After 18 months of darkened, quiet halls, Coastal Carolina University theatre students are performing live again, and the Thomas W. and Robin W. Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts is ready to celebrate them and their art.

The season kicks off with a performance of HONK!, an award-winning musical adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson’s classic story “The Ugly Duckling,” in Wheelwright Auditorium.

Tickets are $25 with discounts available*.

Full schedule of performances:

Thurs.-Fri., Oct. 14-15, 7:30 p.m.

Sat., Oct. 16, 3 and 7:30 p.m.

Thurs.-Fri., Oct. 21-22, 7:30 p.m.

Sat., Oct. 23, 3 and 7:30 p.m.

“The Department of Theatre is so excited for audiences to enjoy this performance, as well as others in our upcoming season,” said Eric Hall, chair of the Department of Theatre. “HONK! is a delightful show, and students are very much looking forward to being back on the stage in front of a live audience.”

The Edwards College and its dean, Claudia Bornholdt, are holding a fundraiser reception prior to the opening night performance to highlight both the Department of Theatre’s return to the stage and the 20th anniversary of the Edwards College, which is presenting special programming throughout the 2021-22 academic year. Tickets to the event are $60 and include a preshow reception (held under a tent outside the Singleton Building), admission to the performance, and a donation to support theatre student scholarships and departmental programming.

For more information or to purchase tickets to the fundraising reception, contact Sheila Levi-Clutts at 843-349-2772 or sleviclu@coastal.edu.

To purchase performance tickets, call 843-349-ARTS, visit coastal.edu/culturalarts/tickets, or stop by the Wheelwright Box Office, 108 Spadoni Park Circle, on CCU’s campus.

*General admission: $25; senior citizens, OLLI members, CCU alumni, CCU faculty/staff, and teens: $20; CCU and HGTC students: $3; children 10 and under: free.

The below video highlights this production and upcoming CCU theatre season.