Jack: Thank you for sharing your frustration.
I miss doing theater. There is a smallish group in Edgefield, several members of which I know by name. But I have to ask myself every time I think to ask about joining them whether or not I am cut out for "very" amateur theatricals. Local audiences eat them up, but they know these people and find them amusing.
I find the high school does phenomenal work.
Aiken has a vibrant community theater, but the commute would get me.