Learn the ins and outs of sketch comedy in this eight-week course for adults led by Flat Rock Playhouse’s favorite comedic actor, Scott Treadway! Dive into the history of two-person comedy, learn about the straight man vs character actor and how to break down comedic beats and jokes in a script. Hone your skills in delivery, timing, and physicality as you pair up and perform a comedic scene, coached and directed by Scott. Laugh, learn and level up your comedy skills in this low-pressure, highly-humorous class. 

Instructor: Scott Treadway

*** All participating students must be fully vaccinated with proof of vaccination presented on the first day of class. 
Masks are optional at this time.
Space is limited.
No previous experience is necessary.

Get moving in this fun, high-energy dance class focusing on Broadway-style choreography. Lay the foundation of jazz technique through warm ups and across the floor, and practice picking up steps and style in theatre dance combinations inspired by a variety of musicals. Join us to get a weekly workout, learn how to fill your movement with character, and step into your next dance audition feeling confident. Masks are required. 

Instructor: Anna Kimmell

Notes: To ensure the safety of our students and staff, we require that all participants and faculty wear masks during indoor classes.

WORTHAM CENTER PRESENTS

Ephrat Asherie Dance presents Odeon

MATINEE SERIES FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES

Ephrat Asherie Dance

WORTHAM CENTER PRESENTS

Ephrat Asherie Dance presents Odeon

Comedy Open Mic at Asheville Music Hall in downtown Asheville. Every Weds. 8pm. Doors and comic sign up at 7pm. Free

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  An All-Ages Hip Hop Dance class led by LEAF  Schools & Streets Master Teaching Artist Otto (Aquaboogy) Vazquez. Get up and get your body moving every Thursday at LEAF Global Experience, with this great family-friendly, fun class!

  Weekly on Thursdays from 2:00 – 3:00pm at LEAF Global Experience (19 Eagle St, Asheville, NC, 28801)

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• 6:00pm – 8:00pm

  Open mic comedy every Thursday from 6-8pm at Ginger’s Revenge Tasting Room.

  Rotating hosts each week Clay Jones, James Burks and Katy Hudson

  No cover
  Signup starts at 5:30, and signup order will not necessarily be show order. Each comic gets 5 mins of stage time

ALGORITHM & BLUES: A DATING SKETCH SHOW

By George Awad, Katie Jones, Travis Lowe, and Jason Phillips
Directed by Jason Phillips

Have the dating apps got you down? Does your emotional well-being Hinge on getting a response from a potential love Match(.com)? Why not laugh it off with some locally sourced comedy centered around the joy and awkwardness of dating! Bring a date, or better yet bring your support group and laugh until you cry. All coupled up? Then come for the schadenfreude! An uproarious evening poking fun at the trials and tribulations of modern dating, featuring live music, bad date stories, and dancing Yentas!

Content Warning: Contains adult material

Cocktails, taps & menu available while you laugh the night away to some of the areas best Standup Comics in a ridiculously fun adult environment!

For more info contact Michele at [email protected].

3/10 Hosted by Hilliary Begley
Comedy Open Mic Featuring
Jess Cooley and Headlining his Birthday Bash, Mario Trevizo

7:30p-till, 18+
Doors 6:30p: [Music before show provided by Buzz Radio Asheville]

Comedy Open Mic plus Three Professional featured performers. Open mic comics signup at door get 3-5m. [Free entry for performing comics, free pizza at comics table]

Buy tix at: https://www.ashevillebrewing.com/location/north/

Mike Birbiglia is a comedian, storyteller, director, podcaster, producer, and actor who has performed in front of audiences worldwide. His solo shows “Sleepwalk With Me,” “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend,” “Thank God For Jokes,” and “The New One” enjoyed successful off Broadway runs and his most recent show “The New One” moved to Broadway where he received the Drama Desk Award for outstanding solo performance. “The New One” and “Thank God For Jokes” became critically acclaimed Netflix specials. Birbiglia also wrote, directed and starred in the films “Sleepwalk with Me” and “Don’t Think Twice.” His books, “Sleepwalk with Me and Other Painfully True Stories” and “The New One” are both National Bestsellers. He’s appeared in the films “Trainwreck,” “The Fault in Our Stars” and “Popstar” as well as TV roles in “Orange Is the New Black” and “Billions.” He hosts a podcast, “Mike Birbiglia’s Working It Out,” and is currently touring material from his newest show “The Old Man and The Pool.”

