In 1938, The Footlight Players took the first steps toward transforming the old cotton warehouse into a fully functioning theatre. The Players undertook a massive fundraising campaign, raising enough money to begin construction. This campaign continued for the next several years and was finally completed in 1941. Since then, the Footlight Players have been able to offer a wide variety of theatrical performances in a comfortable and intimate atmosphere. The Footlight Players first came to the public's attention in 1931, when Lt. Commander Charles Russell Price directed a successful series of one-act plays at the Charleston Navy Yard. This enthusiastic reception led the Players to formally organize and incorporate in the fall of 1932. In 1934, Mrs. Eliza Huger Dunkin Kammerer gifted The Footlight Players an old cotton warehouse for the purpose of transforming it into a finished playhouse. For the next four years, all productions were performed in a variety of theaters around the Holy City, including the Academy of Music, the Victory Theatre, Hampton Park, The Citadel, and the Dock Street Theatre. In 1938, The Footlight Players began a major fundraising campaign to convert the old cotton warehouse into a fully functioning theatre. After several years of hard work, the campaign was completed in 1941. The Footlight Players now offer a variety of theatrical performances in a comfortable and intimate atmosphere.