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Physically charged dance-theater program blending Heather Maloy’s twelve-vignette HUNGER—a study of human desire mixing humor, absurdity, and pathos—with Salvatore Aiello’s Clowns and Others and a new world premiere.
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Intense contemporary dance-theater blending humor, absurdity, and pathos across twelve vivid vignettes; includes Heather Maloy's world premiere plus revivals of Maloy’s Hunger and Salvatore Aiello’s Clowns and Others, performed by Terpsicorps.
Intense contemporary dance-theater blending humor, absurdity, and pathos across twelve vivid vignettes; includes Heather Maloy's world premiere plus revivals of Maloy’s Hunger and Salvatore Aiello’s Clowns and Others, performed by Terpsicorps.
Intense contemporary dance-theater blending humor, absurdity, and pathos across twelve vivid vignettes; includes Heather Maloy's world premiere plus revivals of Maloy’s Hunger and Salvatore Aiello’s Clowns and Others, performed by Terpsicorps.
Breathtaking 75-minute theatrical journey through contemporary circus, dance, and physical theatre. World-class artists portray a woman's descent into a surreal realm where memories animate and ordinary moments become extraordinary.
Breathtaking 75-minute theatrical journey through contemporary circus, dance, and physical theatre. World-class artists portray a woman's descent into a surreal realm where memories animate and ordinary moments become extraordinary.
Breathtaking 75-minute theatrical journey through contemporary circus, dance, and physical theatre. World-class artists portray a woman's descent into a surreal realm where memories animate and ordinary moments become extraordinary.
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Interactive, immersive dark comedy where audience members become lingering spirits summoned to help a vengeful ghost reclaim a young couple's apartment, blending domestic drama, gothic flirtation, and playful hauntings in an intimate theater.
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Elegant to electric contemporary dance featuring Stewart/Owen ensemble and guest choreographers, including the Asheville premiere of The Front, a sharply charged satire commissioned by the American Dance Festival.
Elegant to electric contemporary dance featuring Stewart/Owen ensemble and guest choreographers, including the Asheville premiere of The Front, a sharply charged satire commissioned by the American Dance Festival.
Elegant to electric contemporary dance featuring Stewart/Owen ensemble and guest choreographers, including the Asheville premiere of The Front, a sharply charged satire commissioned by the American Dance Festival.
High-energy Irish stepdance and Celtic music spectacle blending percussive hard-shoe rhythms, fiddles, bodhrán, and theatrical storytelling from an Off-Broadway/West End touring company. Flagship, family-friendly production promising laugh-cry-jig emotions and contemporary Celtic arrangements.
High-energy Irish stepdance and Celtic music spectacle blending percussive hard-shoe rhythms, fiddles, bodhrán, and theatrical storytelling from an Off-Broadway/West End touring company. Flagship, family-friendly production promising laugh-cry-jig emotions and contemporary Celtic arrangements.
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Late night experimental fringe theatre revival featuring boundary pushing sketches, immersive ensemble scenes, and punkish indie energy in a cozy brewery taproom, ideal for adventurous after hours theatergoers.
Late night experimental fringe theatre revival featuring boundary pushing sketches, immersive ensemble scenes, and punkish indie energy in a cozy brewery taproom, ideal for adventurous after hours theatergoers.
Late night experimental fringe theatre revival featuring boundary pushing sketches, immersive ensemble scenes, and punkish indie energy in a cozy brewery taproom, ideal for adventurous after hours theatergoers.
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Razor-sharp mythic storytelling propels audiences through a crash-course chain of beginnings, interrogating failure as creators conjure new worlds with immersive, lyrical prose and theatrical cadence.
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Contemporary roommate banter collides with visceral Reign of Terror tableaux as a History Channel style narrator confronts a revolutionary tallying casualties; an intimate, surreal, politically charged two person drama unfolding late night.
Contemporary roommate banter collides with visceral Reign of Terror tableaux as a History Channel style narrator confronts a revolutionary tallying casualties; an intimate, surreal, politically charged two person drama unfolding late night.
Contemporary roommate banter collides with visceral Reign of Terror tableaux as a History Channel style narrator confronts a revolutionary tallying casualties; an intimate, surreal, politically charged two person drama unfolding late night.
Sharp, witty solo portrayal of a trailblazing Supreme Court justice that blends courtroom anecdotes, archival references, and warm humor to trace barrier-breaking legal battles and feminist resilience across a divided court.
Sharp, witty solo portrayal of a trailblazing Supreme Court justice that blends courtroom anecdotes, archival references, and warm humor to trace barrier-breaking legal battles and feminist resilience across a divided court.
Sharp, witty solo portrayal of a trailblazing Supreme Court justice that blends courtroom anecdotes, archival references, and warm humor to trace barrier-breaking legal battles and feminist resilience across a divided court.
High energy Irish reels and pounding step dance rhythms driven by fiddles, bodhrán, and spirited vocals bring traditional Celtic music to the stage. Theatrical choreography highlights precision footwork and communal joy.
High energy Irish reels and pounding step dance rhythms driven by fiddles, bodhrán, and spirited vocals bring traditional Celtic music to the stage. Theatrical choreography highlights precision footwork and communal joy.
High energy Irish reels and pounding step dance rhythms driven by fiddles, bodhrán, and spirited vocals bring traditional Celtic music to the stage. Theatrical choreography highlights precision footwork and communal joy.
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An intimate, immersive ritual theater gathering that invites participants to bring regrets and unspoken desires for participatory confessional performance, fostering emotional catharsis and communal witnessing in Little Animals Space's small, evocative room.
An intimate, immersive ritual theater gathering that invites participants to bring regrets and unspoken desires for participatory confessional performance, fostering emotional catharsis and communal witnessing in Little Animals Space's small, evocative room.
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Young theatre artists from the Montford Moppets Youth Shakespeare present a spirited staging of Hamlet, blending classical Shakespearean tragedy with ensemble driven energy and teenage perspectives in a community centered performance.
Young theatre artists from the Montford Moppets Youth Shakespeare present a spirited staging of Hamlet, blending classical Shakespearean tragedy with ensemble driven energy and teenage perspectives in a community centered performance.
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Tense, sexually charged two character drama in which an uncouth actress seizes control of an audition, inverting power in a seductive, witty battle that blurs reality and staged performance.
Tense, sexually charged two character drama in which an uncouth actress seizes control of an audition, inverting power in a seductive, witty battle that blurs reality and staged performance.
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Raw, intimate solo adaptation of advice column essays that blends dark humor and tender monologues, tracing grief, love, and redemption through confessional storytelling and vivid, emotionally charged stagecraft.
Raw, intimate solo adaptation of advice column essays that blends dark humor and tender monologues, tracing grief, love, and redemption through confessional storytelling and vivid, emotionally charged stagecraft.
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Pre-professional dancers perform a mixed bill of new commissions and reimagined works in ballet, contemporary, and neo-classical styles, blending lyrical partnering, precise footwork, and modern movement vocabulary.
Pre-professional dancers perform a mixed bill of new commissions and reimagined works in ballet, contemporary, and neo-classical styles, blending lyrical partnering, precise footwork, and modern movement vocabulary.