rivals, and worst of all, time. Gunderson’s look at Shakespeare’s First Folio is a lively, funny, poignant love letter to theatre and the printed word. |
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7:30PM |
Mary Kay Has a Possee • Charleston's original all-female improv comedy group! Part talk show format (similar to The View), part long form improv, ALL funny! Bitingly witty, unpredictable, and politically incorrect, the ladies of “Posse Talk” break all the rules. “An unforgettable night of laughing ’til your face hurts.” Charleston City Paper If you are easily offended or feel that a woman's place is in the kitchen, stay home. |
Friday, June 2
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10:00AM |
L'Organo Recital with Jared Lamenzo • St. Matthew's Lutheran Church • Free |
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12:00PM |
A Day with the Romantics • This will be a fun concert, featuring Clara Camacho in the first movement of Schumann's Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 54 and Maria Savelyeva, cello and Misha Pekar, piano in Schumann's Cello Concerto in a minor. Seth Younglove, tenor, will sing selections from Vaughn-Williams' Songs of Travel and Max Mast, baritone, will sing two of Verdi's rarely performed romanzes. |
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3:00PM |
Early Music Series The Art of the Trio with Chatham Baroque • A program featuring “the best of Chatham Baroque” with Corelli’s Sonata in E minor for violin and continuo and Biber’s amazing Ciaccona for violin and continuo, dances from baroque Spain and Contrapunctus X11 from J.S. Bach’s, The Art of the Fugue. |
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6:00PM |
Sundown Poetry with Angelo Geter • Washington Square Park • Free |
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7:00PM |
Booger Red • Solo performer and playwright Jim Loucks brings his Southern storytelling style to Threshold Repertory Theatre for the Piccolo Spoleto Festival with his one-man show Booger Red June 2-4, 2023. Booger Red is directed by Lisa Chess. Loucks was previously seen at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in his solo show The Biscuiteater. Booger Red survives a rough childhood to become a renowned Hellfire and Brimstone Southern Baptist preacher. How can Preacher's Kid Jimmy find a way out from under Booger Red's larger-than-life shadow as he grows up and finds his own voice? If you've ever had a dream or a daddy, Loucks' gritty and passionate solo performance is for you. |
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7:00PM |
The Charlestones present "Love is in the Air" • The Holy City's favorite a cappella quartet presents a program of love songs from the genres of Renaissance, musical theatre, doo-wop, country, jazz, and pop! |
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8:00PM |
Take the Funny and Run • Live improv comedy at Theatre 99 is a Charleston's funniest tradition! Shows at Theatre 99 are improv parties where audience members laugh until it hurts. Come loaded with suggestions for the quick-witted Theatre 99 ensemble members who will take your suggestions...and rock out hilarious unscripted scenes. Guaranteed to make you laugh! |
Saturday, June 3
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9:00AM |
Sand Sculpting Competition • Front Beach at Isle of Palms • Free |
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1:00PM |
Piccolo Spoleto Rising Stars • In its 15th year, the series will showcase young actors, dancers, musicians, writers and visual artists in the high-profile venue of Spoleto USA Festival through its affiliation with Piccolo Spoleto. |
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2:00PM |
CURE8 Charleston • This show features artists from all over the state of South Carolina coming together to present new works. You can expect tap, krump, contemporary, hip-hop and a few other surprises from this incredible cast! |
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2:00PM |
The Sound of Charleston • Experience the music that helps define Charleston’s history and unique charm. The longest running musical show in Charleston history features a diverse mix of gospel, Gershwin, jazz, Civil War songs, and light classics. Performers include Mayor John Tecklenburg, Ann Caldwell, Carl Bright, CSO artists Charles Messersmith and Jessica Hall-Dambaugh, and many more. |
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3:00PM |
A Yank in Scotland • Join Paul O’Brien, and Bonnie Prince Charlie, in the telling of one man’s story of loss and discovery as he searches for mystery, meaning, and a lost wallet in the Highlands of Scotland. |
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3:00PM |
L'Organo Recital with Mayor Tecklenburg & Wesley Hall • Summerall Chapel, The Citadel • Free |
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4:00PM |
Piccolo Spoleto Rising Stars • In its 15th year, the series will showcase young actors, dancers, musicians, writers and visual artists in the high-profile venue of Spoleto USA Festival through its affiliation with Piccolo Spoleto. |
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5:00PM |
Piccolo Fiction presented by Blue Bicycle Books • Blue Bicycle Books • Free |
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6:00PM |
