Centre Stage, Greenville's Professional Theater

Centre Stage is a year-round, 285-seat professional theater offering a wide range of entertainment that includes music, comedy, drama and special events within easy walking distance of Falls Park and the beautiful Main Street corridor. Free parking, assistive listening devices, art exhibitions, chamber music concerts, independent film screenings, galas and more await visitors to this state-of-the-art performance facility, noted for its unique configuration, comfort and intimacy.

Founded in 1983 by Douglas P. McCoy, Centre Stage was formed with the intent of becoming a professional theater. The theater's first performance space was inside the Greenville County Museum of Art and its first full production was presented in the St. Mary's Church gymnatorium. For the next four years, Centre Stage performed in the Greenville School District's Fine Arts Center. For tthe next ten years Centre Stage leased a building on the corner of Washington and Academy Streets and produced all of its plays there.

In April, 1996 Centre Stage was approved as an Associate Member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG) and remains so to this day. TCG membership entitles Centre Stage to all of the rights and privileges of a professional theatre. In April, 1998, Centre Stage was designated as a Constituent Member of TCG.

In December, 1996 ground was broken for the theater's current state-of-the-art location at 501 River Street where it occupies 10,000 square feet of the 30,000 square-foot Citi-Smith Barney Building. Centre Stage took occupancy of this venue on October 1, 1997 and staged its first performance in the space on October 2, 1997