Audition Alert: Hartsville Community Players to present their annual Dinner Theater

The Hartsville Community Players are proud to announce that auditions for their annual Dinner Theater, "A Taste of Theater: Monologues, Dialogues, & One Acts" will be Tuesday, February 12 @ 7pm & Sunday, February 17 @ 3pm. Auditions will be held in the activity room on the 2nd floor of the Center Theater in downtown Hartsville (212 North Fifth Street).  Men & women 18+ are welcome. The audition will be a cold reading.  No prior acting experience is required. Think you don't have time for theater?!? This production will require one night of rehearsal per week. Performance dates are April 13 & 20. Come play with the Players!!

For more information, call (843) 857-3535. 

June 25th: Florence Area Literacy Council to hold fundraiser in Timmonsville

Paranoia, intrigue, sleuthing and suspense are just a few of the things that Murder Mystery Productions, an improv and dinner theater troupe, has in store for those planning to attend the whodunit fundraiser at 6:30 p.m. June 25 at the Carolina Ranch House in Timmonsville.

Benefiting the Florence Area Literacy Council, this Western-themed night of suspense is being touted as the “most fun that you can possibly have.”

“Actors are implanted into the crowd, but you don’t know who is who,” said Jerry Winsett, founder of Murder Mystery Productions. “Everyone is a suspect.”

Interactivity and improvisation are important as this is not your everyday, stage production.

“[The show] will happen around you. People will not be sitting in chairs staring at a stage,” said Christina Lawson, executive director of the Literacy Council. “It’s like a live-action game of CLUE.”

Aside from the murder mystery, dinner will be served by Venus Restaurant and Catering. There also will be a wine and beer bar available.

Tickets for the event are $40 in advance and $45 at the door. Seating is limited, so people interested are asked to get their tickets early.

For more information, call the Florence Area Literacy Council at (843) 667-1908.

This article originally appeared on SCNow.com.