Arts and Culture
In this section:The Theatre TSC pledge is simple: to keep artistic quality high and to make the trip to our campus rewarding.
Through the ongoing work of the TSC Foundation and generous corporate and private support, Theatre TSC provides nearly thirty students with annual scholarships that allow them to explore their artistic dreams.
All Theatre TSC performances take place in the beautiful Turner Auditorium, part of TSC's Fine & Performing Arts Center. The auditorium boasts 490 seats with plenty of legroom, great sightlines, and fantastic acoustics.
While attending a Theatre TSC performance, audiences are encouraged to visit the Ralph Hurst Gallery and TSC Fine Arts Gallery before the show, only steps away from the theatre.
2024-25 Season
Radium Girls
By D.W. Gregory
In 1926, radium was a miracle cure and luminous watches the latest rage—until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Her chief adversary is her former employer who cannot bring himself to believe that the same element that shrinks tumors could have anything to do with the terrifying rash of illnesses among his employees. As the case goes on, however, Grace finds herself battling not just with the U.S. Radium Corporation, but with her own family and friends, who fear that her campaign for justice will backfire. Fast-moving and highly theatrical, Radium Girls offers a wry, unflinching look at the peculiarly American obsessions with health, wealth, and the commercialization of science.
Ages 13 and up.
October 3-5 at 8 p.m.
October 11 and 12 at 8 p.m.
October 13 at 2 p.m.
Molière’s Tartuffe
Adapted by Richard Wilbur
One of the most enduring comedic masterpieces in the theatrical canon, Tartuffe is given an astonishingly clever translation by Pulitzer Prize poet Richard Wilbur. The charlatan Tartuffe worms his way into a wealthy family causing disruption and pandemonium. With wicked precision and brilliantly rhyming verses, this highly satiric comedy skewers religious hypocrisy, duplicity, lust, and self-inflicted chaos. This exciting take on a classic is not to be missed!
Ages 13 and up.
November 14-16 at 8 p.m.
November 22 and 23 at 8 p.m.
November 24 at 2 p.m.
Alice by Heart
Music by Duncan Sheik
Lyrics by Steven Sater
Book by Steven Sater and Jessie Nelson
From the Tony award-winning creators of Spring Awakening, Alice by Heart is a touching musical inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. In the rubble of the London Blitz of World War II, Alice Spencer’s teen life is turned upside down when she and her friend Alfred are forced to take shelter in an underground tube station. When the ailing Alfred is quarantined, Alice encourages him to escape with her into their cherished book and journey down the rabbit hole to Wonderland. As they travel through the tale, Alice by Heart encourages us to celebrate the transformational power of the imagination, even in the harshest of times.
Ages 13 and up.
April 3-5 at 8 p.m.
April 11 and 12 at 8 p.m.
April 13 at 2 p.m.
Tickets
Tickets for performances may be purchased online or at the door on the day of the show. We only accept cash and checks at the box office.
Tickets for "Radium Girls" may be purchased HERE.
TSC students, faculty, and staff receive free admission. Simply show your TSC ID at the door.
Support Theatre TSC
There are many exciting ways you can help support Theatre TSC To invest in our Signature Seat Program or to donate to our scholarship fund, please contact TSC’s Foundation at foundation@tsc.fl.edu or (850) 201-8580.
Benefit performances and group rates are available to serve everyone in the community. For more information, contact Eva.Nielsen@tsc.fl.edu.
Auditions
FALL 2024 AUDITIONS
Casting for Radium Girls and Tartuffe.
Tuesday, August 20, and Wednesday, August 21, at 7 p.m.
Auditions take place at the Turner Auditorium, located in the Fine and Performing Arts Center (FPAC), and are open to anyone who has an interest in participating in Theatre TSC.
- Those who wish to audition should prepare a monologue or two contrasting monologues not to exceed 90 seconds.
- Please bring a list of any conflicts.
TSC Theatre Program
Discover the ins and outs of acting and on-stage productions through coursework in THEATRE at Tallahassee State College. Our diverse program offers introductory classes as well as advanced training in live theatrical productions.
Courses
THE2000 - Theatre Appreciation
THE2090 - Theatre Production
THE2100 - Introduction to Theatre History
TPA1200 - Introduction to Stagecraft
TPP2110 - Fundamentals of Acting
TPP2111 - Advanced Acting (Spring only)
TPP2120 - Creative Improvisation
TPP2250 - Introduction to Musical Theatre (Fall only)