Calendar of Events
Upcoming events and things to do in Asheville, NC. Below is a list of events for festivals, concerts, art exhibitions, group meetups and more.
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Flat Rock Playhouse is proud to partner with The Breath Project to create an archive of 8 minute and 46 second works of live theater from multidisciplinary theater artists of color who are responding to this moment in history. All submissions that meet the Breath Project guidelines will be featured in the archive, and as partners in the project, CJ Barnwell will be the curator from our theater who will help select pieces from the archive to feature in a virtual festival in Fall 2020. For those who do not have access to video recording equipment, the Playhouse is able to offer the use of the Mainstage and video recording support. If you are interested in recording on the Mainstage, please email [email protected].
To be considered for the Fall 2020 virtual festival, please submit your piece by Sept. 14, 2020. For more information on the submission process, the mission of the Breath Project and other partner theaters, visit www.thebreathproject2020.com.
Now available as Video On Demand!
All tickets are $25.00 plus taxes and fees and benefit ACT.
Asheville Community Theatre’s annual fundraiser Costume Drama: A Fashion Show is a fashion show where designers create garments from unconventional materials. Twelve designers competed in this year’s challenge, four were chosen as category winners – and one was named the Best in Show winner.
As in years past, Best in Show will receive a $500 prize, and the other 3 winners will each receive a $250 prize. Winners are revealed at the end of the broadcast!
Costume Drama: A Fashion Show originally aired on Saturday, August 8, 2020. Video On Demand of this show will be available for purchase until September 30, 2020 at 11:59 pm.
The Pandemic Arts: a series “where performing artists from various genres discuss how the global pandemic is affecting their careers, their creativity, their finances, and their plans for the future.”
The final video is live and features a candid interview with Lisa K. Bryant about the history of the Playhouse and the challenges of running a theatre during the COVID-19 pandemic. You’ll also see performances by beloved Vagabonds Matthew Glover, Bill Muñoz, and Scott Treadway.
The Magnetic Theatre is seeking 2 – 10 minute, holiday season themed monologues, vignettes and one-act pieces to be performed later this year as a compilation show. The show will be a live-streamed performance, though some segments may be pre-recorded.
Parameters:
Theme must be tied to December seasonal holidays (including New Year’s Eve).
– Between 2 and 10 minutes in length.
– A monologue or vignette/one-act with no more than two characters.
– Any genre accepted (Comedy, Dramatic, Horror, etc.).
Submission Deadline:
October 1, 2020
Henry “Dickie” Marrow, a 23-year-old U.S. Army veteran whose wife was pregnant with their third daughter, was beaten down and shot to death in the street by Robert Teel, Teel’s 18-year-old son Larry, and Roger Oakley, Teel’s 21-year-old stepson, for allegedly making a remark to Larry Teel’s wife. Despite testimony by two black eyewitnesses, the men were acquitted of the crime by an all-white jury. Roger Oakley, Teel’s stepson, actually confessed to shooting the gun but was never indicted. But it was the Teels’ acquittal for their hotheaded hate crime that launched the city of Oxford, North Carolina into a season of violent reprisals.
The performance will be accompanied by gospel vocalist Mary D. Williams.
Discretionary Warning: adult themes and language
On the heels of the successful Zoom reading of It Can’t Happen Here, Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective presents …while Black, the second production of their COVID-19 modified 10th season.
The events of September 11th, 2001 are undoubtedly the greatest acts of terrorism perpetrated by non-Americans against Americans on American soil …while Black, is a storytelling event about life as an American living in America and subject to ongoing terrorism inflicted by other Americans. …while Black is a curated evening of dramatic readings, poetry, and spoken word, written and performed by people with varying perspectives and firsthand knowledge of what it’s like to be a Black person living, shopping, driving, and thriving in America.
Please join Different Strokes! for this live Zoom presentation on September 11th at 7:30 pm …while Black features Eugene Jones, Janet Oliver, Kaity Taylor, Kevin Evans, Shanita Jackson, Zakiya Bell-Rogers, and Zay Hickling Beckman.
Pay-what-you-will tickets will go on sale on August 31st. A portion of the proceeds from this production will benefit “My Daddy Taught Me That. “My Daddy Taught Me That” is a non-profit agency which provides mentoring programs for middle and high school youth in the Greater Asheville, North Carolina area through partnerships with local schools, low-income housing developments, the juvenile court system, churches (and other faith groups), and social service agencies.
