In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage—until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Her chief adversary is her former employer, Arthur Roeder, an idealistic man who cannot bring himself to believe that the same element that shrinks tumors could have anything to do with the terrifying rash of illnesses among his employees. As the case goes on, however, Grace finds herself battling not just with the U.S. Radium Corporation but also with her own family and friends, who fear that her campaign for justice will backfire.

Doors open 30 minutes prior to showtime. Online ticket sales end 1 hour prior to showtime. There may still be tickets available in the BMCA office if online sales have ended. Call 828.669.0930 or visit the office to find out more.

Step into a world of magic, mystery, and self-discovery with the Tony Award-winning musical, Pippin. This Broadway classic, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Roger O. Hirson, tells the captivating story of a young prince on a daring quest for the ultimate meaning of life and fulfillment. From spectacular circus-inspired performances to stirring, emotionally-charged songs, “Pippin” unfolds as an exploration of the highs and lows of glory, love, and ambition. It’s a compelling narrative that continually asks one poignant question: is it more rewarding to live a simple life or to persist in relentlessly pursuing extraordinary feats? With its rich, allegorical storyline and memorable melodies, Pippin promises to enchant audiences, leaving them musing long after the final curtain call.

A talkback with the cast & crew of Pippin will be held following the performances on September 17th & 24th.

Honky Tonk Angels 

Written by Ted Swindley.
Director Dan Harvey
Music Director Pam McNeil

The Black Mountain Library will be hosting a reading and conversation with Jaki Shelton Green, Poet Laureate of North Carolina on Oct. 3 at 6 p.m.

Jaki Shelton Green is the first African American and third woman to be appointed as the North Carolina Poet Laureate. When he appointed her in 2018, Governor Cooper stated that “Jaki Shelton Green brings a deep appreciation of our state’s diverse communities to her role as an ambassador of North Carolina literature. Jaki’s appointment is a wonderful new chapter in North Carolina’s rich literary history.”

Born in Alamance County and raised in Orange County, Ms. Green has written books of poetry, co-edited poetry anthologies, and authored a play. Green won the North Carolina Award for Literature in 2013 and was inducted into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame in 2014. Ms. Green teaches Documentary Poetry at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.

This event is free and everyone is invited. Ms. Green will be signing and selling copies of her work after the reading.

November 3-11, 2023

Directed by Jenny Martin
Music Direction by Roberta Whiteside
Choreography by Melanie Veazey

The Malaprop’s Book Club, hosted by Jay Jacoby, explores a diverse selection of fiction and nonfiction books determined by member suggestion. Click here to see a full schedule of what the club is reading. Club attendees get 10% off the book at Malaprop’s!

The club meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7:00 PM. The club will meet virtually until further notice. To join the club, please email [email protected]

Crime and Politics Book Club

This absurd farce asks, “If we had to start the human race over with only four highly flawed individuals, would we be up to the task?”

Karl, the Magnificent!

by William Missouri Downs

THE STORY: Maggie and Raymond have just flunked their hostile workplace training seminar. The only way they can keep their jobs is to put their microaggressions aside and attend the birthday party for the employee they bully the most, Karl, the office nerd. They don’t know that Karl is the only person on earth who can save humanity from destruction. That’s right, the world is ending, and Karl is the savior. Or is Karl just an evil genius who has staged the evening to seek revenge? Karl, The Magnificent is an absurd farce that asks the question, “If we had to start the human race over with only four highly flawed individuals would we be up to the task?” Or are Homo sapiens a lost cause, an evolutionary mistake, a dud?

-summary from New Play Exchange

In keeping with our Mission Statement, BC Theatre Dept. seeks to encourage student and community growth and purposeful interaction with a range of ideas. We mindfully tell this story with the deliberate aim of ensuring both open-mindedness and personal safety.

INFORMATION ABOUT TALKBACKS AND RECEPTIONS!

Thursday, 10/5 7:00p performance: Check back here for more information coming soon!

Friday, 10/6 7:00p performance: Check back here for more information coming soon!

Saturday, 10/7 7:00p performance: Check back here for more information coming soon!

