FMU Performing Arts Center to showcase storyteller Andy Offutt Irwin

Some people are said to have an “inner-kid.” Andy Offutt Irwin, who is said to have an “outer-kid,” will perform Saturday, Jan. 14 at the Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center at two different shows.

The first show, “Kid Entrapment,” in the center’s smaller, more intimate Black Box Theatre, will be at 2 p.m. The second show, “Book Every Saturday for a Funeral,” will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Black Box Theatre as well.

With a manic Silly Putty voice, astonishing mouth noises, and hilarious stories, he is equal parts mischievous schoolboy and the Marx Brothers, peppered with a touch of the Southern balladeer.  A native of Covington, Ga., Andy is a storyteller, humorist, singer, songwriter, musician, whistler, walking menagerie of sound effects and dialects and so much more.

His show is the fifth of 10 shows in the “Black Box Events Series”  being performed during the PAC’s inaugural year.

In addition to the “Black Box Events Series,” there are four others during the PAC’s season that runs until May of 2012.  Those series include, Broadway plays, concerts, family oriented shows and a variety series as well as the acts in the smaller, more intimate Black Box Theatre. Information on the complete season is available at www.fmupac.org.

Prices for the shows begin at $10 and  may be purchased at www.fmupac.org, via telephone at (843) 661-4444, and at the FMU Performing Arts Center Box Office. Telephone and personal ticket sales are available Monday through Friday between 12-5 p.m. Subject to availability, tickets may be available for purchase at the door. 

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Pee Dee Arts was founded in the Summer of 2011 through a unique partnership between the Florence Regional Arts Alliance, the Florence Convention & Visitors Bureau and Pee Dee Tourism.  Pee Dee Arts’ primary focuses are to promote the arts and cultural activities of the Pee Dee Region and facilitate growth in the region’s arts organizations.  Pee Dee Arts is committed to inclusive and innovative service to the Pee Dee region, which it defines as the following counties: Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Lee, Marion, Marlboro and Williamsburg.