Booger Red • Solo performer and playwright Jim Loucks brings his Southern storytelling style to Threshold Repertory Theatre for the Piccolo Spoleto Festival with his one-man show Booger Red June 2-4, 2023. Booger Red is directed by Lisa Chess. Loucks was previously seen at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in his solo show The Biscuiteater. Booger Red survives a rough childhood to become a renowned Hellfire and Brimstone Southern Baptist preacher. How can Preacher's Kid Jimmy find a way out from under Booger Red's larger-than-life shadow as he grows up and finds his own voice? If you've ever had a dream or a daddy, Loucks' gritty and passionate solo performance is for you. |
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6:00PM |
Mary Kay Has a Possee • Charleston's original all-female improv comedy group! Part talk show format (similar to The View), part long form improv, ALL funny! Bitingly witty, unpredictable, and politically incorrect, the ladies of “Posse Talk” break all the rules. “An unforgettable night of laughing ’til your face hurts.” Charleston City Paper If you are easily offended or feel that a woman's place is in the kitchen, stay home. |
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6:00PM |
The In Between presents Deep in the Night • The In-Between ensemble opens communication between the two art worlds of classical and jazz music to highlight the shared qualities and enjoy exploring the differences. Soprano Jill Terhaar Lewis, with jazz musicians Robert Lewis (saxophone) and Gerald Gregory (piano) collaborate for a one-of-a-kind performance of original works by the ensemble members and arrangements of an eclectic mix of genres and a truly unique chamber music experience. |
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7:00PM |
CURE8 Charleston • This show features artists from all over the state of South Carolina coming together to present new works. You can expect tap, krump, contemporary, hip-hop and a few other surprises from this incredible cast! |
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8:00PM |
The Have Nots! Comedy Improv Company • This show features artists from all over the state of South Carolina coming together to present new works. You can expect tap, krump, contemporary, hip-hop and a few other surprises from this incredible cast! |
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9:00PM |
Cognac and Roses, A Toast to Edgar Allan Poe • Cognac and Roses contains some of Poe's best and most loved works told by six master storytellers. Join us as we perform these haunting tales for you. Immerse yourself in the intoxicating imagination of one of America's greatest writers. The show runs ninety minutes and consists of eleven of Poe's poems and short stories. This cast of six will open your mind in a whole new way to the phantasmagoric world of Edgar Allan Poe. |
Sunday, June 4
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2:00PM |
Charleston Academy of Music Celebrating its 20th anniversary • Second Presbyterian Church • Free |
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3:00PM |
A Klezmer Journey with Viva Klezmer! • Charlotte based ensemble Viva Klezmer! will trace the evolution of klezmer music from its first |
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3:00PM |
Early Music Series: Masters of the French and German Baroque - Music for Chamber and Court • This program will transport us to the Versailles Court and a tour of Baroque Germany. Charleston’s newest early music ensemble plays baroque music on flauto traverse, recorder, bass and treble viola da gamba and harpsichord. |
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3:00PM |
The Book of Will • When a rip-off Hamlet hits the stage (“To be or not to be, ay! there’s the point”) Shakespeare’s friends are furious. They set off on a mad chase to compile a book of Will’s plays -- but to make one, they’ll battle dodgy publishers, boozy rivals, and worst of all, time. Gunderson’s look at Shakespeare’s First Folio is a lively, funny, poignant love letter to theatre and the printed word. |
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3:00PM |
Alumni Dance Concert • In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Dance Major, the Department of Theatre and Dance is proud to produce a dance concert featuring the work of alumni who are making an impact in our dance community. Featuring works in a variety styles, this concert will be performed by students and companies from dance organizations throughout the Lowcountry. |
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4:00PM |
Columbia Choral Society • Summerall Chapel, The Citadel • Free |
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4:00PM |
L'Organo Recital with Jihye Choi • Holy Spirit Lutheran Church • Free |
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4:00PM |
Oh Happy Day Gospel Music: The Bright Family Singers with Special Guest Ann Caldwell • This not to be missed performance presents a heartfelt and energetic presentation of traditional songs, hymns and Negro spirituals. Music of Mahalia Jackson, Paul Robeson, and more are included. The Bright Family Singers and ensemble will inform you about the history of gospel music and will captivate you with powerful choral and solo renditions. Special guest artist, Lowcountry favorite Ann Caldwell will join the cast to sing spirituals and demonstrate the Gullah dialect. |
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4:00PM |
Palmetto Bronze • Bethel United Methodist Church • Free |
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6:00PM |
Chamber Music Featuring Jewish Composers with Yuriy Bekker and Friends • Experience an unforgettable evening of intimate chamber music by prominent Jewish composers at the magnificent KKBE synagogue, featuring Charleston's own critically acclaimed violinist, Yuriy Bekker. |
