The Capitol Steps visit Diana Wortham Theatre just one week
before the presidential election, bringing much needed comic relief with their
witty, satirical show, What to Expect
When You’re Electing: Saturday, October 29 at 8:00 p.m.
The
Capitol Steps is a very popular attraction, especially just before a national
election. Therefore, seating is no longer available for the scheduled Friday
8:00 p.m. and Saturday 3:00 p.m. performances, but seats do remain for the
Saturday 8:00 p.m. performance. The Saturday evening performance is a special
benefit for the theatre. Ticket holders are invited to attend a pre-performance
reception at 7:00 p.m., prior to the 8:00 p.m. performance. Delectable fare
provided by local favorites Lex 18 and Strada; wine provided by Empire
Distributors; and water is provided by Blue Moon Water.
The Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who
set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them. Born in
December 1981 when some staffers for Senator Charles Percy were planning
entertainment for a Christmas party, they decided to dig into the headlines of
the day, and created song parodies and skits which conveyed a special brand of
satirical humor. Taken together, the performers have worked in a total of
eighteen Congressional offices and represent sixty-two years of collective
House and Senate staff experience.
“The Capitol Steps combine music and comedy with current
events and create a truly eclectic performance out of such serious material,”
says John Ellis, Managing Director of the Diana Wortham Theatre. “With the
upcoming presidential election, the Asheville area could use a few great laughs
just one week before it’s time to cast a vote.”
Since they began entertaining, The Capitol Steps have
recorded more than thirty albums, including their latest, What to Expect When You're Electing. They've been featured on NBC,
CBS, ABC, and PBS, and can be heard twice a year on National Public Radio
stations nationwide during their Politics
Takes a Holiday radio specials.
The Capitol Steps’
Asheville performances are made possible by Performance Sponsors Shiner
Antiorio & Kathy Robinson, Patty & Gary Coleman, and Friday night’s
performance is sponsored by PNC Bank; and by Mainstage Special Attractions
Series Sponsors Henry LaBrun, PBI Commercial Interiors, and Ward & Smith,
P.A.; with additional support provided by Media Sponsors WCQS 88.1 FM and WNC magazine.
The entrance for the Diana Wortham
Theatre is marked by the location of the theatre’s marquee between 12 and 14
Biltmore Avenue. Patrons enter the theatre through the breezeway between Marble
Slab Creamery and White Duck Taco, and into a large interior courtyard with
multiple glass doors which lead to the theatre’s lower lobby and box office.
The intimate theatre seats just over 500 and boasts exceptional acoustics and
sightlines, making it the premier performance space in Western North Carolina.
The Mainstage Series is supported by a grant from the North Carolina Arts
Council, a state agency. The Mainstage Series 2016/2017 Season Sponsors are the
Asheville Citizen-Times, Blue Moon Water, Creative Energy, 67 Biltmore Downtown
Eatery & Catering, the North Carolina Arts Council, and the Renaissance
Asheville Hotel. To obtain more information on the
Mainstage Series or to purchase tickets, call the theatre’s box office at (828)
257-4530 or visit www.dwtheatre.com.
The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design (CCCD)
and UNC Asheville
recently partnered to launch the Center for Creative Entrepreneurship (CCE) in
downtown Asheville. CCE will offer business workshops and classes designed
specifically for makers and students with support from Mountain
BizWorks.
