More than six months ago, audiences at “Ben Speaks” raved about the world premiere of Steve Nousen’s humorous, enlightening, and touching one-man show.

So this August, writer, actor and Ben Franklin interpreter Nousen will bring Ben back to Beaufort’s ARTWorks black box theater in a production that is both encore and improvement, as he has revised the show based in part on his audiences’ input.

The Arts Center transforms into “Smokey Joe’s Café”

Get ready to rock and dance this summer when the Arts Center presents “Smokey Joe’s Café,” Broadway’s hit party musical featuring the chart-toppin’, doo-woppin’ tunes of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

At the Arts Center through Aug. 6, tickets are $45 for adults and $31 for kids. Group rates are also available.

One of the most prolific songwriting teams of the ‘50s and ‘60s, the dynamic duo of Leiber and Stoller cranked out one gold record after another, among them “Hound Dog,” “On Broadway,” “Stand by Me,” “Yakety Yak” and “Love Potion No. 9.”

Alzheimer’s Family Services of Greater Beaufort invites you to dine with 99-year-old Lucy Marsden, as she tells her story of life with the Captain, a veteran of the War for Southern Independence. The play “Her Confession,” both bawdy and heartbreaking, is the last confession and prayer for judgment of a woman with “a good memory for grudges” and a mortal need for forgiveness. Jane Holding plays Lucy, having adapted the play from the best-selling novel “Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All,” together with its author, Allan Gurganus.