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PURE Theatre’s co-founder and artistic director Sharon Graci cannot often be found on stage. That is, unless she can be convinced by her real-life best friend, Joy Vandervort-Cobb, who will be her co-star in Jen Silverman’s two woman show, The Roommate.
Writer and Charleston native Fred Thompson tells the fictional tale of real-life Republican heavyweight political consultant Harvey LeRoy “Lee” Atwater as he waits in purgatory for his soul’s assignment to heaven or hell. The new comedy is simply called Atwater.
The coming run of plays, which kick off in August, feature three regional premieres and one world premiere.
With Stage & Cinema describing Riverside Theatre's 2022-23 season-ender as "pure joie de vivre meets industrial-strength sang-froid," the twisty comedy The Roommate enjoys an April 28 through May 14 run at Riverside Theatre, this work by lauded author and University of Iowa Playwrights Workshop graduate Jen Silverman lauded by Splash magazine as "crafted with wit and an eye
Joy Vandervort-Cobb, professor emerita of theatre and dance at the College of Charleston, will receive the Black History Intercollegiate Consortium's 2023 MLK Humanitarian Award.