Spoleto Festival USA

Schedule of Events

11:00am: Music - Dock Street Theatre
Bank of America Chamber Music - Dock Street Theatre - Under the inspired curation of new director Paul Wiancko, globally renowned Music - Dock Street Theatreians present 11 ingenious and intimate programs that span canonical classics and vital new works.

12:00pm: Theater - Emmett Robinson Theatre at College of Charleston
Lightwire Theater: The Ugly Duckling - With dazzling visuals, this vibrant, family-friendly production illuminates the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale in a feast for the eyes and soul.

1:00pm: Music - Dock Street Theatre
Bank of America Chamber Music - Dock Street Theatre - Under the inspired curation of new director Paul Wiancko, globally renowned Music - Dock Street Theatreians present 11 ingenious and intimate programs that span canonical classics and vital new works.

2:00pm: Opera - College of Charleston Sottile Theater
Ruinous Gods - With a groundbreaking score that weaves Arabic maqam and Western classical Music - Dock Street Theatre, this world premiere Opera - College of Charleston Sottile Theater urges crucial conversations about the effect of displacement on migrant children.

2:30PM: Theater - Emmett Robinson Theatre at College of Charleston
Lightwire Theater: The Ugly Duckling - With dazzling visuals, this vibrant, family-friendly production illuminates the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale in a feast for the eyes and soul.

3:00pm: Talks - Various
Conversations With - Emmy Award-winning CBS News correspondent Martha Teichner hosts riveting, intimate conversations with the artists and companies of Spoleto Festival USA, illuminating the creative process and delving into the stories that form the 2024 productions.

5:30PM: Theater - Emmett Robinson Theatre at College of Charleston
Lightwire Theater: The Ugly Duckling - With dazzling visuals, this vibrant, family-friendly production illuminates the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale in a feast for the eyes and soul.

7:00pm: Theater -  Dock Street Theatre
The Song of Rome - In their world premiere exploration of Virgil's Aeneid, Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson toggle between past and present to depict power dynamics that feel as resonant today as during the fall of the Roman republic.

7:30PM: Music - Charleston Gaillard Center
Mahler's Fifth - Under the baton of new Music - Dock Street Theatre Director Timothy Myers, the Festival Orchestra tackles Mahler's epic Symphony No. 5 and a world premiere cello concerto by composer Nathalie Joachim with guest soloist Seth Parker Woods.

8:00pm: Theater - Festival Hall
fix+foxy: Dark Noon - Seven South African actors personify mythologized archetypes of the American West to offer an outsider's unflinching perspective on U.S. history.

9:00pm: Front Row Series - College of Charleston Cistern Yard
Brandy Clark - Already one of the most successful songwriters in country Music - Dock Street Theatre, this year's Grammy Award winner for Best Americana Performance has emerged as an acclaimed solo artist with her latest album landing on a slew of "Best Of" lists.

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