In Torch Song – the two-act revival of Harvey Fierstein’s award-winning Torch Song Trilogy – the life of Arnold Beckoff, a torch song-singing, Jewish drag queen living in New York City, is dramatized over the span of the late 1970s and 1980s. Told with a likable, human voice, Torch Song follows Arnold’s odyssey to find happiness in New York. All he wants is a husband, a child, and a pair of bunny slippers that fit, but a visit from his overbearing mother reminds him that he needs one thing more: respect.

For 54 years, Workshop Theatre has been the creative domain of many of the area's most talented actors, directors, and technicians. It is a place where those who love the theatre join in a community that values the pulsing experience of live theatre. 

Workshop Theatre's mission is to provide theatre of the highest quality for audiences of all ages. Workshop Theatre shall serve as a creative outlet for all its participants, including its audiences both present and future, its various directors, actors, designers, playwrights and technicians. Workshop Theatre is committed to training in theatre arts, both formally in an education program and informally through production experience. Workshop expects to challenge as well as satisfy its varied audiences.

Workshop Theatre is supported in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts. Workshop is also receives funding from Richland County H-tax Grant funding program.

We need volunteers in every part of our productions. If you are interested in being a member of the Workshop crew, please contact us at [email protected]