2026-27 Season Subscriptions
Celebrate Asheville Community Theatre’s 80th Mainstage Season with a Season Subscription!
Each subscription gets you five ticket vouchers you can use for any of our five Mainstage shows. You can use one ticket for each show, or use all five tickets on one show, or spread them across the season however you want.
Benefits of a Season Subscription:
- Discounted Rates: If you plan to purchase 5 individual tickets or more, a subscription could save you over $50.
- Flexibility: Each subscription includes 5 ticket vouchers, allowing you to choose the shows and dates that work best for you.
- No Exchange Fee: Reserve your favorite seats now, choose your seats later, or exchange them for free.
- Subscribers also receive invitations to exclusive events and first access to re-subscribing for the next season.
Early Bird Subscription
Buy your subscription in the Early Bird period and save almost $80 compared to purchasing individual tickets! It’s the best ticket deal we offer all season. Early Bird Season Subscriptions go on sale on June 23 and close on July 7.
Single tickets and regularly priced season subscriptions go on sale on July 7.
Alice In Wonderland JR
August 7-8, 2026
Friday & Saturday 10:00 AM, 12:30 PM, & 3:00 PM
Music and Lyrics by Danny Elfman, Sammy Fain & Bob Hilliard, Oliver Wallace & Cy Coben, Michael Abbott & Sarah Weeks, and Mack David, Al Hoffman & Jerry Livingston. Music Adapted and Arranged and Additional Music and Lyrics by Bryan Louiselle. Additional Arrangements & Orchestrations by Patrick Sulken. Book and Additional Lyrics by David Simpatico. Based on the 1951 Disney film Alice in Wonderland and the novels The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.
ABOUT THE SHOW
When young Alice finds herself in a strange world where everything seems upside down, she must find her way home…and find herself along the way. As she travels through Wonderland, she encounters all of the iconic characters that audiences have come to love: including the ever-tardy White Rabbit, the grinning Cheshire Cat, a cool Caterpillar, the wacky Mad Hatter, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts.
Run Time: 60 minutes
Accessibility
All performances: Accessible wheelchair/scooter seating available. Listening devices available.
Content Awareness
This production is rated PG.
TICKETS
Adult ticket = $15.00 (excluding taxes and fees)
Youth ticket = $8.00 (excluding taxes and fees)
Assigned seating. All tickets are subject to sales tax, a $1 convenience fee and a $1 facility fee.
All sales final. No exchanges or returns.
Asheville Fringe: Threefold Riddle by Serpent Haus
8PM Friday, November 21 & Saturday, November 22
Location: 35below
ACT Late Night and Asheville Fringe present Threefold Riddle by Serpent Haus
As dwellers of the liminal, impressions bend and bleed across the darkened veil. A question floats through this void, where the one are three and the three are one. This inquiry has no answer. Instead a vague, distant memory of something universal and indescribable captivates the witnesses, as the sacred rite of the Threefold Riddle is performed.
Serpent Haus is a collaboration of Verone Bright + Seth Stewart + River Culver encompassing performance art, ritual witchcraft, sideshow and music to explore the bizarre and taboo. Our intention for the art created is to shift timelines and evolve consciousness while removing shame, limitation and dogmatic oppressive systems. We want our guests to have a raw experience so that primal emotions are brought forward, allowing a deeper healing and remembrance of our wildness. Triggers can heal deep wounds and each performance is a ritual container intended to create change.
Threefold Riddle by Serpent Haus was the 2025 Asheville Fringe Festival Fringiest of the Fringe winner.
This performance is part of an ongoing collaboration between Asheville Fringe Festival and Asheville Community Theatre. Each month, Asheville Fringe takes over 35below to present innovative, genre-defying work from local, regional, and national artists. The partnership transforms 35below into a home for adventurous performances and new artistic voices.