Click here to register for …while Black:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0SNMe_pFRSWL7MKUyFurMQ
Flat Rock Playhouse is proud to partner with The Breath Project to create an archive of 8 minute and 46 second works of live theater from multidisciplinary theater artists of color who are responding to this moment in history. All submissions that meet the Breath Project guidelines will be featured in the archive, and as partners in the project, CJ Barnwell will be the curator from our theater who will help select pieces from the archive to feature in a virtual festival in Fall 2020. For those who do not have access to video recording equipment, the Playhouse is able to offer the use of the Mainstage and video recording support. If you are interested in recording on the Mainstage, please email [email protected].
To be considered for the Fall 2020 virtual festival, please submit your piece by Sept. 14, 2020. For more information on the submission process, the mission of the Breath Project and other partner theaters, visit www.thebreathproject2020.com.
Now available as Video On Demand!
All tickets are $25.00 plus taxes and fees and benefit ACT.
Asheville Community Theatre’s annual fundraiser Costume Drama: A Fashion Show is a fashion show where designers create garments from unconventional materials. Twelve designers competed in this year’s challenge, four were chosen as category winners – and one was named the Best in Show winner.
As in years past, Best in Show will receive a $500 prize, and the other 3 winners will each receive a $250 prize. Winners are revealed at the end of the broadcast!
Costume Drama: A Fashion Show originally aired on Saturday, August 8, 2020. Video On Demand of this show will be available for purchase until September 30, 2020 at 11:59 pm.
The Pandemic Arts: a series “where performing artists from various genres discuss how the global pandemic is affecting their careers, their creativity, their finances, and their plans for the future.”
The final video is live and features a candid interview with Lisa K. Bryant about the history of the Playhouse and the challenges of running a theatre during the COVID-19 pandemic. You’ll also see performances by beloved Vagabonds Matthew Glover, Bill Muñoz, and Scott Treadway.
Sign up for Amazon Smile today and support FRP at no cost to you. Amazon donates 0.5% of your purchase price directly to FRP. Participation is easy, and, once you’re set-up, you shop online and Amazon takes care of the rest.
To register, visit http://smile.amazon.com/. If you are not already supporting another organization, you will be prompted to select one. To contribute to Flat Rock Playhouse, search our business name: The Vagabond School of the Drama, Inc. Once you select us, you are all set! Don’t forget to bookmark your smile page, as purchases will only be applied through Amazon Smile.
Grow your impact by spreading the word to your friends and family!
The Magnetic Theatre is seeking 2 – 10 minute, holiday season themed monologues, vignettes and one-act pieces to be performed later this year as a compilation show. The show will be a live-streamed performance, though some segments may be pre-recorded.
Parameters:
Theme must be tied to December seasonal holidays (including New Year’s Eve).
– Between 2 and 10 minutes in length.
– A monologue or vignette/one-act with no more than two characters.
– Any genre accepted (Comedy, Dramatic, Horror, etc.).
Submission Deadline:
October 1, 2020
Henry “Dickie” Marrow, a 23-year-old U.S. Army veteran whose wife was pregnant with their third daughter, was beaten down and shot to death in the street by Robert Teel, Teel’s 18-year-old son Larry, and Roger Oakley, Teel’s 21-year-old stepson, for allegedly making a remark to Larry Teel’s wife. Despite testimony by two black eyewitnesses, the men were acquitted of the crime by an all-white jury. Roger Oakley, Teel’s stepson, actually confessed to shooting the gun but was never indicted. But it was the Teels’ acquittal for their hotheaded hate crime that launched the city of Oxford, North Carolina into a season of violent reprisals.
The performance will be accompanied by gospel vocalist Mary D. Williams.
Discretionary Warning: adult themes and language
The Magnetic Theatre is proud to present Black When I Was A Boy, a hilarious, heart-breaking, and wondrous show about facing racism with creativity and ingenuity.
Black When I Was A Boy is an honest, moving, and humorous look at a powerful coming of age story. It’s Cooper Bates’ autobiographical recollection of the inner life of his younger self – Frankie Bates. Growing up as a black child in a small Caucasian community in Kansas, Bates never saw himself as black until he was cast as Jim in the school production of Huckleberry Finn.
Special thanks to Impro Theatre in Los Angeles for this special opportunity to stream from their space.
Black When I Was A Boy will be presented online on Saturday, September 12th, at 7:30pm. Tickets for this one-night-only livestream are $15 per person for General Admission, with special member pricing of $12 for up to 4 tickets. Find more information, and sign up to see the show at www.themagnetictheatre.org.
Biography for Cooper Bates:
Cooper Bates (Playwright & Performer) was born in Kansas, but raised by the world. After a college stint on a wrestling scholarship, Bates settled in Dallas, Texas to study acting full time at Kim Dawson’s Acting Conservatory. Before long, Bates was invited to Los Angeles by a casting director. When a motorcycle accident forced a hiatus from acting, Bates took the opportunity to visit Haiti as an educator. After returning to Los Angeles, Bates wrote and directed 15 short films, directed a dozen plays, and wrote nine screenplays. Ultimately, an acting partner approached Bates with an idea to trademark the name “Hint Mint” as a breath mint company and sell it to fund their artistic endeavors — a six month plan that turned into a 15 year, small business odyssey. Black When I Was A Boy is a turn back to his passion.