CAST

Karl / Karl the Magnificent: Sierethene Chepes

Punk Waitress: Lyric Contarino

Maggie: Mickey Lasco

Raymond: Taylor Sparrow

CREATIVE TEAM

Director: Grace Dempsey

Faculty Mentor / Intimacy Director: Abbey Toot

Lighting Designer: Andrea Boccanfuso

Sound Designer / Fight Consultant: Dan Toot

Scenic Designer: Emily Rich

Costume Designer: Sarah Haga

Hair and Makeup Designer: Naomi Firebaugh

Production Stage Manager: Roxxane Petryshak

Assistant Stage Manager 1 / Dramaturg / Community Engagement: Oliver Morgan

Assistant Stage Manager 2 / Dramaturg / Community Engagement: Roz Xenakis

Light Board Op: Ava Bonner

Sound Board Op: Eli Hughes

Props Supervisor: Lacey Treese

Props Assistant: Graycie Barnett

Costume Shop Manager: Gwyn Jennings

Wardrobe Supervisor / Dresser 1: Evy Higdon

Dresser 2: Marina Mullin

Hair and Makeup Applicator: Camille Bonnin

Scenic Charge: Anna Ervin

Scenic Paint: Nell O’Brien

House Manager: Jodi Wyse

Box Office Manager: Abby Reeves

Video Manager: Scott Douglas

Usher / Video Crew: Sidi Podolan, Erick Meglii, Jaylen Dickerson

 

 

The Sublime Theater presents the world premiere of David Brendan Hopes’ “Ben & Angela,” starring Scott Fisher & Kirby Gibson, directed by Steven Samuels. “No matter how long people have been doing it, marriage remains a mystery. In “Ben & Angela,” a young couple follow the twisty, sometimes hilarious, road from first infatuation through the kinks and perils of living life together for the long haul. They each know the other’s weakness. They each know each other’s strength. They know what it will look like when it is perfect.”

This electrifying combination of theatre, dance, and technology brings classic tales to new light.

We begin with Aesop’s classic fable of The Tortoise and the Hare but continue the story — which finds them 10 years down the road, now with children of their own and exploring modern day distractions. Smart phones and video games create a new landscape of lost connections to life experiences. The Next Gen features Tortoise Junior and Li’l Hare in a whole new kind of race, where their adventures lead them into unexpected territory. Old Man Tortoise and Big Daddy Hare must come together despite their differences to find and save their children. What hurdles will they have to overcome to make it to the finish line?

With dazzling visuals, poignant storytelling and the creative use of music from classical to pop, this production brings this tale into a new brilliant light. Recommended for grades K-5. Connect with the artists in a post-show Q&A.

The Student Series is open to school groups, homeschoolers, community groups and families.

*This production contains lasers and strobe lights.

This electrifying combination of theatre, dance, and technology brings classic tales to new light.

We begin with Aesop’s classic fable of The Tortoise and the Hare but continue the story — which finds them 10 years down the road, now with children of their own and exploring modern day distractions. Smart phones and video games create a new landscape of lost connections to life experiences. The Next Gen features Tortoise Junior and Li’l Hare in a whole new kind of race, where their adventures lead them into unexpected territory. Old Man Tortoise and Big Daddy Hare must come together despite their differences to find and save their children. What hurdles will they have to overcome to make it to the finish line?

With dazzling visuals, poignant storytelling and the creative use of music from classical to pop, this production brings this tale into a new brilliant light. Recommended for grades K-5. Connect with the artists in a post-show Q&A.

The Student Series is open to school groups, homeschoolers, community groups and families.

*This production contains lasers and strobe lights.

This absurd farce asks, “If we had to start the human race over with only four highly flawed individuals, would we be up to the task?”

Karl, the Magnificent!

by William Missouri Downs

THE STORY: Maggie and Raymond have just flunked their hostile workplace training seminar. The only way they can keep their jobs is to put their microaggressions aside and attend the birthday party for the employee they bully the most, Karl, the office nerd. They don’t know that Karl is the only person on earth who can save humanity from destruction. That’s right, the world is ending, and Karl is the savior. Or is Karl just an evil genius who has staged the evening to seek revenge? Karl, The Magnificent is an absurd farce that asks the question, “If we had to start the human race over with only four highly flawed individuals would we be up to the task?” Or are Homo sapiens a lost cause, an evolutionary mistake, a dud?

-summary from New Play Exchange

In keeping with our Mission Statement, BC Theatre Dept. seeks to encourage student and community growth and purposeful interaction with a range of ideas. We mindfully tell this story with the deliberate aim of ensuring both open-mindedness and personal safety.

