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PURE THEATRE

134 Cannon Street
Charleston , SC 29403

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Past Shows

Atwater
Atwater
10/19 - 11/18/2023


Atwater By Fred Thompson Directed by Sharon Graci World Premiere  October - November 2023   Featuring Joy Vandervort-Cobb*, Brannen Daugherty*, Scott Pattison*, Addison Dent*, Shivam ...

The Chinese Lady
The Chinese Lady
8/24 - 9/23/2023


Southeast Regional Premiere Directed by Rodney Lee Rogers Featuring Anna Lin Afong Moy is fourteen years old when she’s brought to the United States from ...

Septima
Septima
3/9 - 4/1/2023


It’s the day of Septima Clark’s 125 birthday. Septima, with the help of some old friends, reflects not only on her work as a Civil ...

Hangmen
Hangmen
1/12 - 2/4/2023


It’s 1965, and execution by hanging has just been abolished in the United Kingdom. Naturally, all of Oldham, Northern England wants to know what Harry, ...

Clyde's
Clyde's
10/27 - 11/19/2022


Creating the perfect sandwich is the shared quest of the formerly incarcerated kitchen staff of Clydes, a truck stop cafe. Even as the shops mischievous ...

A Hidden Life
A Hidden Life
8/18 - 9/10/2022


Her name is Adrienne (Audrey) Laframboise Filion Lavoie. She has lived a life. Four actors share the remarkable and quiet brilliance of one womans life ...

Once
7/6 - 7/23/2022


Set in Dublin, the story revolves around Guy, a talented but discouraged street musician, and a young Czech woman, simply known as Girl. Guy's music ...

Mlima's Tale
Mlima's Tale
6/16 - 6/25/2022


A magnificent elephant is trapped by the underground international ivory market. As he follows a trail littered by a history of greed, Mlima takes us ...

Ben Butler
1/20 - 2/12/2022


Richard Strand Pure Theatre...


One actor portrays every character in a small Jersey Shore town as he unravels the story of Leonard Pelkey, a tenaciously optimistic and flamboyant fourteen-year-old ...

Stages by David Lee Nelson
3/12 - 3/21/2021


In 2017, award-winning solo performer David Lee Nelson received news that would change his life. At 38 years old he was diagnosed with Stage Four ...

Tiny Beautiful Things
1/9 - 2/2/2020


by Nia Vardalos, Cheryl Strayed Based on the bestselling book by Cheryl Strayed and adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos, Tiny Beautiful Things personifies ...

Choir Boy
10/2 - 10/5/2019


The Charles R. Drew Prep School for Boys is dedicated to the creation of strong, ethical black men. Pharus wants nothing more than to take ...

Small Mouth Sounds
3/8 - 3/30/2019


In the overwhelming quiet of the woods, six runaways from city life embark on a silent retreat. As these strangers confront internal demons both profound ...

Fool For Love
1/11 - 2/9/2019


Through searing truth and dark humor, Fool for Love shows the story of two people who just can't live without each other whether they like ...

True West
1/11 - 2/9/2019


A fight is brewin' at mom's house. Austin is on the brink of something big. He has secured a Hollywood deal for his latest film ...

A Doll's House, Part 2
12/7 - 12/22/2018


Lucas Hnath....

Sweat
10/4 - 10/20/2018


Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, SWEAT tells the story of a group of friends who ...

This Random World
3/9 - 3/31/2018


This Random World by Steven Dietz Directed by Beth Harper West Coast Premier We want to believe that serendipity brings us together, that luck is ...

Fun Home
1/19 - 2/10/2018


From four-time Tony Award-nominated composer Jeanine Tesori (Caroline, or Change) and Tony-nominee Lisa Kron (In The Wake, Well) comes a fresh, daring new musical based ...

The Royale
10/27 - 11/18/2017


Marco Ramirez....

If I Forget
9/15 - 10/7/2017


Steven Levenson....


Susan Lori Parks; dir: Sharon Graci....

Father Comes Home From The Wars Parts 1, 2 & 3


Offered his freedom if he joins his master in the ranks of the Confederacy, Hero, a slave, must choose whether to leave the woman and ...

OUR MOTHER'S BRIEF AFFAIR
3/10 - 4/1/2017


Richard Greenberg; dir: Lynne Meadow....


Madeleine George; dir: Cristy Landis. PURE Theatre:...

A WAFFLE HAUS CHRSTIMAS
12/9 - 12/23/2016


Rodney Lee Rogers; dir: Rodney Lee Rogers....

A WAFFLE HAUS CHRSTIMAS
12/9 - 12/23/2016


Rodney Lee Rogers; dir: Rodney Lee Rogers....

THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE
10/28 - 11/19/2016


Maureen, a lonely spinster in her forties, lives with her diabolically manipulative mother Mag in an isolated cottage in a backwater village in the west ...

THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE
10/28 - 11/19/2016


Set in the mountains of Connemara, County Galway, THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely ...

THE CHRISTIANS
9/16 - 10/8/2016


Ten years ago, Pastor Paul's church was a modest storefront. Now it houses thousands, with a coffee shop in the lobby and a baptismal font ...

Constellations
4/22 - 5/14/2016


This spellbinding, romantic journey begins with a simple encounter between a man and a woman. But what happens next defies the boundaries of the world ...

A Sudden Spontaneous Event
3/4 - 3/26/2016


David Lee Nelson; dir: Sharon Graci....

The Realistic Joneses
1/22 - 2/13/2016


Will Eno; dir: Mark Landis....

Marie Antoinette
4/17 - 5/9/2015


In David Adjmi’s contemporary take on the young queen of France, Marie is a confection created by a society that values extravagance and artifice. But ...

Outside Mullingar
3/6 - 3/28/2015


This is a new romantic comedy from the Pulitzer-, Oscar-, and Tony Award-winner John Patrick Shanley, writer of Doubt and Moonstruck. Anthony and Rosemary are ...

Glengarry Glen Ross
1/23 - 2/14/2015


Glengarry Glen Ross began as a stage play written by David Mamet. It premiered in London in 1983 and quickly gained acclaim for its sharp ...

Other Desert Cities
4/4 - 5/10/2014


In Jon Robin Baitz's OTHER DESERT CITIES, Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs after a six year absence to celebrate Christmas with her parents, ...

Russian Transport
2/7 - 3/15/2014


PURE Theatre: Erika Sheffer; dir: Randy Neale....

Penelope
12/13 - 1/18/2014


PURE Theatre: Enda Walsh; dir: Randy Neale....

The Birds
10/25 - 11/23/2013


Daphne du Maurier’s short story, also the basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film, is boldly adapted by Conor McPherson—a gripping, unsettling, and moving look at ...

Tribes
8/30 - 10/5/2013


PURE Theatre: Nina Raine; dir: Cristy Landis....

TBD
5/3 - 6/1/2013


Capitol Theatre: -...

The Mountaintop
3/29 - 4/20/2013


PURE Theatre: - Katori Hall; dir: Sharon Graci....


PURE Theatre: - Stephen Adly Guirgis....

TBA
5/3 - 6/12/2012


Imaginists Theatre Collective: -...


Sarah Ruhl's In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play will be presented by The San Pedro Playhouse at the Cellar Thetre as part of ...

Behanding in Spokane
1/6 - 2/4/2012

Waffle Haus Christmas
12/9 - 12/23/2011

Next Fall
11/4 - 11/26/2011

Time Stands Still
9/16 - 10/8/2011


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