Glow’s incredible production of Rent in 2014 brought the high octane rock opera to the Peace Center’s Gunter theatre for an incredible sell out weekend, while community partners helped Glow to continue the discussion of the AIDS epidemic in Greenville and the Upstate.

Celebrating the artistry and ancestry of 1930s African American entertainers, Glow’s 2015 production of The Hot Mikado brought Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic tunes with blasting horns, hot jazz, and the power of a big band! In tandem with The Wiz, The Hot Mikado was a love letter to African-American heritage in not only entertainment, but...

Produced in response to the racially charged Charleston church shooting,  Glow’s 2015 production of The Wiz was both a celebration and a study of being black in America and the importance of African American heritage. This powerful performance blended entertainment with social justice awareness, noted when Carolina Curtain Call said “This Glow Lyric Theatre production...

Take a look back at our incredible production of Westside Story from our 2016 season!

In our 2016 season, Artistic Director Jenna Tamisiea’s brilliantly unique take on 1876 French  Romeo and Juliet, set the traditional story in a war-torn and racially divided America began as she saw tensions of anti-immigration verbiage sweep through the political sphere. The end product was a gorgeously beautiful retelling of an opera showing that love...

Glow’s production of The Gondoliers in our 2017 season of “Question Authority”, left audiences in stitches at the lively witty music, and the hilarious political satire! Carolina Curtain Call went as far to call the operetta a “plucky, well-groomed voyage that is light as a tiara, but ever so bitingly timeless”! The Gondoliers also marked the...

Glow’s 2017 production of The Crucible was called “Compelling Tragic Opera” by Carolina Curtain Call. In its season, titled Question Authority”, The Crucible explored the themes of political witch hunts, and featured a stunning cast including world renowned and MET singers, Melissa Parks, Hugo Vera, and Jeremiah Johnson. This beautiful and haunting opera captured not...

The musical that Broadway World called “Revolutionary” and “Must See Theatre”, Glow produced HAIR as part of our 2017 season titled “Question Authority”. Finding eerie similarities between current political strife and the era of defiance in the late 60s, Artistic Director Jenna Tamisiea blended modern unrest and protest to remind audiences that love and acceptance...