Chapin Theatre Company
"Motown Meets Jazz" at Chapin Theatre Company featuring Mark Rapp and Brittany Turnipseed. The Chapin Theatre Company brings Mark Rapp's acclaimed "Motown Meets Jazz" show to the Chapin Theatre Company stage on Friday November 7. The special performance will feature ColaJazz founder and renowned trumpeter Mark Rapp alongside the soulful voice of South Carolina native Brittany Turnipseed. The evening will celebrate the iconic sounds of Motown with a fresh, jazz-infused twist. Rapp and Turnipseed, known as the "Southern Songbird," will lead a stellar ensemble through reimagined classics, promising a high-energy and unforgettable night for music lovers.
September 9, 2025
Auditions for Lou Clyde's newest comedy How to Supervise Women will be held on November 9 (7:30 PM) & 10 (7 PM). It’s 1942 and the Consolidated Electronics leadership team is faced with hiring women for factory jobs ordinarily held by men. But women in factories scare the hell out of them. The newly hired female assembly team on line 3C breaks all stereotypes and delivers excellence with comedy and heart. How to Supervise Women is a poignant and touching historical comedy with a topical social message. Jamie Harrington will be directing the production which will run February 6 - 22, 2026. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script.
September 22, 2025
This smash, sold-out Christmas show from 2023 hit the road in 2024 playing in Camden and Columbia, and will make a one-night only peformance in Irmo on Thursday, November 20 at Harbison Theatre 7300 College St #2361, Irmo, SC. Advance tickets are $20, $25 at the door. Tickets are available September 15.
The show once again stars George Dinsmore, Jennifer Kraus, Frank Thompson, Kelly Powell, Jim DeFelice, and Cindy Binnicker.
September 4, 2025
Nobody’s ever seen a Dracula this funny. Five actors play 21 zany characters in a madcap take on the classic tale that’s guaranteed to induce blood-curdling screams – of laughter! George Dinsmore has put together a hilarious cast of some of the Midlands best actors: Frank Thompson, David Fichter, Katie Mixon, Debra Kiser, and Josh Kern. Tickets are $20 in advance. This show is sold out!
PERFORMANCES:
Oct 3: 7:30 PM
Oct 4: 7:30 PM
Oct 5: 3 PM
Oct 9: 7:30 PM
Oct 10: 7:30 PM
Oct 11: 7:30 PM
Oct 12: 3 PM
Oct 16: 7:30 PM
Oct 17: 7:30 PM
Oct 18: 7:30 PM
Oct 19: 3 PM
October 20, 2025
Directed by Jamie Carr Harrington
Produced by Lou Clyde
G-rating
The newest play by our very own Lou Clyde is a poignant and
touching comedy set in 1942 when women took jobs in factories
while the men were away at war. But are the male supervisors
ready for them? Luckily, they have an instruction manual - written by a man. Oops!
Directed by Jane Petersen
Produced by Jim DeFelice
PG-Rating
Recent college graduate Bridget is moving in with her
grandmother for a relaxing summer before she heads to law
school. However, when she discovers that her grandma is
running an illegal business selling handmade “naughty
knickers” especially made for seniors, relaxation is out the
window. Will grandma get arrested - or worse, evicted!
Directed by Jami Steele Sprankle
Produced by Fab 5
G-Rating
Everyone's favorite practically perfect nanny takes the stage in this
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious musical adventure.
Directed by Glenn Farr
Produced by Len Lesslie
PG-Rating
A twisting, tantalizing mystery! Sherlock Holmes has been dead for
three years when Dr. Watson receives a message from a mental
asylum: three patients are claiming to be Sherlock Holmes. Did the
world’s greatest sleuth fake his own death? Who IS the real Sherlock?
Directed by Ella Riley
Produced by Tiffany Dinsmore
G-Rating
Anticipation...
your year end GIFT of a SHOW will be unwrapped soon.
October 22, 2025
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