For every student matinee performance, we share a study guide that gives behind the scenes info, background on the show, suggested activities, and more! But you don’t have to be a student or a teacher to enjoy it yourself! Take a look!

For every Mainstage Season show, we ask the director to share their thoughts, inspirations, or research about the show. We include these notes in the playbill, but why wait to read until you’re sitting in the theatre? It’s a great way to get insight about the show before you see it! Find tickets and more […]

You’re Invited! Join us on Sunday, May 1 at 5:30 pm to welcome Robert “Bob” Arleigh White, our new Artistic Director! He officially begins work the next day – and we want him to meet YOU! We’ll be outside in the Stargazer’s Garden (the brick patio on the Spruce St side of the theatre) and […]

Is it worth sacrificing life’s joys in exchange for a pain-free existence? One child begins to ask this question in The Giver, which opens next on our Mainstage. Adapted from Lois Lowry’s Newbery Award-winning novel, The Giver opens April 29, 2022 with performances Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 pm and Sunday afternoons at 2:30 […]

In recent weeks, ACT has had many questions and comments about our Covid policy at the theatre.  We thought it would be helpful to outline for our community what our Covid policy is and how it was created. First, the Board of Directors and the staff at ACT take safety very seriously, and that is […]

The tumultuous world of college athletics can strip one of all normalcy and self identity. Maria Young, a star basketball player at TC Roberson and Limestone College, knows this firsthand. After exploring the subject in her memoir, Lost in a Game, local author Maria C. Young adapted the book into her first play Transition. Young […]

The Board of Directors of Asheville Community Theatre (ACT) is pleased to announce the selection of Robert “Bob” Arleigh White to serve as the next Artistic Director of the community theatre. This position will work collaboratively with ACT’s Managing Director to co-lead the organization. “We are thrilled to welcome Bob as our new Artistic Director,” […]

For every Mainstage show, we ask the director to share their thoughts, inspirations, or research about the show. We include these notes in the playbill, but why wait to read until you’re sitting in the theatre? It’s a great way to get insight about the show before you see it! Find tickets and more info […]

Updated March 7, 2022 Aliens, androids, and space gerbils?!? Fight Girl Battle World, a sci-fi romp through a galaxy far, far away, opens next on the ACT Mainstage. Written by Qui Nguyen (Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon, She Kills Monsters) and originally produced by Vampire Cowboys, America’s best known geek theatre company, Fight Girl Battle World opens March […]