Content Awareness
Adult Language & Adult Themes
AVL Fringe: Sirenum – A Lesbian Folk Opera
Friday & Saturday, January 9 & 10, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Location: 35below
ACT Late Night and Asheville Fringe present Sirenum – A Lesbian Folk Opera by Skysail Theatre
In this new musical from Skysail Theatre, siren melodies mingle with an original electronic score to create a unique soundscape spanning folklore and science fiction. Audience members embark on a journey into uncharted galaxies with a young spacefarer seeking to answer an ancient call. Follow as she encounters a mythical oceanic planet with an ominous guardian, and discover what the fates have in store for two unlikely lovers connected by sea, space and song.
This performance is part of an ongoing collaboration between Asheville Fringe Festival and Asheville Community Theatre. Each month, Asheville Fringe takes over 35below to present innovative, genre-defying work from local, regional, and national artists. The partnership transforms 35below into a home for adventurous performances and new artistic voices.
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California Suite
June 5-7, 2026
Friday, Saturday & Sunday at 2:30 PM
About The Play
Simon dishes up a wickedly delectable four course slice-of-life when all sorts of people from all over the country spend a few days in a Los Angeles hotel suite.
Directed by: Elliot Weiner
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Captain Cumulus Community Event
Saturday April 25, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Location: ACT Mainstage
The weather’s going haywire and it’s up to Captain Cumulus and the Cloud Crew to find out what’s wrong! Learn about weather, climate, and everything in between in this high flying adventure!
This community event is suitable for all ages!
Lobby Opens: 30 minutes before show time
Run Time: ~30 minutes with a post-show talk-back
Location: Mainstage at Asheville Community Theatre
Tickets: PWYC (Pay What You Can)
Clyde’s
August 7-16, 2026
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM, & Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30 PM
By Lynn Nottage
Location: ACT Mainstage
About the Show
A truck stop sandwich shop offers its formerly incarcerated kitchen staff a shot at redemption. Even as the shop’s callous owner tries to keep them down, the staff members learn to reclaim their lives, find purpose and become inspired to dream by their shared quest to create the perfect sandwich. A testament to the lived-in experiences of people of color, Clyde’s offers up a delicious sandwich stuffed with second chances and shared community.
Content Awareness: Cigarette use, strong language, and stage violence.
Accessibility: Accessible wheelchair seating and listening devices are available for all performances. For specific accessibility questions or requests, contact the box office.
Ticketing Information
- Adult Tickets (18+) are $36.50 ticket price + $4.50 fees + $2.56 tax = $43.56 total
- Youth Tickets (3-17) are $18.00 ticket price + $4.50 fees + $1.26 tax = $23.76 total
Dance Nation
July 24-August 2, 2026
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM, & Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30 PM
By Clare Barron
Location: ACT Mainstage
About the Show
Somewhere in America, an army of pre-teen competitive dancers plots to take over the world. And if their new routine is good enough, they’ll claw their way to the top at Nationals in Tampa Bay. A play about ambition, growing up, and how to find our souls in the heat of it all.
Content Awareness: Please be advised that this production contains stylized gore and use of blood, coarse language, depictions of self-harm and masturbation, and descriptions of sex, sexual assault and harassment of the teenaged characters. Additionally, there are references to cultural appropriation and racism, disordered eating, suicide and mental illness, cancer and death.
Accessibility: Accessible wheelchair seating and listening devices are available for all performances. For specific accessibility questions or requests, contact the box office.
Ticketing Information
- Adult Tickets (18+) are $36.50 ticket price + $4.50 fees + $2.56 tax = $43.56 total
Easy Street (ACT’s Spring Fundraiser)
Saturday, May 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Location: The Venue at 21 N. Market Street Asheville
Lean in close and follow the signal. On May 30th, Asheville Community Theatre is opening a quiet door at The Venue on North Market Street for a night that’s strictly hush-hush and plenty hotsy-totsy.
$100 clams gets you past the bull and into a juice joint that’s running smooth: supper laid out right, door prizes with some bite, auction goods worth a second look, and a live band keeping the joint humming. We’re flying in Broadway’s own Ben Cameron straight from the Big Apple, with a mystery guest in tow—pure dynamite, no baloney.
