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Region IV Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival

Feb. 5-9, 2019

The USC Upstate Theatre department will join forces with the theatre programs at Converse College and Wofford College to host the Region IV Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. The festival celebrates excellence in collegiate level theatre education and production. Theatre students and faculty from our 9 state region will converge on Spartanburg to view several invited productions, participate in workshops presented by nationally recognized theatre artists, and students compete for distinction and scholarship money in all areas of performance and production. Tickets to shows and registration for the festival will be available to the public.

How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser

Book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert

AUDITIONS: January 21, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. 

April 11-13, 2019 at 8 p.m. / April 14, 2019 at 3 p.m.

Humanities and Performing Arts Center - Main Stage Theatre

A satire of big business and all it holds sacred, How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying follows the rise of J. Pierrepont Finch, who uses a little handbook called How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying to climb the corporate ladder from lowly window washer to high-powered executive, tackling such familiar but potent dangers as the aggressively compliant “company man,” the office party, backstabbing coworkers, caffeine addiction and, of course, true love. An irreverent and tuneful romp, jam-packed with sly, swift and sharp jabs to the funny bone, How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying is a surefire hit!

Ticket Sales Begin April 1, 2019

$10 General Admission
$5 Faculty, Staff and Students (with I.D.)