Just buy tickets for both. 🎭

The Warehouse Theatre is celebrating 45 years in Greenville with a season roster that spans work by everyone from Tennessee Williams to a writer for Orange Is the New Black.

Greenville’s “alternative” theatre has called a converted textile warehouse in the West End home since the 70s, and produces plays as a serious art form.

But they don’t just feature shows on the Main Stage – Warehouse is behind the Upstate Shakespeare Festival at Falls Park, This Wooden O Education Program, Applied Theatre Program + Educational Shakespeare Tour.

Youth education and exposure to theatre is key: Warehouse partners with 100+ schools in S.C. and N.C. on workshops, classes and residencies. Its education and outreach programs reach 10,000+ students, youth and adults yearly.

And there are free forums before each play debuts, tying the issues in the show to what’s going on in our community.

🎟 Sweat by Lynn Nottage | Oct. 12 – 28, 2018

A Pulitzer-winning Broadway drama about factory workers whose bond is tested when layoffs and picketing challenge the textile industry. Greenville’s mill history makes this a perfect look back at how cities were built thanks to blue collar workers.

🎟 Christmas on the Rocks by John Cariani, Jenn Harris + Matt Wilkas, Jeffrey Hatcher, Jacques Lemarre, Theresa Rebeck, and Edwin Sanchez | Dec. 6 – 23, 2018

Characters from your fave Christmas movies hit the bar to blow off some steam (frost?). Think Ralphie from A Christmas Story + Tiny Tim grown up and reminiscing on the good old days. 🎄

🎟 The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams | Jan. 25 – Feb. 10, 2019

You studied this one in English class (for good reason) – Tom Wingfield brings home a friend from the factory to meet his shy sister Laura. Family drama ensues. (If you loved Mimi Wyche in The Cake, you’ll want to see her again in this play.)

🎟 Power of Sail by Paul Grellong | Mar. 15 – 31, 2019

The world premiere of a play by the TV writer who’s worked on Scorpion + Law & Order. Its story of a professor hosting a white nationalist speaker on campus examines a situation you’ve definitely seen in the news the past few months.

🎟 Cry It Out by Molly Smith Metzler | Apr. 26 – May 12, 2019

A comedy exploring how three new mothers from different social classes balance their ambitions and families. Metzler has written for Orange Is the New Black and Shameless – at least you’ll be laughing when you’re not sniffling back tears.

🎟 Pride and Prejudice by Kate Hamill, based on the novel by Jane Austen | June 7 – 30, 2019

A version of the classic that amps up the comedy but still has aaaall that romantic tension. 😉

And there’s a bonus production:

🎟 The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O’Brien | Aug. 31 – Sept. 19, 2018

More like a party than a play – just like the movie theater tradition, the audience will be singing + dancing along with the musical numbers. Don’t forget to draw on those brows.