Asheville Community Theatre lists January events

• Oleanna opens in 35below January 8-24, 2016
• Special Event: Bill Bowers’ It Goes Without Saying January 9, 2016
• Olde Virden’s Super Happy Trivia Challenge January 20, 2016
• Storytelling series Listen to This on January 28, 2016
• Register for Spring Classes

Event Details

Oleanna Opens in 35below: A young, uncertain co-ed, seeking help from her professor. An academic, secure in his opinions, juggling his tenure nomination, a new house, a growing career. The two discuss education, understanding, society, seemingly forming a bond. The next time they meet, all has changed. What happened? Who is right? Who is the powerful and who the powerless? An examination of power and language, of relations and perceptions, this modern classic by David Mamet is sure to engage and enrage and to provoke discussion long after the stunning ending. Directed by Chris Allison. Produced by and starring Kier Klepzig and Chelsey Lee Gaddy. Oleanna will be performed January 8-24, 2016 with performances Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 pm and Sunday afternoons at 2:30 pm.  Tickets are $15.00 and are available online at www.ashevilletheatre.org, by phone at 828-254-1320 or in person at the ACT Box Office.

It Goes Without Saying: Asheville Community Theatre and NYS3’s LEAD Productions are proud to partner to present Bill Bowers’ auto-biographical tour-de-force, It Goes Without Saying. In this 75-minute joy ride, Bill Bowers shares hilarious, heart-breaking, and unbelievable true stories from both his career and his lifelong exploration of the role silence plays in all our lives. He employs an eloquent mixture of music, monologues and mime in his on-going investigation of the silence surrounding the enigmatic matters of gender in our culture today. It Goes Without Saying will be performed January 9, 2016 at 7:30 pm.  Tickets are $25.00 and are available online at www.ashevilletheatre.org, by phone at 828-254-1320 or in person at the ACT Box Office.

Olde Virden’s Super Happy Trivia Challenge: Following in the tradition of such shows as Wait, Wait…. Don’t Tell Me and the BBC’s Would I Lie to You?, comes Olde Virden’s Super Happy Trivia Challenge, a live, unscripted panel show featuring local actors and personalities putting their wits (and their patience) to the test as they try and answer esoteric questions about random topics that interest your host, Adam Arthur. January’s installment will be presented on January 20, 2016 at 7:30 pm in 35below. Tickets are $12.00 and are available online at www.ashevilletheatre.org, by phone at 828-254-1320 or in person at the ACT Box Office.

Storytelling series Listen to This: For more than 5 years, Listen to This has featured live stories told on stage along with stand-up comedy and original songs – all from local writers, actors, performers, and other interesting folks. January’s installment will be presented on January 28, 2016 at 7:30 pm in 35below. Hosted by Tom Chalmers. Tickets are $15.00 and are available online at www.ashevilletheatre.org, by phone at 828-254-1320 or in person at the ACT Box Office.

Register for Spring Classes: Registration is now open for our Spring session of Broadway Bootcamp (ages 12-17), taught by Jeff Catanese, and for our brand new Little Stars class (PreK), taught by Lynda Shuler. For more information, or to register, visit the ACT website at www.ashevilletheatre.org.

For more information on any of the events at Asheville Community Theatre, please visit www.ashevilletheatre.org.