On March 11 2022, the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium arena will be transformed into a beautiful cruise ship, complete with food, drinks, a live band, sports bar, game room, auctions and much more!

This year we are cruising to Scotland!

Dancing | Silent and Live Auctions | Food Buffets

Tables (for 10) are $1,000 and Individual tickets are $75. If you are interested in purchasing a table or being a sponsor, please contact Susan Spires at (864) 573-7684 or [email protected].

ALGORITHM & BLUES: A DATING SKETCH SHOW

By George Awad, Katie Jones, Travis Lowe, and Jason Phillips
Directed by Jason Phillips

Have the dating apps got you down? Does your emotional well-being Hinge on getting a response from a potential love Match(.com)? Why not laugh it off with some locally sourced comedy centered around the joy and awkwardness of dating! Bring a date, or better yet bring your support group and laugh until you cry. All coupled up? Then come for the schadenfreude! An uproarious evening poking fun at the trials and tribulations of modern dating, featuring live music, bad date stories, and dancing Yentas!

Content Warning: Contains adult material

Carolina Ballet Theatre will pick up the spring season with a beautiful performance of Arabian Nights, which follows the escapades of an American sailor named Sinbad on his day off. Full of adventure and inspired by the movie Invitation to Dance, Arabian Nights is choreographed by Artistic Director Hernan Justo and Associate Artistic Director Anita Pacylowski-Justo.

Acclaimed late-night TV host, admired stand-up comedian, best-selling children’s book author, in-demand corporate speaker, lovable voice-over artist, pioneering car builder and mechanic, and philanthropist… it’s no wonder Jay Leno is widely characterized as “the hardest working man in show business.”

Leno’s late-night TV ratings domination included more than two decades of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, winning every consecutive quarter he hosted. The Tonight Show was honored with an Emmy^® Award for Outstanding Comedy, Variety or Music Series and took home the trophy for “Favorite Late-Night Show” in the annual TV Guide Awards determined by voting viewers. Leno was recently installed in the Television Academy’s Broadcast Hall of Fame.

Having passed the torch of Tonight Show succession to Jimmy Fallon, Leno has increased his customary busy schedule of comedy performances in top venues around the United States and abroad. He also continues his Emmy-winning web venture relating to his passion for automobiles, Jay Leno’s Garage.

Mike Birbiglia is a comedian, storyteller, director, podcaster, producer, and actor who has performed in front of audiences worldwide. His solo shows “Sleepwalk With Me,” “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend,” “Thank God For Jokes,” and “The New One” enjoyed successful off Broadway runs and his most recent show “The New One” moved to Broadway where he received the Drama Desk Award for outstanding solo performance. “The New One” and “Thank God For Jokes” became critically acclaimed Netflix specials. Birbiglia also wrote, directed and starred in the films “Sleepwalk with Me” and “Don’t Think Twice.” His books, “Sleepwalk with Me and Other Painfully True Stories” and “The New One” are both National Bestsellers. He’s appeared in the films “Trainwreck,” “The Fault in Our Stars” and “Popstar” as well as TV roles in “Orange Is the New Black” and “Billions.” He hosts a podcast, “Mike Birbiglia’s Working It Out,” and is currently touring material from his newest show “The Old Man and The Pool.”

Led by Stewart/Owen Dance Co-Directors, Vanessa Owen and Gavin Stewart, this open level adult contemporary dance class gradually awakens the body and senses through guided improvisation and a follow along warm-up, followed by foundational across-the-floor exercises and center-work combinations. All experience levels welcome!

In person: $10, pay at the door

Online: $7 suggested donation, contact [email protected] for class link and details.