Flat Rock Playhouse is proud to partner with The Breath Project to create an archive of 8 minute and 46 second works of live theater from multidisciplinary theater artists of color who are responding to this moment in history. All submissions that meet the Breath Project guidelines will be featured in the archive, and as partners in the project, CJ Barnwell will be the curator from our theater who will help select pieces from the archive to feature in a virtual festival in Fall 2020. For those who do not have access to video recording equipment, the Playhouse is able to offer the use of the Mainstage and video recording support. If you are interested in recording on the Mainstage, please email [email protected].
To be considered for the Fall 2020 virtual festival, please submit your piece by Sept. 14, 2020. For more information on the submission process, the mission of the Breath Project and other partner theaters, visit www.thebreathproject2020.com.
Now available as Video On Demand!
All tickets are $25.00 plus taxes and fees and benefit ACT.
Asheville Community Theatre’s annual fundraiser Costume Drama: A Fashion Show is a fashion show where designers create garments from unconventional materials. Twelve designers competed in this year’s challenge, four were chosen as category winners – and one was named the Best in Show winner.
As in years past, Best in Show will receive a $500 prize, and the other 3 winners will each receive a $250 prize. Winners are revealed at the end of the broadcast!
Costume Drama: A Fashion Show originally aired on Saturday, August 8, 2020. Video On Demand of this show will be available for purchase until September 30, 2020 at 11:59 pm.
Sign up for Amazon Smile today and support FRP at no cost to you. Amazon donates 0.5% of your purchase price directly to FRP. Participation is easy, and, once you’re set-up, you shop online and Amazon takes care of the rest.
To register, visit http://smile.amazon.com/. If you are not already supporting another organization, you will be prompted to select one. To contribute to Flat Rock Playhouse, search our business name: The Vagabond School of the Drama, Inc. Once you select us, you are all set! Don’t forget to bookmark your smile page, as purchases will only be applied through Amazon Smile.
Grow your impact by spreading the word to your friends and family!
The Magnetic Theatre is seeking 2 – 10 minute, holiday season themed monologues, vignettes and one-act pieces to be performed later this year as a compilation show. The show will be a live-streamed performance, though some segments may be pre-recorded.
Parameters:
Theme must be tied to December seasonal holidays (including New Year’s Eve).
– Between 2 and 10 minutes in length.
– A monologue or vignette/one-act with no more than two characters.
– Any genre accepted (Comedy, Dramatic, Horror, etc.).
Submission Deadline:
October 1, 2020
Henry “Dickie” Marrow, a 23-year-old U.S. Army veteran whose wife was pregnant with their third daughter, was beaten down and shot to death in the street by Robert Teel, Teel’s 18-year-old son Larry, and Roger Oakley, Teel’s 21-year-old stepson, for allegedly making a remark to Larry Teel’s wife. Despite testimony by two black eyewitnesses, the men were acquitted of the crime by an all-white jury. Roger Oakley, Teel’s stepson, actually confessed to shooting the gun but was never indicted. But it was the Teels’ acquittal for their hotheaded hate crime that launched the city of Oxford, North Carolina into a season of violent reprisals.
The performance will be accompanied by gospel vocalist Mary D. Williams.
Discretionary Warning: adult themes and language
Flat Rock Playhouse is proud to partner with The Breath Project to create an archive of 8 minute and 46 second works of live theater from multidisciplinary theater artists of color who are responding to this moment in history. All submissions that meet the Breath Project guidelines will be featured in the archive, and as partners in the project, CJ Barnwell will be the curator from our theater who will help select pieces from the archive to feature in a virtual festival in Fall 2020. For those who do not have access to video recording equipment, the Playhouse is able to offer the use of the Mainstage and video recording support. If you are interested in recording on the Mainstage, please email [email protected].
To be considered for the Fall 2020 virtual festival, please submit your piece by Sept. 14, 2020. For more information on the submission process, the mission of the Breath Project and other partner theaters, visit www.thebreathproject2020.com.
Now available as Video On Demand!
All tickets are $25.00 plus taxes and fees and benefit ACT.
Asheville Community Theatre’s annual fundraiser Costume Drama: A Fashion Show is a fashion show where designers create garments from unconventional materials. Twelve designers competed in this year’s challenge, four were chosen as category winners – and one was named the Best in Show winner.