This caper’s ACT’s spring fundraiser, clean as a whistle but nowhere near square. Flappers, molls and owls, all welcome—so long as you look keen and carry yourself like you belong. Whether you’re dolled up, feeling nifty, or just passing as spiffy, nobody’s counting buttons. So don’t high-hat it. Slip down Easy Street, raise a glass, and help keep the joint jumping. It’s all Jake, baby—now you’re on the trolley.
About the performers:
Ben Cameron is a Broadway veteran flying in straight from the Big Apple. He appeared in the original Broadway casts of Footloose, Aida, and a little show called Wicked. If you listen closely to the second track of the Wicked cast album, you’ll hear Ben deliver the pivotal line, “Glinda, is it true you were her friend?” Expect a performance that’s pure dynamite and no baloney.
A special guest joins the evening for an extra spark of surprise. Details coming soon.
About the event:
Catering provided by:
Details to be announced.
Auction Items:
Discover unique experiences and one-of-a-kind treasures up for auction, with offerings you won’t find anywhere else. Featured items and experiences will be announced soon.
Dress Code:
1920s-inspired cocktail attire encouraged. Flappers, molls, and live wires all welcome. Dress sharp and carry yourself like you belong.
Why it matters:
For 80 years, Asheville Community Theatre has served as a creative home for artists, students, and audiences across Western North Carolina. Proceeds from Easy Street support our mission to make the performing arts accessible, inclusive, and central to community life, helping keep live theatre thriving for generations to come.
Tickets:
Tickets are $100 per person and include dinner, live entertainment, and an unforgettable evening in support of Asheville Community Theatre.
$100 per guest | Ages 21+ | 1920s-Inspired Cocktail Attire
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Improv Tonight: Parking Space & Improv Sports
Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM & 10:00 PM
Location: 35below
About The Show
Improv Tonight! is a fast, funny, and completely unscripted monthly comedy show featuring different improv teams every Friday and Saturday night. Each team performs two shows—one at 8:00 PM and one at 10:00 PM—and no two shows are ever the same.
8 PM: Waynesville’s premier improv troupe, Parking Space, is ready to put comedy in drive and turn your suggestions into big laughs! Using high-energy, short-form improv games, this crew turns audience ideas into nonstop laughs—no script, no brakes. Each show is a joyride of short-form improv games featuring one brave host attempting to maintain order and a rotating lineup of quick-witted improvisers gleefully ignoring it. The troupe itself is made up of friends who found each other through their shared love of improv and questionable life choices. Founded in June 2025 in Waynesville, NC, Parking Space Improv proves that sometimes the best comedy really does come out of nowhere—just like a great parking spot.
10 PM: Improv Sports! Two short form improv teams, Parking Space from Waynesville and Whimsical Groundhogs from Asheville compete in the premier theatre games showdown of theatre sports. Think a fast-paced improv game show style competition with a variety Whose Line Is It Anyway style games in 3 rounds. You as the audience will help decide who wins by your applause and scoring on a rating scale. Games include guessing games, scenic games, word games and all plays. Enjoy a night of improv, fun, and hilarity!
Whimsical Groundhogs is a short form Asheville improv comedy troupe. We perform improv games in the style of Whose Line is It Anyway? What do you get when you combine a mushroom enthusiast, a puppet expert, an amateur detective, a professional pizza eater, and an aspiring wizard? It equals a fun, dynamic performance for adults, who love to laugh. Parking Space is Waynesville’s premier improv troupe, ready to put comedy in drive and turn your suggestions into big laughs! Using high-energy, short-form improv games, this crew turns audience ideas into nonstop laughs—no script, no brakes.
Content Awareness: This show features unfiltered comedy and spontaneous improv, making it best suited for audiences 18 and up.
