ACT recognizes that we have been uneducated about the cultural appropriation present in our productions. This issue has been perpetuated through harmful costumes, characterizations, and stylings within a number of productions, including Costume Drama. We commit to educating ourselves and we are taking action to prevent future harm. For the past year, ACT has […]
Our playbill for this year’s Costume Drama: A Fashion Show is digital!
We’re looking for several people to join our team! The Assistant Box Office Manager is a 20-30-hour position with hours that shift depending on our performance schedule. The Event Management positions are primarily nights and weekends – these could be a great fit for someone who works a M-F daytime schedule to pick up some […]
We had planned to hold an in-person Annual Meeting at the theatre this year, but have decided to meet virtually instead. Join us Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at 5:00 pm on ZOOM. We will share a link closer to the date so that all can attend virtually! Everyone is welcome to attend. Please join us […]
Thank you to everyone who came out and auditioned! We were thrilled to meet so many new people as well as reconnect with folks who’ve been on our Mainstage before. Our plan earlier this year was to double cast each of our Mainstage shows, but if there’s one thing spending the past 16 months with […]
Asheville Community Theatre is thrilled to announce that Maria C. Young has been named Artistic Partner in a new fellowship that will run from September 2021 through August 2022. The Artistic Partner Fellowship will include a staged reading, workshop and production of new original work by Young, a full staged production of Transition directed […]
Amended August 6, 2021 Our plan earlier this year was to double cast each of our Mainstage shows, but if there’s one thing spending the past 16 months with COVID have taught us, it’s that change is a constant. And so, we have not double cast Clue. Here’s why: As the situation with Covid-19 and […]
Our Artistic Selection Committee, comprised of Board and staff members, wanted to make sure we were choosing a season of shows that would be fun (both to perform and to watch), would have lots of room for creativity, and would be infinitely cast-able. Tickets and subscriptions will go on sale later in the summer. We’ll […]
We are grateful to have had several months working with Aisha Adams, who recently shared the results of Equity Audits of our policies, procedures, programs, digital footprint, and physical space. One note to share – we found that many of our policies and procedures contained vague expectations rather than understandable and transparent specifics. There are […]
In June 2020, we shared a statement in response to the continued violence perpetrated against members of the Black community. Our statement ended with: As a theatre, we are in process of reflecting on the ways in which we contribute to the injustices in our community and society, and we are identifying the actions […]