About Stewart/Owen Dance: Gavin Stewart and Vanessa Owen, a husband and wife duo, are the co-directors of Western North Carolina based Stewart/Owen Dance. Their choreography has been presented by festivals and companies across the U.S., and their careers have most notably taken them around the globe on fifteen U.S. State Department tours to teach, perform and choreograph contemporary dance with Washington D.C. based Company E. In 2017 they made North Carolina their home base where they work towards building a sustainable community for professional dance artists to set roots. They have choreographed music videos for artists such as Moses Sumney, Sylvan Esso and Ben Phantom. Gavin and Vanessa won the Audience Choice Award at the NYC Dance Gallery Festival 2018, were commissioned as Dance Gallery 2019 Level UP Artists, are recipients of a McDowell Regional Artist Project Grant, a North Carolina Artist Support Grant and were voted “Artists Who Most Pushed the Boundaries with the Human Body” by 2020 Asheville Fringe Arts Festival. Since the pandemic, they have focused on producing COVID-conscious dance experiences for live audiences, including drive-up performances and a guided walk-along dance exhibit presented in residence with Asheville’s beloved Wortham Center for the Performing Arts.

Led by Stewart/Owen Co-Directors, Vanessa Owen and Gavin Stewart, this class begins with full body conditioning followed by a series of technical modern exercises, and culminates in either phrase creation or Stewart/Owen repertory. Dancers are encouraged to modify for their own bodies and spaces! We recommend this class to experienced dancers who are looking for a fast-paced contemporary class that pushes their physical and mental boundaries.

In person: $10, pay at the door

Online: $7 suggested donation, contact [email protected] for class link and details.

About Stewart/Owen Dance: Gavin Stewart and Vanessa Owen, a husband and wife duo, are the co-directors of Western North Carolina based Stewart/Owen Dance. Their choreography has been presented by festivals and companies across the U.S., and their careers have most notably taken them around the globe on fifteen U.S. State Department tours to teach, perform and choreograph contemporary dance with Washington D.C. based Company E. In 2017 they made North Carolina their home base where they work towards building a sustainable community for professional dance artists to set roots.They have choreographed music videos for artists such as Moses Sumney, Sylvan Esso and Ben Phantom. Gavin and Vanessa won the Audience Choice Award at the NYC Dance Gallery Festival 2018, were commissioned as Dance Gallery 2019 Level UP Artists, are recipients of a McDowell Regional Artist Project Grant, a North Carolina Artist Support Grant and were voted “Artists Who Most Pushed the Boundaries with the Human Body” by 2020 Asheville Fringe Arts Festival. Since the pandemic, they have focused on producing COVID-conscious dance experiences for live audiences, including drive-up performances and a guided walk-along dance exhibit presented in residence with Asheville’s beloved Wortham Center for the Performing Arts.

Join us outside on our plaza for a free community event of performance and artmaking! We recognize that art can serve as a source of healing and point to more restorative solutions to critical community issues. Creative expression offers us the ability to process and unite. In conjunction with our loan of Félix González-Torres’ installation Untitled (L.A.) in Ruminations on Memory and in collaboration with community partners, we aim to provide a safe and welcoming space for all to reflect/connect.

Reflect/Connect presents poetry readings, dance performance, and audio recordings, as well as an opportunity to participate in collaborative artmaking.

12:00-12:45pm: Poetry reading, dance performance, audio recordings

12:45-2:00pm: Collaborative artmaking

Poetry readings: Readings by a select group of high school students participating in week-long poet-in-residence programs, Power of Youth, led by Torre White.

Dance performance: Watch the performance or be part of it! Register for the free re-connect movement workshop on 3/5/22 to participate in a cathartic experience of collaborative dance making and performing with Kathy Leiner and the Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre. Participants are invited to perform the movement created in this workshop as part of the community event Reflect/Connect.

Collaborative artmaking: Create art with Liz Williams of Campaign for Southern Equality’s Southern Equality Studios! Individual artworks will be used together to create a community-based vision board that will take the form of a healing tapestry that speaks to the future while reflecting on the past. You can also view tapestries previously created by groups from Stephens-Lee Recreation Center, Western North Carolina Aids Project, Queer Artists Meet-Up, and Asheville School.

Generous funding for this program is provided by Art Bridges.

Carolina Ballet Theatre will pick up the spring season with a beautiful performance of Arabian Nights, which follows the escapades of an American sailor named Sinbad on his day off. Full of adventure and inspired by the movie Invitation to Dance, Arabian Nights is choreographed by Artistic Director Hernan Justo and Associate Artistic Director Anita Pacylowski-Justo.