Show Times: 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM
Lobby Opens: 60 minutes before show time
House Opens: 30 minutes before show time
Run Time: 60 minutes
Location: 35below at Asheville Community Theatre
Tickets: $18 (includes all taxes and fees)
About ACT Late Night
ACT Late Night is not a time of day, it’s a state of mind. It’s a space to explore something a little different. Upcoming ACT Late Night events include monthly performances of Improv Tonight! and Asheville Fringe in 35below, The Rocky Horror Show on the ACT Mainstage for Halloween, Cabaret in an immersive environment offsite in the spring of 2026, two weekends of Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind in 35below, and other yet-to-be-announced experiences.
Improv Tonight: The Campfireball!
Friday, June 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM & 10:00 PM
Location: 35below
About The Show
Improv Tonight! is a fast, funny, and completely unscripted monthly comedy show featuring different improv teams every Friday and Saturday night. Each team performs two shows—one at 8:00 PM and one at 10:00 PM—and no two shows are ever the same.
The Campfireball is a live improvised show about you — the audience. This one-of-a-kind storytelling event is part game-show, part talk-show, part immersive theatre experience. Through a series of segments designed to evoke and celebrate the real-life stories, anecdotes, and memories of the participants, host Cory Howard (Moth Grand Slam Winner, National Storytelling Festival performer) rearranges the storyteller-to-listener relationship, making the audience active participants in shaping the narrative. There’s nothing to prepare and nothing to fear —participation is always voluntary and introverts you’re perfectly safe here — listening to the stories is just as much fun and just as important as playing along. No two Campfireball shows are alike, and you never know what’s going to happen next, so come out and be a part of a story that will only be told once: the story of this group of people in this moment in time.
8:00 PM – Cosmic Quilt – Cory discovered a mysterious quilt, made by his grandmother, in her house, after she died. What does that quilt have to do with you, your lives, the universe, and everyone in it? Everything. Featuring special guest storyteller, Ray Christian improvising stories based on your suggestions.
10:00 PM – Is Full Of Problems – A deeply personal show about you — The Campfireball tackles the very real challenges and issues some of the members of the audience are dealing with — and makes a brand new live show out of them! Featuring special guest, former Asheville-Citizen Times ‘Ask John’ columnist John Shore giving live advice to the audience (anonymous advice options will be available).
Content Awareness: This show features unfiltered comedy and spontaneous improv, making it best suited for audiences 18 and up.
Show Times: 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM
Lobby Opens: 60 minutes before show time
House Opens: 30 minutes before show time
Run Time: 60 minutes
Location: 35below at Asheville Community Theatre
Tickets: $18 (includes all taxes and fees)
About ACT Late Night
ACT Late Night is not a time of day, it’s a state of mind. It’s a space to explore something a little different. Upcoming ACT Late Night events include monthly performances of Improv Tonight! and Asheville Fringe in 35below, The Rocky Horror Show on the ACT Mainstage for Halloween, Cabaret in an immersive environment offsite in the spring of 2026, two weekends of Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind in 35below, and other yet-to-be-announced experiences.
In The Heights
June 12 – 28, 2026
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM and Saturdays & Sundays at 2:30 PM
Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Book by Quiara Alegría Hudes
Sponsored by: The Teel Family Foundation
Community Sponsors: Cenzontle: A Language Justice Cooperative, L.E.A.F. Global Arts, Hola Carolina, PODER Emma
About the Show
Before Hamilton, there was In the Heights. With a vibrant score blending hip-hop, salsa, merengue, and soul, this Tony Award–winning musical tells the story of a tight-knit community on the brink of change in New York’s Washington Heights. Featuring unforgettable characters and songs like “Breathe,” “96,000,” and “Carnaval del Barrio,” this show is a celebration of heritage, home, and hope.
Run Time: 2 hours and 20 minutes with one 15-minute intermission.
Accessibility: Accessible wheelchair/scooter seating and Listening Devices are available for all Mainstage performances.
Content Awareness: This show contains strong language and themes of immigration, loss, and cultural identity.
Accessibility & Special Performances
- June 14: American Sign Language Interpretation (ASL)
- June 18: Pay What You Can Performance (PWYC) Tickets go on sale June 2, 2026
- June 19 at 7:30 PM and June 20 at 2:30 PM: Spanish Language Interpretation
- June 25: Sing-Along! Yes, singing is encouraged! Additional Show-Kits on sale for this performance.
