Francis Marion University Theatre – Current Season
The Fine Arts Department’s co-curricular production company, The University Theatre, offers three major productions each year and as many as 12 student directed experimental theatre productions. Each year more than 150 students from across the campus participate in The University Theatre’s productions. The productions act as the laboratory for the theatre majors and minors while serving the entire campus and community. Student actors and technicians learn to sustain high standards of performance through exposure to a large and demanding audience.
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Fall Production
Mixed Bag with a Twist
Francis Marion University Theatre
Director: Prof. D. Keith Best
Musical Direction: Dr. Fran Coleman, Dr. Brandon Goff and Dr. Terry Roberts
Blackbox Theatre, Performing Arts Center/Downtown Florence
7:30 pm Thursday-Saturday, October 10-12, 2024
The University Theatre and Music Industry programs combine to provide a cabaret-style evening of traditional song, dance, and theatre – with some unexpected detours
Tickets are available to FMU students, faculty, and staff at no charge upon showing an FMU ID. Tickets to the general public are $10, as space allows. The FMU PAC Ticket Office at 201 South Dargan Street is open Monday through Friday, 12:00pm – 5:00pm, or by calling 843-661-4444.
Winter Production
Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class
Francis Marion University Theatre
Director: Prof. A. Glen Gourley
Blackbox Theatre, Performing Arts Center/Downtown Florence
7:30 pm Wednesday-Saturday, February 12-15, 2025
A one-woman show filled with delightful Nunsense humor and audience participation segments, Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class requires only a blackboard, a desk and a piano. Sister Robert Anne and her musical accompanist “teach” her “class” how to put together a cabaret act. Interspersed are some of the best and most memorable Nunsense musical numbers.
Sister Robert Anne’s Cabaret Class presents highlights from all seven Nunsense shows: Nunsense, Nunsense II, Nunsense Jamboree, Nuncrackers, Meshuggah-Nuns!, Nunsensations! and Nunset Boulevard.
Tickets are available to FMU students, faculty, and staff at no charge upon showing an FMU ID. Tickets to the general public are $10, as space allows. The FMU PAC Ticket Office at 201 South Dargan Street is open Monday through Friday, 12:00pm – 5:00pm, or by calling 843-661-4444.
Spring Production
Theatre Production TBA
Francis Marion University Theatre
Director: Dr. D. Keith Best
Fine Arts Theatre, Hyman Fine Arts Center
7:30 pm, April 10-12, 2025
Theatre Production TBA.
RESERVATIONS: This performance is free and open to the public. No reservations, general admission.
Past Productions
Click here to view The University Theatre’s production history.