ALGORITHM & BLUES: A DATING SKETCH SHOW

By George Awad, Katie Jones, Travis Lowe, and Jason Phillips
Directed by Jason Phillips

Have the dating apps got you down? Does your emotional well-being Hinge on getting a response from a potential love Match(.com)? Why not laugh it off with some locally sourced comedy centered around the joy and awkwardness of dating! Bring a date, or better yet bring your support group and laugh until you cry. All coupled up? Then come for the schadenfreude! An uproarious evening poking fun at the trials and tribulations of modern dating, featuring live music, bad date stories, and dancing Yentas!

Content Warning: Contains adult material

Carolina Ballet Theatre will pick up the spring season with a beautiful performance of Arabian Nights, which follows the escapades of an American sailor named Sinbad on his day off. Full of adventure and inspired by the movie Invitation to Dance, Arabian Nights is choreographed by Artistic Director Hernan Justo and Associate Artistic Director Anita Pacylowski-Justo.

Carolina Ballet Theatre will pick up the spring season with a beautiful performance of Arabian Nights, which follows the escapades of an American sailor named Sinbad on his day off. Full of adventure and inspired by the movie Invitation to Dance, Arabian Nights is choreographed by Artistic Director Hernan Justo and Associate Artistic Director Anita Pacylowski-Justo.

Recently named one of Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch in 2021, Kountry Wayne (a.k.a. Wayne Colley) has garnered a loyal following from his widely popular digital sketches and hilarious standup, generating an extraordinary amount of buzz among his peers within the entertainment industry as one of comedy’s most notable rising stars.

Since his first Facebook post in October 2014 went viral, the charismatic comic has amassed millions of followers across social media platforms, where fans tune in daily to his original sketches with cameos from celebrities like Ludacris, Mike Epps, and Lamar Odom.

Keeping it real mining comic gold from the everyday and applying his genius for freestyling, Colley is a master storyteller. A talent that has earned him notoriety among comedians and critics alike – In spring 2021, Colley performed alongside comedy heavyweight Mike Epps on the “In Real Life Comedy Tour” and debuted at #10 of The Hollywood Reporter’s Top Comedian List, which includes Ricky Gervais, D.L. Hughley, and Kevin Hart.

With his humble roots and unbridled energy, Wayne continues to build his audience with cutting-edge yet clean, curse-free material whose appeal transcends all cultural lines

Learn the ins and outs of sketch comedy in this eight-week course for adults led by Flat Rock Playhouse’s favorite comedic actor, Scott Treadway! Dive into the history of two-person comedy, learn about the straight man vs character actor and how to break down comedic beats and jokes in a script. Hone your skills in delivery, timing, and physicality as you pair up and perform a comedic scene, coached and directed by Scott. Laugh, learn and level up your comedy skills in this low-pressure, highly-humorous class. 

Instructor: Scott Treadway

*** All participating students must be fully vaccinated with proof of vaccination presented on the first day of class. 
Masks are optional at this time.
Space is limited.
No previous experience is necessary.

Michael Palascak is a comedian who grew up in Indiana and now lives in LA. He performed on both The Late Late Show with James Corden and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in the same year. He has over 1 million views on YouTube. In addition, his resume includes A Little Late with Lilly Singh, The Tonight Show, Letterman, Craig Ferguson, Conan, has a Comedy Central Half Hour special, and was a Top 5 Finalist on Last Comic Standing where one judge claimed, “My first impression of Michael was a great likability. This is a guy that could star in a sitcom.” Michael’s likability allows him to relate to his audiences in a real way which sets up the huge laughs he gets from his sharp, personal material. Consistently writing and per-forming, this summer Michael released both a new album— The Internet Live through 800 Pound Gorilla and a new stand-up special on the Dry Bar app— 1984. Available for free streaming. Drew Hunt of The Chicago Reader wrote about Michael, “In a lot of ways, he repre-sents the ideal antidote to the sort of unbridled cynicism that pervades much of contemporary stand-up.” Michael’s optimism continues in the new National Lampoon series — The Bright Side where he takes a positive stance on a negative topic streaming on YouTube.

Get moving in this fun, high-energy dance class focusing on Broadway-style choreography. Lay the foundation of jazz technique through warm ups and across the floor, and practice picking up steps and style in theatre dance combinations inspired by a variety of musicals. Join us to get a weekly workout, learn how to fill your movement with character, and step into your next dance audition feeling confident. Masks are required. 

Instructor: Anna Kimmell

Notes: To ensure the safety of our students and staff, we require that all participants and faculty wear masks during indoor classes.