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Trustus Theatre is bringing a new adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol to the Thigpen Main Stage this December. This new script by Patrick Barlow, the Tony-award winning playwright of The 39 Steps, is a whirlwind telling of the classic holiday story where five actors take on all of the roles. Trustus will be one of only four theatres who have the rights to produce this new adaptation as the show also makes its Off-Broadway premiere this holiday season. Scrooge and all of his ghostly counterparts will come to the Thigpen Main Stage as A Christmas Carol opens Friday December 6th at 8:00pm. The show will run through December 21st, 2013 with matinees on Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets may be purchased at www.trustus.org.

Trustus Theatre is beginning its 29th season with Ragtime (The Musical) an epic show based on the distinguished novel by E.L. Doctorow. The show features a cast of 31 talented performers, one of the largest in Trustus history. Ragtime (The Musical) opens on the Thigpen Main Stage tonight, September 13th at 8:00pm, and runs through Saturday, October 5th, 2013. Get a sneak peek at the cast below!

Trustus Theatre is beginning its 29th season with Ragtime (The Musical) an epic show based on the distinguished novel by E.L. Doctorow. The show features a cast of 31 talented performers, one of the largest in Trustus history. Ragtime (The Musical) opens on the Thigpen Main Stage Friday, September 13th at 8:00pm, and runs through Saturday, October 5th, 2013. Get a sneak peek at the cast below!

Trustus Theatre is beginning its 29th season with Ragtime(The Musical) an epic show based on the distinguished novel by E.L. Doctorow. The show features a cast of 31 talented performers, one of the largest in Trustus history. Ragtime (The Musical) opens on the Thigpen Main Stage Friday September 13th at 8:00pm, and runs through Saturday October 5th, 2013. Tickets may be purchased at www.trustus.org.

Columbia Children's Theatre (CCT), the Midlands only professional theatre for families and young audiences will present the musical adaptation of Mo Willems' Caldecott Award-winning children's book Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical, April 12 - 21. Show times are Fridays at 7:00 p.m.; Saturdays at 10:30 a.m., 2:00 p.m., and 7:00 p.m.; and Sundays at 3:00 p.m.. All shows are held at Columbia Children's Theatre on the 2nd level of Richland Mall, 3400 Forest Drive. Tickets are $8.00 and can be purchased online at www.columbiachildrenstheatre.com. For more information contact CCT at 803-691-4548. CCT's 2012-2013 Season is sponsored by Midlands Kids' Directory and the Little Gym of Columbia and Lexington.

Trustus Theatre is baring it all as they produce the Tony nominated The Motherf**ker With the Hat on the Thigpen Main Stage. This show for adults-only audiences explores the reality of relationships becoming complicated and challenged by issues of loyalty, lust, love and addiction. The Motherf**ker With the Hat opens on the Thigpen Main Stage tonight, February 8th at 8:00pm.

Trustus Theatre is baring it all as they produce the Tony nominated The Motherf**ker With the Hat on the Thigpen Main Stage. This show for adults-only audiences explores the reality of relationships becoming complicated and challenged by issues of loyalty, lust, love and addiction. The Motherf**ker With the Hat opens on the Thigpen Main Stage Friday, February 8th at 8:00pm.

Trustus Theatre is starting their 28th season with the intensely moving Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical Next To Normal. This show will mark the first show under the new leadership of Dewey Scott-Wiley and Larry Hembree as Artstic Director and Managing Director, respectively, as well as the South Carolina premiere of the show which closed on Broadway in January 2011. Next To Normal opens on the newly named Thigpen Main Stage tonight, September 7th, 2012 at 8:00pm. The show runs through September 29th, 2012.

Trustus Theatre is starting their 28th season with the intensely moving Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical Next To Normal.

Trustus Theatre is starting their 28th season with the intensely moving Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical Next To Normal. This show will mark the first show under the new leadership of Dewey Scott-Wiley and Larry Hembree as Artstic Director and Managing Director, respectively, as well as the South Carolina premiere of the show which closed on Broadway in January 2011. Next To Normal opens on the newly named Thigpen Main Stage September 7th, 2012 at 8:00pm. The show runs through September 29th, 2012.

Trustus Theatre and Jasper Magazine are teaming up to present The Art of "Passing Strange", an event celebrating interdisciplinary artistic creation. This one-night only event happens on Friday, March 16th in the Trustus Main Space. The doors open at 7:30pm, and performances will begin at 8:00pm. Admission is free.

Workshop Theatre is returning in the New Year with a musical about family ties as John and Jen takes the stage.

Workshop Theatre is returning in the New Year with a musical about family ties as John and Jen takes the stage.

Trustus Theatre is preparing to bring the professional premiere of Alessandro King's Swing '39 to the Capital City with a fully realized production.

'Swing '39,' the winner of the Trustus Theatre Playwrights' Festival, will have its debut on the theater's stage at 8 p.m. Friday.

Trustus Theatre is preparing to bring the professional premiere of Alessandro King's Swing '39 to the Capital City with a fully realized production.

Stephen Sondheim (Sweeny Todd, Company, Into the Woods) and John Weidman's (Pacific Overtures) Assassins opened Off-Broadway in 1990, and a new revival script was produced on Broadway in 2004 winning five Tony Awards. Now, Trustus Theatre is bringing the award-winning revival of Assassins to the Capital City with an unprecedented cast and crew in tow. Assassins will begin knocking audiences dead on March 25th at 8:00pm on the Trustus Main Stage, and the production will run through April 16th, 2011.

Stephen Sondheim (Sweeny Todd, Company, Into the Woods) and John Weidman's (Pacific Overtures) Assassins opened Off-Broadway in 1990, and a new revival script was produced on Broadway in 2004 winning five Tony Awards. Now, Trustus Theatre is bringing the award-winning revival of Assassins to the Capital City with an unprecedented cast and crew in tow. Assassins will begin knocking audiences dead on March 25th at 8:00pm on the Trustus Main Stage, and the production will run through April 16th, 2011.

While other groups are putting up Christmas lights, filling the air with fake snow, and producing classic holiday entertainment fare for December; the cast of Trustus Theatre's 'The Great American Trailer Park Musical' will be basting in self- tanner, donning mullets, and discussing the nutritional value of SPAM. This hilarious musical, which just finished a successful run Off-Broadway, comes to Columbia leaving audiences exhausted from laughing; a refreshing change in entertainment options this holiday season. The Great American Trailer Park Musical barrels onto the Trustus Main Stage Friday December 3rd at 8:00pm, leaving road-kill in its wake

After a successful re-mount of RENT, Trustus Theatre returns with the Tony nominated comedy Reasons to Be Pretty, a new show by Neil LaBute that just finished a stint on Broadway in 2009.