To attempt creating, let alone staging, an opera about a 14-year-old Black boy’s execution requires near superhuman artistic power—along with heaping doses of audacity or guts. More likely, Frances Pollack, the young composer of “Stinney: An American Execution,” simply felt driven to dramatize the heinous event in 1944. Whatever “it” was that led her to...
And now, the announcement you’ve been waiting for… THE 2022 FESTIVAL SEASON – JULY 15-31 AIDA Dynamic. Passionate. Timeless. A triumphant rock musical and winner of four Tony Awards with unforgettable music by Elton John. STINNEY: AN AMERICAN EXECUTION Powerful. Moving. Provocative. A relevant, thought-provoking new opera confronting South Carolina’s history of racial injustice. CLASSIC...
Announcing Glow’s 2021 Summer Festival Season This August 19-29 we promise to reflect on all that we’ve been through and celebrate all that lies ahead. We’re preparing to #GlowOn with live performances! In August we’ll bring you a compact, safe and innovative season that provides everything you’ve come to expect from Glow: thought-provoking, relevant and...
Have you been keeping up with the exciting offerings from Glow Online during the pandemic? RAISING VOICES (REVISITED) Started in 2017, The Raising Voices Series consists of devised and original works utilizing performance as community activism and aimed at uplifting marginalized artists. We’ll invite back cast members and community partners from memorable past productions in...
Dear friends, Over the past decade Glow Lyric Theatre is proud to have grown into a world class lyric theatre producing innovative, engaging and socially relevant seasons of musical theatre and opera right here in Greenville, SC. Sadly, after monitoring the spread of COVID-19, Glow Lyric Theatre has made the decision to postpone its...
With only two weeks away from Glow’s production of The Earth Has Music, Glow is thrilled to announce the return of Dr. Jon Grier, a veteran of Glow’s Raising Voices. “I’ve been a fan, obviously, and have participated in a few past productions,” jokes Dr. Grier, former Instructor and Composer in Residence of the Fine Arts Center,...
By Lillie Kieken Back again as the culmination of Glow’s 2019 Festival Season, the second annual After-Glow Cabaret is set to take place August 4th. But what’s new? This year’s Gala will highlight the themes inspired by Jenna Tamisiea Elser’s vision for the summer festival season surrounding issues facing women and female empowerment. Guests can...
