Queen Street Playhouse

10/27/2024

THE COUNTDOWN TO DEBAUCHERY HAS BEGUN!
There's nothing in town like Footilght's annual tradition The Rocky Horror Experience.

From our live band and musical theatre artists performing the iconic numbers live to our costume contest and full bar with Rocky-themed cocktails, it's a unique Charleston Halloween experience you won't find anywhere else but at the historic

Oct. 30 and 31 at 7:30pm

Tickets at footlightplayers.net or call 843.722.4487

10/18/2024

THE ROCKY HORROR EXPERIENCE

Charleston's favorite Halloween tradition returns to the Queen Street Playhouse where fishnets, stilettos and debauchery are the name of the game!

TRHE features a live band behind the movie screen with some of Charleston's top musical theatre artists popping in during the showing of the film to perform its most iconic numbers live on stage.

The bar will be open, prop kits for sale in advance and be sure to dress to impress for our popular costume contest for this don't miss Charleston Halloween event.

Tickets on sale now for Oct. 30 & 31 showings!
https://www.footlightplayers.net/rocky-horror-experience

10/10/2024

Hysterical and haunting straight from Broadway comedy THE MINUTES made its East Coast premiere right here in Charleston last Friday at the Queen Street Playhouse.

Find out what this savagely funny play has to say about small town politics and the lengths some will go to just to maintain the status quo by grabbing your tickets today!

https://www.footlightplayers.net/the-minutes or 843.722.4487

The 90-minute comedy, "The Minutes," demands a new perspective from its audience by bringing to light some major themes witnessed in the country's politics.

09/16/2024

NEXT AT THE QSP. AN EAST COAST PREMIERE EVENT STRAIGHT FROM BROADWAY.

What happened to councilman Mr. Carp? And where are the minutes from last week's meeting? Those are the two most pressing questions eventually asked by wide-eyed maverick newcomer Mr. Peel in the East Coast premiere of the straight from Broadway

08/23/2024

Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical opens tonight and runs through Sept. 8th at the Queen Street Playhouse. This show is a DO NOT MISS!

Tickets available at: https://www.footlightplayers.net/jekyll-hyde

07/27/2024

Coming to the QSP next weekend courtesy of the group Forum Charleston!

Stephen Sondheim's joyous, musical romp through Rome has desperate lovers, scheming neighbors and secrets behind every toga.

07/17/2024

It's Christmas In July at the QSP and Footlight Players now through Friday at 8am.

Get $10 off single ticket to ANY of our Season 93 MainStage shows through this online only offer! Check it out below.

05/20/2024

One man show EINSTEIN! makes its way from L.A. to Charleston for a limited run to kick off Footlight's new Summer Theatre Series starting May 26th!

Tickets at: footlightplayers.net

CHARLESTON, SC, (MAY 6, 2024) - Self-producing their own Summe Theatre Series during this year's annual Spoleto/Piccolo festivals period, Footlight Players will be present the regional premiere of L.A. -based actor and writer Jack Fry's one-man show Einstein! beginning May 26th at the Queen Street P...

05/17/2024

Kicking off Footlight's Summer Theatre Series lineup is the regional premiere of the award-winning one-man-show EINSTEIN! performed by L.A. based writer and actor Jack Fry.

The longest running solo show in Los Angeles history brings Einstein back from the beyond in this one-of-a-kind work 'filled with humor, wit, and humanity.' (Theater Scene NY).

Fry also inhabits eight different personas during his performance, including several movers-and-shakers of the then scientific world as well as his 10 year old son Hans as well as Einstein himself.

https://www.footlightplayers.net/einstein

Actor and writer Jack Fry shares more about the regional premiere of his award-winning one-man-show EINSTEIN!

03/07/2024

THE QUEENS OF QUEEN STREET ARE HERE!

The fearless foursome of fabulous freedom fighters Abby (Esprit Oree), Rachel (Sadia Matthews), Dee (Saralyn Ortiz) and Sarah (Makenna Bryant) are ready to take the Queen Street Playhouse by storm starting this Friday.

From a 1963 Virginia voter registration office to a popular 2024 podcast, the regional premiere of CADILLAC CREW is a powerful and often funny time-hopping reflection on justice, equality and the very brave women behind the movement!

Tickets and info at footlightplayers.net

10/24/2023

THE ROCKY HORROR EXPERIENCE
OCTOBER 27 & 28 AT 7:30PM

LET’S DO THE TIME WARP AGAIN!
It’s that time again….
Take in an interactive viewing of the cult classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, complete with callbacks, props (bags available for sale at the show) and a costume contest. This viewing won't be your regular 'shadow cast' experience as some of Charleston’s finest and bravest vocalists will perform select numbers live on stage in character (with a live band) throughout the film...and things will just get weirder from there!
The bar will be open for business and audiences are strongly encouraged to come dressed in their Rocky Horror finest.

Tickets just $25 at footlightplayers.net or 843.722.4487

10/06/2023

OPENING TONIGHT!

The sexy and seedy prohibition musical Andrew Lippa's Wild Party kicks off October in high fashion at the Queen Street Playhouse tonight at 7:30pm. Grab a drink and sneak in the back for wild wild ride!
Tickets: https://www.footlightplayers.net/wild-party

10/03/2023

OPENING THIS FRIDAY!

We’re just four days away from the QSP premiere of the sexy and seedy jazz-infused musical experience known as Andrew Lippa’s Wild Party.

This almost all singing and all music production is definitely not your typical song and dance musical, yet features stunning, energetic choreography, gorgeous set design and an incredible, fast-paced jazz-filled score.

Wild Party tickets are on sale now at footlightplayers.net or by calling 843.722.4487

09/08/2023

THIS IS IT!

Final two performances of the extended run of the wild and raunchy White House comedy hit POTUS: Or Behind Every Great Du***ss Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive are tonight and tomorrow night at 7:30pm.

This show must close this weekend so don’t miss out on the chance to laugh your a** off with this summer’s comedy hit!

Tickets online at footlightplayers.net or by calling 843.722.4487

Walks up tickets available starting at 6:45pm each night!

06/30/2023

The ladysisters of the Susan B Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein and Footlight Players cordially invite you to their annual quiche breakfast on stage at the Queen Street Playhouse starting July 6th.

It’s 1956 and The Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein are having their annual quiche breakfast. As the assembled “widows” await the announcement of the society's prize-winning quiche, the atomic bomb sirens sound! Has the Communist threat come to pass? How will the “widows” respond as their idyllic town and lifestyle faces attacks?

Winner of the 2012 NYC International Fringe Festival as Best Overall Production, 5 Le****ns Eating A Quiche is a tasty recipe of hysterical laughs, sexual innuendoes, unsuccessful repressions, and delicious discoveries.

Tickets and info here: https://www.footlightplayers.net/5leaq

05/26/2023

We’re so proud to be a venue for the first time ever!

05/26/2023

We are honored to host Spoleto Festival USA and Jamez at the Queen Street Playhouse!

Charleston native and 2022 Spoleto favorite Jamez McCorkle will perform in his second festival production this season in A Poet’s Love.

05/17/2023

What to know about Spoleto Festival USA newest performance venue....US!!!

Queen Street Playhouse will be added to festival goers routes about town this season as Spoleto adds a new venue.