- June 26 & 28: Descriptive Audio for the Sight Impaired (DASI)
Ticketing Information
- Adult Tickets (18+) are $36.50 ticket price + $4.50 fees + $2.56 tax = $43.56 total
- Youth Tickets (3-17) are $18.00 ticket price + $4.50 fees + $1.26 tax = $23.76 total
- Show Kits for the Sing Along are $18.69 + $1.31 tax = $20.00
Tanglewood Senior Show
Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Location: ACT Mainstage
Join us as we celebrate the hard work and talents of the Tanglewood Troupe Class of 2026 in what promises to be an inspiring and unforgettable evening.
Tanglewood Troupes are ACT’s year-long programs where students receive top-level theatrical training: Tanglewood Teens for high schoolers and Tanglewood Youth for middle schoolers with a passion for performing, and Tanglewood Tech for high school students with a passion for technical theatre.
Tickets: All tickets are $15.00 (excluding taxes and fees). Assigned seating. All tickets are subject to sales tax, a $1 convenience fee and a $1 facility fee. All sales are final. No exchanges or returns.
Accessibility: Accessible wheelchair/scooter seating and Listening Devices are available.
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Tanglewood Youth Showcase
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Location: ACT Mainstage
Celebrate the first year of Tanglewood Youth in this joyful showcase!
Tanglewood Troupes are ACT’s year-long programs where students receive top-level theatrical training: Tanglewood Teens for high schoolers and Tanglewood Youth for middle schoolers with a passion for performing, and Tanglewood Tech for high school students with a passion for technical theatre.
Tickets: All tickets are $15.00 (excluding taxes and fees). Assigned seating. All tickets are subject to sales tax, a $1 convenience fee and a $1 facility fee. All sales are final. No exchanges or returns.
Accessibility: Accessible wheelchair/scooter seating and Listening Devices are available.
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The Curious Incident Of The Dog in the Night-Time
July 10-19, 2026
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM, & Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30 PM
Adapted by Simon Stephens. Book by Mark Haddon.
Location: ACT Mainstage
About the Show
15-year-old Christopher stands beside his neighbor Mrs. Shears’ dead dog. It has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight, and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington the dog.
Content Awareness: Strong profanity, intense scenes of animal cruelty, depictions of child abuse, and themes of self-harm.
Accessibility: Accessible wheelchair seating and listening devices are available for all performances. For specific accessibility questions or requests, contact the box office.
Ticketing Information
- Adult Tickets (18+) are $36.50 ticket price + $4.50 fees + $2.56 tax = $43.56 total
- Youth Tickets (3-17) are $18.00 ticket price + $4.50 fees + $1.26 tax = $23.76 total
Willy Wonka JR
June 25-27, 2026
Thursday at 3:00 PM; Friday at 10:00 AM, 12:30 PM, and 3:00 PM; and Saturday at 10:00 AM
Words and Music By Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. Adapted for the stage by Leslie Bricusse and Timothy A. McDonald. Based on the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.
ABOUT THE SHOW
Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka JR. follows enigmatic candy manufacturer Willy Wonka as he stages a contest by hiding golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy bars. Whomever comes up with these tickets will win a free tour of the Wonka factory, as well as a lifetime supply of candy. Four of the five winning children are insufferable brats, but the fifth is a likeable young lad named Charlie Bucket, who takes the tour in the company of his equally amiable grandfather. The children must learn to follow Mr. Wonka’s rules in the factory — or suffer the consequences.
Run Time: 60 minutes
Accessibility
All performances: Accessible wheelchair/scooter seating available. Listening devices available.
Content Awareness
This production is rated PG.
TICKETS
Adult ticket = $15.00 (excluding taxes and fees)
Youth ticket = $8.00 (excluding taxes and fees)
Assigned seating. All tickets are subject to sales tax, a $1 convenience fee and a $1 facility fee.
All sales final. No exchanges or returns.