Established in the autumn of 2005, Magnolia Arts Center was founded with the mission of creating a comprehensive arts organization to serve Greenville and the surrounding areas. For twenty years, Magnolia has delivered a myriad of plays, musicals, and special events. We invite you to explore our upcoming events in our 2025 season.
The NC Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service awarded Magnolia Arts Center the 2024 Governor’s Volunteer Service Award, honoring the true spirit of volunteerism by recognizing individuals and groups that make a significant contribution to their community through volunteer service.
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MAGNOLIA ARTS CENTER IS LOOKING FOR THE TOP VOCALISTS IN EASTERN NC!
Register now for either:
Preliminary 1 – Saturday, May 31 @ 7:30 – Magnolia Arts Center
Preliminary 2 – Saturday, June 28 @ 7:30 – Magnolia Arts Center
The Final competition will be on July 19 at John Paul II High School in Greenville.
- Each preliminary is limited to 12 vocalists.
- Vocalists must be 18 years of age or older.
- Each vocalist will perform two songs of any style…with an intermission between the two songs.
- In each preliminary, judges will select four winners to advance to the final competition.
- In each preliminary, one audience favorite will advance to the final competition.
- Two “wild card’ contestants will also advance to the final competition.
- Vocalists must provide either a track of the song choices or have accompanists (limited to two).
- Accompanists will not provide vocals.
- All song choices must be cleared by Magnolia Arts Center.
- Contestants may not do the same songs, so register early.
Registration fee – $10
Final Grand Prize – $400.00 2nd Place – $200.00 3rd Place – $100.00
Please complete and return the short registration form. A complete package will then be forwarded to you.
Upcoming Events
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James & the Giant Peach
Director: Alex Scanlan
Musical Director: Davis Miles
Audition Dates (at MAC):
- Friday, May 30 @ 6 p.m.
- Saturday, May 31 @ 10 a.m.
- Sunday, June 1 @ 3 p.m.
Synopsis
When James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a magic potion that grows a tremendous peach. When the peach rolls into the ocean James is launched upon a journey of enormous proportions. He befriends a collection of singing insects that ride the giant piece of fruit across the ocean!
Audition Prep:
- Actors are limited to those between 6 and 18 years old (No one over 18).
- Prepare a short song.
- Cold reading asides, actors may prepare a short monologue (not required).
Production Dates
- Wednesday, July 23 @ 7:30 p.m.
- Thursday, July 24 @ 7:30 p.m.
- Friday, July 25 @ 7:30 p.m.
- Saturday, July 26 @ 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
- Sunday, July 27 @ 2 p.m.
First-timers and newcomers to the stage are welcomed!
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1955 American three-act play by Tennessee Williams. One of Williams’s more famous works and his personal favorite, it won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955. Set in the plantation home in the Mississippi Delta of Big Daddy Pollitt, a wealthy cotton tycoon, the play examines the relationships among members of Big Daddy’s family, primarily between his son Brick and Maggie “the Cat”, Brick’s wife. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof features motifs such as social mores, greed, superficiality, mendacity, decay, sexual desire, repression, and death.
Director: Dorothea Handron
Production Dates:
- Thursday, June 12 @ 7:30 p.m.
- Friday, June 13 @ 7:30 p.m.
- Saturday, June 14 @ 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
- Thursday, June 19 @ 7:30 p.m.
- Friday, June 20 @ 7:30 p.m.
- Saturday, June 21 @ 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 14; Sunday, June 15; & Saturday, June 21 @ 2:00
Tickets: General $20 Seniors/Students/Military: $15
Check Out Our 2025 Season!
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Auditioning With Ease An audition intensive workshop over the course of a week with sessions on preparing students for potential auditions, including topics like choosing appropriate audition music, preparing a monologue or sides, learning short bits of choreography and learning to dance with confidence. Includes classes with guest clinicians and small group voice lessons. The workshop culminates in a mock audition day in which participants are judged by a panel for singing, cold reading, monologuing, and dancing.
Workshop Facilitators: Justin and Rochelle Collis
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“Yes And” Summer Improv Workshop
This summer workshop will encourage participants to learn about the wonderful world of improv.
Learning objectives include the following:
– How to create different characters
– Practice a variety of scene games and
– Work together in groups to build camaraderie and the ability to think on their feet
Join the summer fun!
M-TH July 21st to July 24th 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Showcase on Friday the 25th (time TBA).
- Middle schoolers and teens
- Cost: $110
- 15 participants maximum
Lindsay Fazzini, the drama teacher from South Central High School, will facilitate the camp.
Expand your improvisation stage toolkit and understand the meaning of “Yes And”!
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Please consider a donation to Magnolia Arts Center. Producing a theater season is costly since the royalties for each show must be paid in full before we advertise or promote the show. The royalty total for the 2025 season is approximately $13,000. Maintaining the building continues to present financial challenges. We currently need to repair a leaky roof and update the sinks in the concession area and dressing room. MAC’s electric bill runs about $800-$900 monthly.
All donations are tax deductible. Magnolia Arts Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit (tax ID 203192311).