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7:00PM |
Booger Red • Solo performer and playwright Jim Loucks brings his Southern storytelling style to Threshold Repertory Theatre for the Piccolo Spoleto Festival with his one-man show Booger Red June 2-4, 2023. Booger Red is directed by Lisa Chess. Loucks was previously seen at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in his solo show The Biscuiteater. Booger Red survives a rough childhood to become a renowned Hellfire and Brimstone Southern Baptist preacher. How can Preacher's Kid Jimmy find a way out from under Booger Red's larger-than-life shadow as he grows up and finds his own voice? If you've ever had a dream or a daddy, Loucks' gritty and passionate solo performance is for you. |
Monday, June 5
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10:00AM |
L'Organo Recital with Lee Kohlenberg • Cathedral of St. John the Baptist • Free |
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12:00PM |
To Infinity and Beyond • From late Romantic and Impressionist to Minimalist, this concert has something for everyone. |
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3:00PM |
Early Music Series Vivaldi's Four Seasons • One of the great masterpieces of the baroque, or any era. The vibrant acoustics of Old St Mary’s will make this an unforgettable experience. Violinist, Micah Gangwer, and members of the Charleston Symphony will delight us all with this thrilling performance. |
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7:00PM |
The Book of Will • When a rip-off Hamlet hits the stage (“To be or not to be, ay! there’s the point”) Shakespeare’s friends are furious. They set off on a mad chase to compile a book of Will’s plays -- but to make one, they’ll battle dodgy publishers, boozy rivals, and worst of all, time. Gunderson’s look at Shakespeare’s First Folio is a lively, funny, poignant love letter to theatre and the printed word. |
Tuesday, June 6
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10:00AM |
L'Organo Recital with Paul Byssainthe • First (Scots) Presbyterian Church • Free |
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12:00PM |
Mostly Mozart • In addition to "mostly Mozart," the audience will be treated to music of Haydn and Beethoven in this concert. |
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3:00PM |
Cognac and Roses, A Toast to Edgar Allan Poe • Cognac and Roses contains some of Poe's best and most loved works told by six master storytellers. Join us as we perform these haunting tales for you. Immerse yourself in the intoxicating imagination of one of America's greatest writers. The show runs ninety minutes and consists of eleven of Poe's poems and short stories. This cast of six will open your mind in a whole new way to the phantasmagoric world of Edgar Allan Poe. |
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3:00PM |
Early Music Series: Mozart in the Afternoon/A Little Night Music • Members of the Charleston Symphony will perform the complete “Eine Kleine Nachtmusick “ as well as other dazzling chamber music by the great musical genius. |
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6:00PM |
Sundown Poetry with John Milkereit • Washington Square Park Washington Square Park Washington Square Park • Free |
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6:00PM |
Under the Lights • This perennial Piccolo favorite highlights original College of Charleston student works. A series of 10-minute plays, Under the Lights features winners of the Franklin B. Ashley Playwriting and the Todd McNerney Student Playwriting Awards. |
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7:00PM |
A Yank in Scotland • Join Paul O’Brien, and Bonnie Prince Charlie, in the telling of one man’s story of loss and discovery as he searches for mystery, meaning, and a lost wallet in the Highlands of Scotland. |
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7:00PM |
World Music Café • In its 7th year, World Music Cafe Charleston presents top notch artists performing unique music from all over the world. This year for the Piccolo Festival our theme is World Blues Fusion featuring a magical blend of American Southern Blues, Native American and Middle Eastern sounds....all cultures with plenty of reasons to sing the blues! This will be a great show....come join us! |
Wednesday, June 7
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10:00AM |
L'Organo Recital with Eddie Zheng • St. John's Lutheran Church • Free |
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12:00PM |
My Romance • Lieder of R. Strauss (Max Mast, baritone) and Schubert (Logan Smith, bass-baritone) are featured in this concert along with the first two movements of Franck's Sonata in A Major for Cello and Piano (Maria Savelyeva, cello; Clara Camacho, piano) andLiszt's Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Joanna Norwood, piano). |
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3:00PM |
Early Music Series: Bach Cello Suites • Baroque cellist Wade Davis will perform the most celebrated compositions for solo cello. Listening to these masterpieces in an acoustic that provides a natural amplification will give us a glimpse of the impact this music had on the listeners in the eighteenth century. |
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6:00PM |
