PURE THEATER
477 KING STREET, CHARLESTON, SC 29403 puretheatre.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: PURE THEATRES MISSION IS TO CREATE EXCEPTIONAL THEATRE EXPERIENCES THAT ENLIVEN THOUGHT, IGNITE DIALOGUE, AND EXPAND CONSCIOUSNESS. PURE THEATRE SEEKS TO BE A MODEL FOR EXCELLENCE IN SMALL PROFESSIONAL THEATRE. WE STRIVE TO LEAD IN THE CREATION AND PRODUCTION OF NEW WORK, AND THE INTERPRETATION OF ESTABLISHED PLAYS. PURE THEATRE IS A COMPANY THAT DRAWS UPON OUR LOVE OF STORY, HISTORY, AND THE ENERGY OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT, WHERE DIVERSE THEATRE ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES COME TOGETHER TO EXPERIENCE THEIR WORLD THROUGH EXCEPTIONAL THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE. PURE CONTINUALLY MAKES THREE PROMISES TO ITS AUDIENCE: TO ALWAYS TELL A STORY WORTH LISTENING TO TO ONLY PURSUE EXCELLENCE TO ALWAYS GIFT THE AUDIENCE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT

TO CREATE EXCEPTIONAL THEATRE EXPERIENCES THAT ENLIVEN THOUGHT, IGNITE DIALOGUE, AND EXPAND CONSCIOUSNESS.

PURE THEATRE SEEKS TO BE A MODEL FOR EXCELLENCE IN SMALL PROFESSIONAL THEATRE. WE STRIVE TO LEAD IN THE CREATION AND PRODUCTION OF NEW WORK, AND THE INTERPRETATION OF ESTABLISHED PLAYS. PURE THEATRE IS A COMPANY THAT DRAWS UPON OUR LOVE OF STORY, HISTORY, AND THE ENERGY OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT, WHERE DIVERSE THEATRE ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES COME TOGETHER TO EXPERIENCE THEIR WORLD THROUGH EXCEPTIONAL THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE. CHARLESTONS ACCLAIMED PURE THEATRE HAVE BUILT A SOLID REPUTATION FOR ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE IN PROVOCATIVE CONTEMPORARY THEATRE. PURES 15TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON ENJOYED RECORD ATTENDANCE OF BOTH NEW AND RETURNING AUDIENCES. THE 20 PROFESSIONAL ACTORS COMPRISING THE CORE ENSEMBLE ARE THE SOUL OF PURES WORK. SERVING A SOPHISTICATED AND DIVERSE AUDIENCE WITH A TASTE FOR NEW WORK, PURE PRESENTS A COMPELLING FIVE-PLAY SEASON BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND JUNE. ENDEAVORING ANNUALLY TO OUTDO WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN YEARS PAST, PURE CONTINUALLY MAKES THREE PROMISES TO ITS AUDIENCE: TO ALWAYS TELL A STORY WORTH LISTENING TO TO ONLY PURSUE EXCELLENCE TO ALWAYS GIFT THE AUDIENCE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT THE COMPANY HAS BEEN LAUDED FOR COUPLING ARTISTIC RISK-TAKING WITH A PASSIONATE COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING THE IMPORTANT AND OFTEN HILARIOUS CHALLENGES OF BEING HUMAN IN THE WORLD TODAY, YESTERDAY, AND TOMORROW. ACCOLADES INCLUDE 7 BEST ACTOR/ACTRESS AWARDS, BEST PLAY/BEST ONE PERSON PLAY AWARDS, AND 2 ARTIST FELLOWSHIPS IN ACTING AND PLAYWRITING FROM THE SC ARTS COMMISSION. AS THE PRODUCER OF 20+ WORLD PREMIERES AND 70+ REGIONAL PREMIERES, PURE HAS BEEN PRAISED FOR ITS EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAMMING AND DIVERSITY IN CASTING. WHILE THE COMPANY AT TIMES HAS THRIVED NOMADICALLY, IN 2011 PURE SETTLED IN ITS HOME AT 477 KING STREET. IN 20182019, PURE BEGAN A NEW PHASE OF ITS JOURNEY AS THE ANCHOR TENANT AT THE NEW CANNON STREET ARTS CENTER LOCATED AT 134 CANNON STREET IN DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON.

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