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September 28 & 29, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. | September 30, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.

Performances will be held in the Main Stage Theatre of the Performing Arts Center

On October 7, 1998, a young gay man was discovered bound to a fence outside Laramie, Wyoming, savagely beaten and left to die in an act of brutality and hate that shocked the nation. Matthew Shepard’s death became a national symbol of intolerance, but for the people of the town, the event was deeply personal. In the aftermath, Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project went to Laramie and conducted more than 200 interviews with its citizens. From the transcripts, the playwrights constructed an extraordinary chronicle of life in the town after the murder.

In The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, the company revisits the town a decade after the tragedy, finding a community grappling with its legacy and its place in history. In addition to revisiting the folks whose words riveted us in the original play, this time around, the company also spoke with the two murderers, McKinney and Henderson, as well as Matthew’s mother, Judy Shepard. THE LARAMIE PROJECT: TEN YEARS LATER is a bold work, which asks the question, “How does society write its own history?”

VOICES TO HEAR is a staged reading series here at USC Upstate that shines a light on recent works from both upcoming and established playwrights whose voices may not be heard otherwise. It focuses on diverse characters, themes, and cultures that may not be experienced or appreciated within the confines of the mainstream, commercial theatre.

*This production contains adult language that may not be suitable for children. 

General Admission: $10
Faculty, Staff & Students: $5

*Upstate Student tickets can now be purchased/reserved through the USC Upstate Student Portal by signing in with your student credentials. Having Trouble? Please contact the box office at boxoffice@uscupstate.edu and we will assist you.

November 9-11, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. | November 12, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.

Performances will be held in the Main Stage Theatre of the Performing Arts Center

The Evans sisters were never very close, but after Tilly’s death Agnes finds a notebook containing a game scenario created by her sister. She discovers that Tilly was a well-known Dungeons and Dragons player. In order to find out more about her mysterious young sister, Agnes recruits a “dungeon master” named Chuck to help her play the game.

Chock-full of supermodel elves, homicidal fairies, nasty ogres and 90’s pop culture, She Kills Monsters is a kick-ass comedic romp about friendship, loss, and acceptance.

General Admission: $10
Faculty, Staff & Students: $5

*Upstate Student tickets can now be purchased/reserved through the USC Upstate Student Portal by signing in with your student credentials. Having Trouble? Please contact the box office at boxoffice@uscupstate.edu and we will assist you.

February 22-24, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. | February 25, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.

Performances will be held in the Main Stage Theatre of the Performing Arts Center

When Monique and her 10-year-old daughter Samantha show up unexpectedly on her sister’s Brooklyn doorstep, it’s the beginning of the end for Rachel and her partner Nadima’s orderly lifestyle. Monique is on the run from deep trouble, her husband Reggie is nowhere to be seen, and Samantha becomes ever haunted by the life in southern Georgia she was forced to leave behind. Poetic, dark and often deeply funny Last Night and the Night Before explores the power, necessity, and beauty of loss.

General Admission: $10
Faculty, Staff & Students: $5

*Upstate Student tickets can now be purchased/reserved through the USC Upstate Student Portal by signing in with your student credentials. Having Trouble? Please contact the box office at boxoffice@uscupstate.edu and we will assist you.

April 11-13, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. | April 14, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.

Performances will be held in the Main Stage Theatre of the Performing Arts Center

A story of order and disorder, reality and appearance and love and marriage. Demetrius and Lysander both want Hermia but she only has eyes for Lysander. Bad news is, Hermia’s father wants Demetrius for a son in-law.

On the outside is Helena, whose unreturned love burns hot for Demetrius. Hermia and Lysander plan to flee from the city under cover of darkness but are pursued by an enraged Demetrius (who is himself pursued by an enraptured Helena). In the forest, unbeknownst to the mortals, Oberon and Titania (King and Queen of the faeries) are having a spat over a servant boy.

The plot twists up when Oberon’s head mischief-maker, Puck, runs loose with a flower which causes people to fall in love with the first thing they see upon waking. Throw in a group of laborer’s preparing a play for the Duke’s wedding (one of whom is given a donkey’s head and Titania for a lover by Puck) and the complications become fantastically funny.

General Admission: $10
Faculty, Staff & Students: $5

*Upstate Student tickets can now be purchased/reserved through the USC Upstate Student Portal by signing in with your student credentials. Having Trouble? Please contact the box office at boxoffice@uscupstate.edu and we will assist you.