Chamber Music Charleston: Capturing the American Spirit: Music of Dvorak, Price, Burleigh, and Still • Chamber Music Charleston’s program brings together the music of Burleigh and Dvorak, alongside those of other important but long-neglected composers such as Florence Price and William Grant Still. Through their music, the program paints a vivid portrait of a distinctive yet classically-informed, American sound rooted in the country's diverse cultural heritage. |
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6:00PM |
Sundown Poetry with Kurtis Lamkin • Washington Square Park • Free |
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6:00PM |
Under the Lights • This perennial Piccolo favorite highlights original College of Charleston student works. A series of 10-minute plays, Under the Lights features winners of the Franklin B. Ashley Playwriting and the Todd McNerney Student Playwriting Awards. |
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6:00PM |
The Book of Will • When a rip-off Hamlet hits the stage (“To be or not to be, ay! there’s the point”) Shakespeare’s friends are furious. They set off on a mad chase to compile a book of Will’s plays -- but to make one, they’ll battle dodgy publishers, boozy rivals, and worst of all, time. Gunderson’s look at Shakespeare’s First Folio is a lively, funny, poignant love letter to theatre and the printed word. |
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7:30PM |
Mary Kay Has a Possee • Charleston's original all-female improv comedy group! Part talk show format (similar to The View), part long form improv, ALL funny! Bitingly witty, unpredictable, and politically incorrect, the ladies of “Posse Talk” break all the rules. “An unforgettable night of laughing ’til your face hurts.” Charleston City Paper If you are easily offended or feel that a woman's place is in the kitchen, stay home. |
Thursday, June 8
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10:00AM |
L'Organo Recital with Anthony Williams • St. Michael's Church • Free |
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11:00AM |
The ‘Black Music Is’ Mixtape, with Marcus Amaker • James Island Arts and Cultural Center • Free |
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12:00PM |
What's Opera, Doc? • Arias and ensembles galore from many of music's greatest operas! Favorites from Mozart (La Clemenza di Tito), Offenbach (Tales of Hoffman), Puccini (La Bohème), Bellini (Il Pirata), Donizetti (L'Elisir d'Amore), R. Strauss (Der Rosenkavalier), Gounod (Faust) are all included here. |
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3:00PM |
Early Music Series: Vivaldi's Four Seasons • One of the great masterpieces of the baroque, or any era. The vibrant acoustics of Old St Mary’s will make this an unforgettable experience. Violinist, Micah Gangwer, and members of the Charleston Symphony will delight us all with this thrilling performance. |
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4:00PM |
Housing Authority of the City of Charleston presents: Charlton Singleton and Contemporary Flow • Enston Homes • Free |
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6:00PM |
Hampton Park Stroll with Awendaw Green • Hampton Park • Free |
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6:00PM |
Sundown Poetry with Elizabeth Robin • Washington Square Park • Free |
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6:00PM |
There’s Always Tomorrow • In this one-act drama, two individuals long to explore the world beyond their conservative Southwest Virginia town, but obstacles of marriage and parenthood constrain them as the years of their lives slip away. There's Always Tomorrow is a poignant exploration of how our identities, relationships, and worldviews are shaped by our upbringing and the places we call home. |
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7:00PM |
UnShakeable • UnShakeable is an uplifting story of two actors victimized with memory loss by the virus “Erasure” in a global pandemic. It touches on themes of isolation, loneliness, dementia, and memory loss but also hope and joy as they find awakening and a re-kindled romance through the powerful words of William Shakespeare |
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8:00PM |
Comedy Improv Marathon • UnShakeable is an uplifting story of two actors victimized with memory loss by the virus “Erasure” in a global pandemic. It touches on themes of isolation, loneliness, dementia, and memory loss but also hope and joy as they find awakening and a re-kindled romance through the powerful words of William Shakespeare |
Friday, June 9
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10:00AM |
L'Organo Recital with Margaret Harper • Cathedral of St. John the Baptist • Free |
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2:00PM |
There’s Always Tomorrow • In this one-act drama, two individuals long to explore the world beyond their conservative Southwest Virginia town, but obstacles of marriage and parenthood constrain them as the years of their lives slip away. There's Always Tomorrow is a poignant exploration of how our identities, relationships, and worldviews are shaped by our upbringing and the places we call home. |
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3:00PM |
Early Music Series: Mozart in the Afternoon/A Little Night Music • Members of the Charleston Symphony will perform the complete “Eine Kleine Nachtmusick” as well as other dazzling chamber music by the great musical genius. A fitting end to this years’ Early Music Series”. |
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4:00PM |
