Coastal Carolina University Theatre
The Spitfire Grill
Music and Book by James Valcq
Lyrics and Book by Fred Alley
Based on the Film by Lee David Zlotoff Aaron McAllister, director
Thursday, Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 2, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 3, 7:30 p.m.
Black Box Theatre, Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts

In this heartwarming musical of hope and redemption, recently paroled Percy Talbott picks a place on the map to make a new start. Landing in small-town Gilead, Wis., Percy finds a job at the Spitfire Grill. With his fresh appreciation of the beauty of small town life, Percy reinvigorates the residents of Gilead and helps them rediscover themselves.

General admission: $15
CCU and HGTC students: $5
(one per valid ID)
CCU and HGTC faculty/staff: $10
(two per valid ID)
Alumni/Senior citizens: $10
(ages 65 & older)
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Members: $10
Teens: $5 (ages 11 to 17)
Children (ages 10 & under): $5
(must be accompanied by an adult)

Fall Choral Concert
Terri Sinclair, director
Sandra Bass, director
Thursday, Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m.
Wheelwright Auditorium

The Coastal Carolina University Chamber and Concert Choirs, under the direction of Terri Sinclair, welcome the Advanced Choral Ensemble from St. James High School, under the direction of Sandra Bass, as their co-performers for this concert.

Admission: Free

Fall Gospel Concert
David Manigo, director
Sunday, Oct. 4, 4:30 p.m.
Wheelwright Auditorium

The Coastal Inspirational Ambassadors, Coastal Carolina University's Gospel Choir, offers positive and inspiring gospel music programs. The group seeks to perpetuate the tradition of gospel music and to recognize the importance of gospel in the preservation of African-American history. The Coastal Inspirational Ambassadors perform on campus and at events across the state.

Admission: Free with ticket

Coastal Carolina University
Department of Music
Winterreise (Winter Journey)
Jeffrey L. Jones, baritone
Philip Powell, piano
Monday, Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m.
Recital Hall, Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts

Coastal Carolina University faculty members Jeffrey L. Jones and Philip Powell will perform Schubert's Winterreise, a song cycle for voice and piano. These 24 expressive songs chronicle the sojourn of a bereft lover, traveling through the winter landscape desperate to forget the past. Written near the end of Schubert's life, this cycle is considered by many to be his finest and most compelling work.

General Admission: $3
Children (ages 10 & under): Free
(must be accompanied by an adult)

Flute and Guitar Duo
Amy Tully, flute
Daniel Hull, guitar
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m.
Recital Hall, Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts

Coastal Carolina University music faculty Amy Hardison Tully and Daniel Hull will present a program of flute and guitar works inspired by music from around the globe. This varied program will feature works by American composers Joan Tower and Peter Schickele, Spanish composer Manuel de Falla, and French composer Maurice Ravel.

General admission: $3
Children (ages 10 & under): Free
(must be accompanied by an adult)

Art Gallery Exhibition
Brooklyn Painters
Oct. 22 to Nov. 30
Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Opening reception:
Thursday, Oct. 22, 4:30 to
6:30 p.m.
Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery
Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts

Painting is alive in Brooklyn, as this cornucopia of eye-opening canvasses shows. This exhibit features eight painters who live and work in Brooklyn, N.Y. Over the years Brooklyn, rather than Manhattan, has become the location of choice for New York artists due to its more affordable studio and living space. The paintings in the exhibit, selected by Bryan Gallery director Cynthia Farnell, include Marci MacGuffie's Illuminating the Blind Spot, which has been shown at the Goff + Rosenthal Gallery in Berlin.

Admission: Free

Coastal Carolina University Theatre
Spring Awakening
A play by Frank Wedekind
Translated by Jonathan Franzen
Steve Earnest, director
Music by Virtue Trap
Thursday, Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 29, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 30, 7:30 p.m.
Wheelwright Auditorium

First performed in Germany in 1906, Frank Wedekind's controversial play Spring Awakening closed after one night in New York in 1917 amid charges of obscenity and public outrage. Yet the play's subject matter--teenage desire, suicide, abortion and homosexuality--is as explosive and important today as it was a century ago. Spring Awakening follows three teenagers, Melchior, Moritz and Wendl, as they navigate their entry into sexual awareness. Unlike so many works that claim to tell the truth of adolescence, Spring Awakening offers no easy answers or redemption. Franzen's new version of the text--for so long poorly served in English--is unique in capturing the bizarre and inimitable comic spirit that animates almost every line of this unrelentingly tragic play.

Performance contains
adult subject matter

General admission: $15
CCU and HGTC students: $5
(one per valid ID)
CCU and HGTC faculty/staff: $10
(two per valid ID)
Alumni/Senior citizens: $10
(ages 65 & older)
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Members: $10
Teens: $5 (ages 11 to 17)
Children (ages 10 & under): $5
(must be accompanied by an adult)

Faculty Solo and Chamber Recital
The Music of Meira Warshauer
Thursday, Oct. 29, 7:30 p.m.
Recital Hall, Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts

Coastal Carolina University music faculty will present solo and chamber works written by South Carolina composer Meira Warshauer, the 2009-2010 Nancy A. Smith Distinguished Visitor in Residence in the Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts. Warshauer's work reflects a love and respect for the earth. Her music mirrors her own spiritual journey and speaks directly to the heart and soul of her listeners.

General admission: $3
Children (ages 10 & under): Free
(must be accompanied by an adult)

Coastal Carolina University
Symphonic Band
Joint Concert
James Tully, CCU director
Tim Kintzinger, Presbyterian director
Friday, Oct. 30, 7:30 p.m.
Presbyterian College Belk Auditorium Clinton, South Carolina

Head to Clemson a day early and stop by Clinton for a concert featuring the Coastal Carolina University Symphonic Band at Presbyterian College. Our band joins the Presbyterian College Concert Band in a joint concert celebrating the greatest of spooky Halloween music. Both ensembles will perform selections separately then combine with a rousing joint finale.

Admission: Free