INFORMATION ABOUT TALKBACKS AND RECEPTIONS!

Thursday, 10/5 7:00p performance: Check back here for more information coming soon!

Friday, 10/6 7:00p performance: Check back here for more information coming soon!

Saturday, 10/7 7:00p performance: Check back here for more information coming soon!

CAST

Karl / Karl the Magnificent: Sierethene Chepes

Punk Waitress: Lyric Contarino

Maggie: Mickey Lasco

Raymond: Taylor Sparrow

CREATIVE TEAM

Director: Grace Dempsey

Faculty Mentor / Intimacy Director: Abbey Toot

Lighting Designer: Andrea Boccanfuso

Sound Designer / Fight Consultant: Dan Toot

Scenic Designer: Emily Rich

Costume Designer: Sarah Haga

Hair and Makeup Designer: Naomi Firebaugh

Production Stage Manager: Roxxane Petryshak

Assistant Stage Manager 1 / Dramaturg / Community Engagement: Oliver Morgan

Assistant Stage Manager 2 / Dramaturg / Community Engagement: Roz Xenakis

Light Board Op: Ava Bonner

Sound Board Op: Eli Hughes

Props Supervisor: Lacey Treese

Props Assistant: Graycie Barnett

Costume Shop Manager: Gwyn Jennings

Wardrobe Supervisor / Dresser 1: Evy Higdon

Dresser 2: Marina Mullin

Hair and Makeup Applicator: Camille Bonnin

Scenic Charge: Anna Ervin

Scenic Paint: Nell O’Brien

House Manager: Jodi Wyse

Box Office Manager: Abby Reeves

Video Manager: Scott Douglas

Usher / Video Crew: Sidi Podolan, Erick Meglii, Jaylen Dickerson

 

 

The Sublime Theater presents the world premiere of David Brendan Hopes’ “Ben & Angela,” starring Scott Fisher & Kirby Gibson, directed by Steven Samuels. “No matter how long people have been doing it, marriage remains a mystery. In “Ben & Angela,” a young couple follow the twisty, sometimes hilarious, road from first infatuation through the kinks and perils of living life together for the long haul. They each know the other’s weakness. They each know each other’s strength. They know what it will look like when it is perfect.”

Proudly announcing Asheville’s one (and only) mind reading show where your thoughts are the stars of the night! This is the brainchild of world-traveling performer (and Asheville native) Jonathan Pritchard. He’s regularly brought in by companies like BP, State Farm, United Airlines, and more for his mind blowing demonstrations of mind to mind communication. Now he’s bringing his talents home to the mountains. Come experience the amazement of mind reading, lightning memory, real time hypnosis, and more.

Our Black Box series continues as we welcome to the stage the magnificent work of William Shakespeare. Surrender to a haunting story of ambition and its dark consequences, as a military hero and his wife conspire to seize political power. A terrifyingly prophetic tale of revenge, murder, and madness, Macbeth lays bare the fallout when the darkest side of humanity cheats its way into a position of power.  One of Shakespeare’s bloodiest, scariest, and yet, most popular tragedies.

Written by Will Storrs
Directed by Deanna Braine Smith
Just in time for Halloween, local playwright Will Storrs brings us this World Premiere reimagining Alice and the characters of Lewis Carroll’s story in a seasonally-appropriate way. Sure to be a horribly good time!
 
All shows will run Fridays through Sundays and all will be presented at 7:30pm and prime seats can be reserved.

Montford Park Players has been bringing some of theater’s greatest works to Western North Carolina for over 50 years. Montford Park Players continues its mission of bring free theater to the community. The summer season allows everyone to come spend an evening under the stars, seeing some of the best live performances presented in Asheville.

Step into a world of magic, mystery, and self-discovery with the Tony Award-winning musical, Pippin. This Broadway classic, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Roger O. Hirson, tells the captivating story of a young prince on a daring quest for the ultimate meaning of life and fulfillment. From spectacular circus-inspired performances to stirring, emotionally-charged songs, “Pippin” unfolds as an exploration of the highs and lows of glory, love, and ambition. It’s a compelling narrative that continually asks one poignant question: is it more rewarding to live a simple life or to persist in relentlessly pursuing extraordinary feats? With its rich, allegorical storyline and memorable melodies, Pippin promises to enchant audiences, leaving them musing long after the final curtain call.

A talkback with the cast & crew of Pippin will be held following the performances on September 17th & 24th.