A Yank in Scotland • Join Paul O’Brien, and Bonnie Prince Charlie, in the telling of one man’s story of loss and discovery as he searches for mystery, meaning, and a lost wallet in the Highlands of Scotland. |
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6:00PM |
Sundown Poetry with Katherine Williams • Washington Square Park • Free |
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6:00PM |
There’s Always Tomorrow • Join Paul O’Brien, and Bonnie Prince Charlie, in the telling of one man’s story of loss and discovery as he searches for mystery, meaning, and a lost wallet in the Highlands of Scotland. |
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7:00PM |
Manny Houston • Cannon Street Arts Center • Free |
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7:00PM |
UnShakeable • UnShakeable is an uplifting story of two actors victimized with memory loss by the virus “Erasure” in a global pandemic. It touches on themes of isolation, loneliness, dementia, and memory loss but also hope and joy as they find awakening and a re-kindled romance through |
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8:00PM |
Take the Funny and Run • Live improv comedy at Theatre 99 is a Charleston's funniest tradition! Shows at Theatre 99 are improv parties where audience members laugh until it hurts. Come loaded with suggestions for the quick-witted Theatre 99 ensemble members who will take your suggestions...and rock out hilarious unscripted scenes. Guaranteed to make you laugh! |
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9:00PM |
Cognac and Roses, A Toast to Edgar Allan Poe • Cognac and Roses contains some of Poe's best and most loved works told by six master storytellers. Join us as we perform these haunting tales for you. Immerse yourself in the intoxicating imagination of one of America's greatest writers. The show runs ninety minutes and consists of eleven of Poe's poems and short stories. This cast of six will open your mind in a whole new way to the phantasmagoric world of Edgar Allan Poe. |
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9:00PM |
TOUCHED • Jet Eveleth's show TOUCHED examines what holds us hostage from meeting ourselves. Playful characters commit to the surreal while trying to hold on to humanity. Jet explores the edges of clown while courageously or embarrassing exploring her many minds. |
Saturday, June 10
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11:00AM |
Piccolo Spoleto Rising Stars • In its 15th year, the series will showcase young actors, dancers, musicians, writers and visual artists in the high-profile venue of Spoleto USA Festival through its affiliation with Piccolo Spoleto. |
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2:00PM |
The Sound of Charleston • Experience the music that helps define Charleston’s history and unique charm. The longest running musical show in Charleston history features a diverse mix of gospel, Gershwin, jazz, Civil War songs, and light classics. Performers include Mayor John Tecklenburg, Ann Caldwell, Carl Bright, CSO artists Charles Messersmith and Jessica Hall-Dambaugh, and many more. |
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2:00PM |
UnShakeable • UnShakeable is an uplifting story of two actors victimized with memory loss by the virus “Erasure” in a global pandemic. It touches on themes of isolation, loneliness, dementia, and memory loss but also hope and joy as they find awakening and a re-kindled romance through |
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3:00PM |
Piccolo Spoleto Rising Stars • In its 15th year, the series will showcase young actors, dancers, musicians, writers and visual artists in the high-profile venue of Spoleto USA Festival through its affiliation with Piccolo Spoleto. |
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5:00PM |
Athens Chamber Singers • Circular Congregational Church • Free |
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5:00PM |
Charleston Gospel Choir Presents: A Twenty Five Year Retrospective • A TWENTY-FIVE YEAR RETROSPECTIVE |
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5:00PM |
Piccolo Spoleto Finale • Hampton Park • Free |
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6:00PM |
TOUCHED • Jet Eveleth's show TOUCHED examines what holds us hostage from meeting ourselves. Playful characters commit to the surreal while trying to hold on to humanity. Jet explores the edges of clown while courageously or embarrassing exploring her many minds. |
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6:00PM |
There’s Always Tomorrow • Join Paul O’Brien, and Bonnie Prince Charlie, in the telling of one man’s story of loss and discovery as he searches for mystery, meaning, and a lost wallet in the Highlands of Scotland. |
|
7:00PM |
UnShakeable • UnShakeable is an uplifting story of two actors victimized with memory loss by the virus “Erasure” in a global pandemic. It touches on themes of isolation, loneliness, dementia, and memory loss but also hope and joy as they find awakening and a re-kindled romance through |
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8:00PM |
The Have Nots! Comedy Improv Company • No scripts! All improv! This high-energy comedy improv show is entirely based on your audience suggestion so every show is different. It’s the longest running show in Charleston. The Have Nots! (Timmy Finch, Brandy Sullivan and Greg Tavares) will perform their unique brand of improv comedy AND you never know who will join them on the stage! Come find out why critics say “The Have Nots! have it!” |
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