![]() Ticket prices are $26 for Adults, $22 for Seniors, $15 for Students, $12 for Children 10 and under. Performances are at the Footlight Players Theatre, located at 20 Queen Street in the French Quarter district of downtown Charleston. Performances of It’s A Wonderful Life are December 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, and 17 at 8p.m. Prior to his moving to the Lowcountry, Thomas acted professionally in New York City, Boston, and Atlanta. He is Assistant Professor and Director of Theatre at Charleston Southern University. Keating has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from the University of Georgia and a Master of Arts from Columbia University. He opened the Players’ 80th season with his direction of South Pacific. It’s A Wonderful Life is the second show Thomas Keating has directed for Footlight this season. ![]() ![]() This is the perfect holiday treat for the entire family.ĭirector, Thomas Keating says, It’s incredible to see the transformation of George Bailey-going from having lost it all financially to realizing he was a rich man all along. This fine dramatization celebrates the faith of the season, and the American philosophy of life: hard work, fair play and the love and support of one’s family are all that any of us need. This faithful adaption includes all your favorite characters: George and Mary, Clarence, Uncle Billy, Violet, and, of course, the Scrooge-like villain, Mr. Teetering on the edge of tragic despair, his guardian angel descends upon him on Christmas Eve to show him what the world would have been like had he never been born. Bailey’s dreams of escape and adventure have been quashed by family obligation and civic duty. The play, which is presented in two acts, is the story of George Bailey, the everyman from the town of Bedford Falls. Pictured from Left-Right: Elizabeth Ludlam (Janie Bailey), Brooks Rowley (Tommy Bailey), Gary Ludlam (George Bailey), Ava Rowley (Zuzu Bailey), Deborah Culbreth (Mary Hatch Bailey), and James McKenna (Pete Bailey). Rogers, is based on the 1946 American Christmas drama that was produced and directed by Frank Capra, as well as the short story entitled The Greatest Gift by Philip Van Doren Stern. It’s A Wonderful Life, which was adapted for the stage by James R. This production is the third of the Players’ Main Stage series and has been generously under written by Terrace Oaks Antique Mall. The Footlight Players Theatre, 20 Queen StreetĬHARLESTON, SC – Charleston’s oldest performing arts group, The Footlight Players, continue their successful 80th Season with the Lowcountry premier of the American holiday classic, It’s A Wonderful Life. For eighty years, he mission of the Footlight Players has remained the same'to provide quality, affordable, and barrier-free community theatre of a professional caliber to the citizens of Charleston and the tri-counties, and to provide an organization in which local volunteers can participate in all aspects of theatrical productions.Charleston’s Oldest Performing Arts Group Premieres The Holiday Classicĭecember 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, and 17 at 8p.m. In 1986, after another dramatic renovation of the workshop, The Footlight Players moved into the old cotton warehouse at 20 Queen Street, where they have remained ever since. In 1941, a shortage of performance space on the Peninsula caused the Players to turn to their warehouse. During this time, the cotton warehouse was used for storage and scenery construction. Yet, until 1938, all Footlight productions were presented in a variety of spaces around the Holy City'the Academy of Music, the Victory Theatre, Hampton Park, The Citadel, and the. In 1934, the Players purchased an old cotton warehouse (circa 1850) with the idea of eventually converting it into a finished playhouse. ![]() The series was such a success and drew such a following that the Footlight Players formally organized in 1932. The Footlight Players were ceremoniously launched in 1931 with a series of one-act plays directed by Lieutenant Commander Charles Russell Price at the Charleston Navy yard. ![]()
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