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Chryssie Whitehead
Danced with The Southern Strutt for eight years in Junior and Senior Jazz Companies. She went to college in New York City where she completed the American Musical and Dramatic Academy program. Her career credits include: Radio City Rockettes, The Producers, “Today Show” with Rockettes, “Boston Public”, industrials, commercials, and TV.
Favorite place to dine? Blue Lagoon
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THEATRE Chapin Community Theatre 803.240.8544 • www.chapintheatre.org Chapin Community Theatre presents comedies, classics, thrillers and original works.
Columbia Marionette Theatre
UPCOMING EXHIBITS AND SHOWS
803.252.7366 • www.strungout.org South Carolina’s leading educational and entertaining puppetry center.
Cleopatra
Columbia Childrens Theatre
Columbia City Ballet February 2008
803.691.4548 • www.columbiachildrenstheatre.com Columbia Children’s Theatre was founded to serve a need in the Midlands and surrounding areas of Columbia for professional live theatre for young audiences.
William Starrett’s original ballet Cleopatra follows the mighty legend of the Egyptian queen, the passionate fearless woman who seduced two of the most powerful men in the world.
South Carolina Shakespeare Company 803.787.2273 • www.scshakespeare.org The company is comprised of classically trained actors who have honed their talents on a worldwide stage. What sets the company apart is they want the citizens of Columbia, and the entire state of South Carolina, to benefit directly from their talent.
Theatre South Carolina 803.777.5208 • www.cla.sc.edu/thea Productions of The University of South Carolina featuring performances by professional-actors-in-training, backed by professional direction and design, in two modern theatres.
Town Theatre 803.799.2510 • www.towntheatre.com
Favorite outdoor activity? Putt Putt Favorite local restaurant? Tiffany’s Bakery
Favorite thing to do on a rainy day?
The Columbia Stage Society/Town Theatre is the oldest continuously operating community theatre in a building architecturally designed as such in the United States. Its mission is to provide quality, live familyoriented musicals, comedies and dramas to the midlands and visitors to South Carolina.
Trustus Theatre 803.254.9732 • www.trustus.org
Go to the movies
Trustus celebrates 21 years as the Midlands award-winning professional theatre.
Best place to take out of town guests?
Village Square Theatre
Five points
803.359.1436 • www.villagesquaretheatre.com Founded in August of 1960 to encourage and stimulate practice and appreciation for the arts.
Favorite Southern delicacy?
Workshop Theatre
waffles and hashbrowns
803.799.6551 • www.workshoptheatre.com For 40 years, the creative domain of many of the area’s most talented actors, directors, and technicians.
Beauty & the Beast Columbia City Ballet March 2008 With original music by Thomas Semanski (Dracula, Frankenstein), Columbia City Ballet brings the classic fairytale to life in a magical ballet perfect for children of all ages!
Experience in Rhythm Vibrations Dance Company, February through March 2008 A celebration of the Midlands’ finest contemporary and ethnic music and dance, in collaboration with the Logan Elementary School Fine Arts Department.
What restaurant serves it? WAFFLE HOUSE – I miss it!
Best play or dance performance in Columbia? “Dracula” – Columbia City Ballet
Seeds of Change: South Carolina and the Great War 1917-1918 SC State Museum Through June 1, 2008 Exhibit focuses on the state’s role on the home front during World War I and features displays of photographs, weapons, uniforms, a horse-drawn ambulance and more.
Excavating Egypt: Great Discoveries form the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology Columbia Museum of Art Through June 2008
44 Columbia, South Carolina official visitors guide • 800.264.4884 • www.columbiacvb.com