Nov. 18 TheatreUNCA performance will benefit Mitchell County SafePlace

Press release from UNC Asheville:

The Nightmare WASP, a back-to-back performance of The Actor’s Nightmare by Christopher Durang and WASP by Steve Martin, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18 at the Mitchell County Historic Courthouse in Bakersville, N.C. Proceeds from the performance will benefit Mitchell County SafePlace, a nonprofit organization working for prevention of domestic and sexual violence.

The Nightmare WASP begins with the comedy The Actor’s Nightmare, in which a hapless man finds himself performing on stage with no idea what he’s doing there, followed by comedian Steve Martin’s WASP, a satirical look at the archetypal American family. The Nightmare WASP is directed by students Justin Day and Caroline Dischell, and features an all student cast: Landry Bohn, Sarah Forshey, Gary Freedman, Konrad Sanders, Addie Starbird and Anna Zurliene. The Actor’s Nightmare is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service Inc. and WASP is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French Inc.

The Nightmare WASP will also be staged at Carol Belk Theater on UNC Asheville’s campus at 7:30 on Saturday, Nov. 19, along with the family-friendly play, The Tolstoy Story, at 2 p.m. General admission for the Nov. 19 performances is $12 for The Nightmare WASP, and $5 for The Tolstoy Story.

Tickets can be purchased at the door, at the SafePlace Thrift Stores and at their main office; contact them at 828.765.4015. General admission is $10. For more information, visit drama.unca.edu.

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Alli Marshall has lived in Asheville for more than 20 years and loves live music, visual art, fiction and friendly dogs. She is the winner of the 2016 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize and the author of the novel "How to Talk to Rockstars," published by Logosophia Books. Follow me @alli_marshall

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