As in years past, Best in Show will receive a $500 prize, and the other 3 winners will each receive a $250 prize. Winners are revealed at the end of the broadcast!
Costume Drama: A Fashion Show originally aired on Saturday, August 8, 2020. Video On Demand of this show will be available for purchase until September 30, 2020 at 11:59 pm.
This class will be offered in person on the ACT Mainstage, following all the recommended protocols for safety and sanitation. Class is limited to 8 students.
Incorporating aspects of the top improv programs in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, this course covers the fundamentals of improvisational acting with an emphasis on comedy; such as listening, commitment, adding information, agreement, intuitive reaction over desperate invention, as well as recognizing and capitalizing on emerging patterns. The class is crafted in such a way to have participants gradually gain their improv instincts through enjoyable and achievable exercises rather than teaching them the taste of disappointment and frustration. Students will gain experience and confidence in unscripted comedic performance through a series of improvised stories, scenes, and group structures; all done from a safe distance.
*In person classes are 50 minutes with an added 10 minutes for temperature checks*
Now available as Video On Demand!
All tickets are $25.00 plus taxes and fees and benefit ACT.
Asheville Community Theatre’s annual fundraiser Costume Drama: A Fashion Show is a fashion show where designers create garments from unconventional materials. Twelve designers competed in this year’s challenge, four were chosen as category winners – and one was named the Best in Show winner.
As in years past, Best in Show will receive a $500 prize, and the other 3 winners will each receive a $250 prize. Winners are revealed at the end of the broadcast!
Costume Drama: A Fashion Show originally aired on Saturday, August 8, 2020. Video On Demand of this show will be available for purchase until September 30, 2020 at 11:59 pm.
The journey begins when the Trolls’ Hug Time is unexpectedly put at risk. Knowing the only way to save it is by doing what the Trolls do best, Poppy hosts a toe-tapping, Trolls-tastic show! Poppy, Branch, Cooper, Cloud Guy, Satin and Chenille, Smidge, Guy Diamond, Fuzzbert, Biggie and Mr. Dinkles invite you into the colorful world of Troll Village for this interactive performance only the Trolls can create. This is one Trolls party you won’t want to miss!
The world of the Trolls comes alive in this totally interactive, story-rich musical celebration of everything the Trolls love – singing, dancing, rainbows, glitter and plenty of hugs. The extravaganza utilizes the latest in scenic projection, puppetry, media technology and features a host of special effects and interactive surprises. Trolls LIVE! includes two acts with an intermission and will enchant both children and adults with its popular Trolls show-stopping songs, as well as introduce audiences to all-new electrifying Trolls music and choreography.
Now available as Video On Demand!
All tickets are $25.00 plus taxes and fees and benefit ACT.
Asheville Community Theatre’s annual fundraiser Costume Drama: A Fashion Show is a fashion show where designers create garments from unconventional materials. Twelve designers competed in this year’s challenge, four were chosen as category winners – and one was named the Best in Show winner.
As in years past, Best in Show will receive a $500 prize, and the other 3 winners will each receive a $250 prize. Winners are revealed at the end of the broadcast!
Costume Drama: A Fashion Show originally aired on Saturday, August 8, 2020. Video On Demand of this show will be available for purchase until September 30, 2020 at 11:59 pm.
Jason McMahan, Lauren Baxley and Craig Day come together to perform this very suspenseful radio drama complete with sound effects!
Now available as Video On Demand!
All tickets are $25.00 plus taxes and fees and benefit ACT.
Asheville Community Theatre’s annual fundraiser Costume Drama: A Fashion Show is a fashion show where designers create garments from unconventional materials. Twelve designers competed in this year’s challenge, four were chosen as category winners – and one was named the Best in Show winner.
As in years past, Best in Show will receive a $500 prize, and the other 3 winners will each receive a $250 prize. Winners are revealed at the end of the broadcast!
Costume Drama: A Fashion Show originally aired on Saturday, August 8, 2020. Video On Demand of this show will be available for purchase until September 30, 2020 at 11:59 pm.
Henry “Dickie” Marrow, a 23-year-old U.S. Army veteran whose wife was pregnant with their third daughter, was beaten down and shot to death in the street by Robert Teel, Teel’s 18-year-old son Larry, and Roger Oakley, Teel’s 21-year-old stepson, for allegedly making a remark to Larry Teel’s wife. Despite testimony by two black eyewitnesses, the men were acquitted of the crime by an all-white jury. Roger Oakley, Teel’s stepson, actually confessed to shooting the gun but was never indicted. But it was the Teels’ acquittal for their hotheaded hate crime that launched the city of Oxford, North Carolina into a season of violent reprisals.
The performance will be accompanied by gospel vocalist Mary D. Williams.
Discretionary Warning: adult themes and language
