Schedule of Events

9 AM - 1 PM: Street Theatre And Live Arts Market at Greenville Downtown Main Street

Join us Saturday morning as we bring the energy of the festival to Main Street with our Live Arts Market & Fair — a vibrant outdoor event showcasing live arts organizations from across South Carolina.

From theater companies like South Carolina Children's Theatre and Greenville Theatre, to performing arts groups like Greenville Ballet and Greenville Symphony, to beloved venues like The Radio Room and educational programs from Furman University and ARMES — this is your one-stop shop for discovering the full spectrum of live arts in our state.

Whether you're a fan, performer, volunteer, or student, you'll find countless ways to get involved. And don't miss the excitement at the front of the market, where our extraordinary circus artists will light up the street with live performances throughout the morning.

Come explore, connect, and celebrate the arts with us!

10 AM - 9 PM: Insider Sessions

SCNPF's "Insider Sessions" are professional development workshops and masterclasses for those in the industry, including established professionals, emerging and early-career artists, and theatre students. All sessions are led by experienced arts leaders and luminaries and provide a seminar-environment where discussion is highly encouraged.

11:30am Secrets from a Casting Director
12:30pm Professional Training Programs
4:30 Voice Over work in animation
6:00pm Writing your Play or Pilot
9:30pm Broadway Karaoke Night: Sing Your Heart Out

Cost: $25

5 PM - 8 PM: Outdoor Variety Stage

Downtown Greenville's outdoor venues come alive with a variety of thrilling artistic performances all weekend long! Experience incredible free entertainment outdoors featuring juggling, music, and circus thrills.

On Main Street
9:00am Carlos Cruz and Nouveau Sud
10:00am Paris, the Hip-Hop Juggler
11:00am Street Circus

In Falls Park
Emcee: Christina Gelsone
5:00pm Paris, the Hip-Hop Juggler
6:00pm Carlos Cruz and Nouveau Sud
7:00pm Street Circus

2:00 PM - Mariah, Or The Passageway at Centre Stage

Mariah, or The Passageway centers on a family who gathers for Sadie's 70th birthday party. Her son Alex and his girlfriend arrive to surprise his mother, only to find the house is already full with Sadie's much younger boyfriend, Ben, Alex's struggling older brother, Nick, and a new tenant, Mariah, with whom Alex had a confusing and intimate relationship with years ago. This new play explores how our bodies struggle to carry psychic wounds, and the danger of leaving those wounds unattended.

6:00 PM - South Carolina's Next Broadway Star

With
Carnegie Mellon Associate Professor of Acting: Bria Walker-Rhoze
Head of IAMT: Michael Minarik
Broadway Casting Director: Merri Sugarman

We are proud to introduce a Scholarship contest aimed at discovering and supporting high school musical theater students in South Carolina.

The public final round will be held at the Governor's School for Arts and Humanities on August 9 and will open with a performance and then the 9-12 finalists will perform and receive public feedback from Carnegie Mellon Associate Professor of Acting, Bria Walker-Rhoze, Broadway Casting Director, Merri Sugarman and Head of the American Institute for Musical Theatre, Michael Minarik.

The top three contestants will be awarded scholarships to further their theater education: 1st Place $5,000, 2nd Place $2,500, 3rd Place $1,000. The scholarship funds can be applied to tuition, application fees, travel expenses for theater programs, or private acting lessons and workshops.

8:00 PM - The Break at The Warehouse Theatre

The Break is a rock musical about a couple who, after ten years together, decide to take a one-month break from each other to date around, and sleep around, and see if a lifetime contract and marriage is their thing. During their 30-day break the two lovers discover significant truths about themselves and their relationships. The Break will speak to all of us who had a long-term relationship that affected our lives, but maybe wasn't "the one" for the rest of our life.

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