A Warm and Moving Comedy About Losing Your Mind and Finding Your Heart!

Helium is the moving and uplifting story of Mrs. Kingsley, a brilliant, humorous and beloved former chemistry teacher who braves the trials of frailty and aging, all the while keeping her imagination, charm and dignity intact. No longer bound by space and time, Mrs. Kingsley's mind has begun to wander. With the help of colorful bunches of helium-filled balloons, she takes flight and visits the seashore of her youth, her old high-school classroom and even drops in on an old episode of Star Trek. Back in the present, Mrs. Kingsley's daughter Alice struggles to keep her headstrong mother's feet firmly on the ground and her aging mind solidly anchored in reality. It is a losing battle. As sparks fly between mother and daughter, Mrs. Kingsley's grandsons watch in wonder and amazement as their mischievous grandmother's wit and imagination continue to charm even as her mind slips into amazing and often humorous flights of fancy.

Winner of the Tony Awards "Triple Crown" — Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book!

The laugh-out-loud, outrageously funny Avenue Q, a raucous musical puppet show for adults and one of Charleston Stage’s top-grossing musicals ever, returns for an encore run as part of our 40th Anniversary Season. With a catchy score written by Robert Lopez, (also composer of The Book of Mormon and Disney’s Frozen), Avenue Q tells the story of a bright young college graduate named Princeton who moves to the big city to begin life as a grown up only to discover that there are lessons to be learned—lessons told by Ave Q’s delightful and wisecracking neighborhood of puppets!

Music and Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx
Book by Jeff Whitty
Based On an Original Concept by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx

South Carolina Premiere! A Comic Riff on Shakespeare’s Lusty Love Life!

The laugh-out-loud, outrageously funny Avenue Q, a raucous musical puppet show for adults and one of Charleston Stage’s top-grossing musicals ever, returns for an encore run as part of our 40th Anniversary Season. With a catchy score written by Robert Lopez, (also composer of The Book of Mormon and Disney’s Frozen), Avenue Q tells the story of a bright young college graduate named Princeton who moves to the big city to begin life as a grown up only to discover that there are lessons to be learned—lessons told by Ave Q’s delightful and wisecracking neighborhood of puppets!

Based on the Screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard
Adapted for the Stage by Lee Hall

A New Children’s Musical and a Charleston Premiere!

A magical retelling of a beloved Norwegian folktale that tells the musical tale of three goat brothers: Billy, Goat and Gruff, who go on an adventure to search for food before the harsh winter snow descends upon their mountain. As they journey, they encounter many dangers, escape a nasty troll and discover that if they follow their hearts, anything is possible.

Book and Lyrics by Gwen Edwards
By Ben Mackel