SCT brings home major wins from state festival
Starkville Community Theatre’s entry in the annual Mississippi Theatre Association festival Jan. 16-19 brought home top honors in categories including Best Production, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.
SCT to highlight Mississippi writers Friday
Starkville Community Theatre presents “An Evening Celebrating Mississippi Writers” at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Playhouse on Main in downtown Starkville.
SCT’s ‘Brand New Day’ musical revue opens Friday
Starkville Community Theatre’s annual summer musical revue aims to bring a dose of positivity to audiences July 26-28 and Aug. 1-3 at Playhouse on Main, 108 E. Main St. in downtown Starkville.
SCT’s ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ is a madcap musical
Start with a “man in a chair,” add two lovebirds on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a misguided Don Juan and gangsters posing as pastry chefs and you have the makings of “The Drowsy Chaperone,” Starkville Community Theatre’s latest production.
Picasso, Einstein and SCT serve up laughs in play by Steve Martin
Imagine Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein together in a bar in Montmartre, Paris, in 1904.
The beat goes on at ‘Unplugged 3’ this week
Carole Sorenson is a respected church musician, but for three summers now she’s gotten to channel a different music genre altogether.
The show goes on: Award-winning community theatre builds on reputation in Starkville
Sitting in an auditorium full of community theater enthusiasts in Lexington, Kentucky, over the weekend, Gabe Smith sat back and watched his friends with Starkville Community Theatre perform a comedy at the Annual Southeastern Theater Conference.
SCT to present a musical satire with political punch
Starkville Community Theatre (SCT) continues its 39th season with the Spruill Property Management-sponsored production of Greg Kotis and Mark Hollman’s “Urinetown: The Musical.” Nov. 10-13 and 15-19 at Starkville’s Playhouse on Main.
Sibling drama gets hilarious in SCT production
In Starkville Community Theatre’s production of the comedy “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” long-repressed sibling resentments bubble up in a weekend filled with voodoo dolls, costume parties and unexpected romance.
SCT presents the comical ‘One Slight Hitch’
Starkville Community Theatre’s 38th season opens with the Thomas La Foe-directed production of Lewis Black’s “One Slight Hitch” today at 2 p.m. and Sept. 22-26 at 7:30 p.m. at the Playhouse on Main in downtown Starkville.
SCT Anderson Scholarship deadline approaching
Applications for Starkville Community Theatre’s 2013 Mary Eleanor Anderson Scholarship are due April 5.
Columbus, MUW take center stage as theater festival comes to town
On stages from Mississippi’s coast to Oxford, a vast network of theater lovers is diligently at work. Their dog-eared scripts, peppered with margin notes and highlighted passages, go with them everywhere. Rehearsals are serious business. Time is growing short.
Area thespians off to state competition
When the 2012 Mississippi Theatre Association Festival opens Jan. 12 in Gulfport, Golden Triangle thespians will be ready for their cues. Acting enthusiasts from Columbus and Starkville will compete in the four-day event, and local audiences are being offered some sneak previews.
Starkville Community Theatre pick up awards at regional conference
The cast and crew from the Starkville Community Theatre returned with some nifty hardware last week from the Southeastern Theatre Conference in Atlanta.
New production, competitions keep Starkville Community Theatre busy
Fresh off a runner-up finish at the Mississippi Theatre Association’s annual awards ceremony in Meridian, Starkville Community Theatre members are preparing for a new production at the Playhouse on Main and a trip to Atlanta for the Southeastern Theatre Conference.
New production, competitions keep Starkville Community Theatre busy
Fresh off a runner-up finish at the Mississippi Theatre Association’s annual awards ceremony in Meridian, Starkville Community Theatre members are preparing for a new production at the Playhouse on Main and a trip to Atlanta for the Southeastern Theatre Conference.
Theater offers free screening of World War II-era film
A free screening of Oscar award winner Frank Capra’s 1942 film “Prelude to War” will take place Thursday night at Starkville Community Theatre.