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Formerly known as the Footlight Players Theater, this space has been rebranded as the Queen Street Playhouse. Home to the oldest theater company in Charleston, the Footlight Players, before they moved in the building was a cotton warehouse.

Queen Street Playhouse

Formerly known as the Footlight Players Theater, this space has been rebranded as the Queen Street Playhouse. Home to the oldest theater company in Charleston, the Footlight Players, the building was a cotton warehouse before they moved in.

Ask a Local

What’s the deal with the City Market? Were slaves sold there or not?

asks John H., from Seattle, Washington… The City Market is what was called the “Slaves’ Market,” not the “Slaves Market.”  That apostrophe makes all the difference in the world. While a shocking number of humans were sold into slavery in Charleston (a very dark period in the City’s history), they were not sold at what […]

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