Emily Pietras, Author at GREENVILLE JOURNAL

Glow Lyric Theatre’s ‘In the Heights’ is a timely production as US immigration debate continues

Featuring music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, “In the Heights” portrays three days in New York City’s Washington Heights, a predominantly Hispanic-American neighborhood.

Backstage: A Q&A with actor Craig Smith

Craig Smith discovered his love of theater the way many young people do: through his high school drama classes.

GLT presents a ‘tale as old as time’ in its production of ‘Beauty and the Beast’

For three of the leading cast members in Greenville Little Theatre’s upcoming production of “Beauty and the Beast,” the story they’re about to bring to the stage has been familiar to them for as long as they can remember.

SCCT’s 2018-19 season lineup appeals to a broad audience, from toddlers to retirees

When it’s time to put together a new season lineup, each year the South Carolina Children’s Theatre faces a familiar challenge: selecting an array of shows that appeal to a broad demographic.

Photographer Walter Arnold finds beauty in abandonment

Walter Arnold first picked up a camera in 2005 when he moved to Hendersonville, N.C., and became enamored with the area’s natural beauty and scenery. But the creative spark that has ultimately shaped his body of work was found at an airplane graveyard in St. Augustine, Fla., in 2009.

Backstage: A Q&A with costume designer Thomas Brooks

When Thomas Brooks was a student at North Greenville University pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in theater, he wasn't initially aiming for a career in costume design.

Featuring music and lyrics by pop singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles, ‘Waitress’ explores everyday struggles and triumphs

Jenna Hunterson, a waitress and talented pie baker working at Joe’s Diner in a small Southern town, feels trapped.

Mill Town Players’ ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ highlights the story’s enduring messages

Mill Town Players will bring one of the most beloved stories in modern American literature to the stage in its upcoming production of “To Kill a Mockingbird.” The play, written…

‘The Flick’ is an intimate look into the trials of everyday life

In Annie Baker’s “The Flick,” a play that chronicles the daily lives of three ushers working in a rundown single-screen movie house in Massachusetts, actions often speak louder than words.

Following the Parkland, Fla., shooting, Upstate students are organizing a local March For Our Lives

The event is scheduled on the same day as the March For Our Lives in Washington, D.C. Greenville is one of dozens of cities across the country that will hold a march to show solidarity and support for those traveling to the nation’s capital.

March For Our Lives Greenville to plan March 14 student walkouts; school district cites ‘safety concerns’

Twenty local students — 18 high schoolers and two college students — have come together to organize under March For Our Lives Greenville, "a sister movement of the national March For Our Lives created by survivors of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting," according to a news release.

A Q&A with actress Amanda Sox

As Greenville continues to grow, perhaps one of the city’s remaining best-kept secrets is our local performing arts scene. While many of our community theaters have been operating since long…

The State settles the Greenville vs. Columbia Main Street restaurant debate

Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin claimed that Columbia's total restaurant count in The Vista and along Main Street currently exceeded the number on Greenville's Main Street.

Saban’s Squad: 5 Alabama Crimson Tide players to know before the Sugar Bowl

For the third consecutive season, the Clemson Tigers and the Alabama Crimson Tide will meet in the College Football Playoff.

For special-needs children and at-risk youth, equine therapy program Happy Hooves’ School at the Barn can be life changing

When Deklan Corrigan first visited Eden Farms, a horse-boarding barn in Marietta, a year ago, his mother, Traci Corrigan, was unsure how he would respond. Her son, who at the time was 5 years old, was often nonverbal and reserved, and Traci wondered whether the new, unfamiliar stimuli would make Deklan nervous or agitated.

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