Unlike any of Asheville Creative Arts’ previous productions, Shell is categorized as “baby theater.” Such performances are intended for children 5-years-old or younger (accompanied by their caretakers).
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Around Town: Asheville benefit concert will raise money for Ukrainian relief
Isis Music Hall hosts a benefit for Ukrainian relief efforts. Plus, The Grey Eagle plans to open an outdoor venue, a local author explores an aviation mystery and Asheville Creative Arts returns to live shows.
Around Town: Community workday celebrates Burton Street neighborhood
Asheville’s historic Burton Street community will be the focus of Community Work Day. Plus, a Swannanoa Valley Museum & History Center class teaches storytelling, a local author writes about zero-waste activities and TedX Asheville returns.
Asheville Creative Arts debuts its latest original production
On Friday, April 19, ACA will debut The Warp & The Weft at Magnetic 375.
Screen scene: Local film news
The CatVideoFest slinks to Grail Moviehouse, Asheville native Selena Lauterer shares her series of short films about Boone and more.
Local group produces the thought-provoking ‘Black Nativity: Liberation Holiday’
Produced by Southside Rising and supported by partners such as Asheville Creative Arts, the show opens on Saturday, Dec. 15, and will be staged throughout the city.
The Magnetic Theatre gets infested with ‘Bugs!’
On July 19, the Asheville Creative Arts will debut its first original musical, Bugs! at The Magnetic Theater. The production runs through Sunday, July 29.
Theater review: ‘Failure, A Love Story’ by Asheville Creative Arts
The experience of Failure is one that transports the audience, and will cause more than a few lumps in the throat as viewers are show something akin to a Sam Shepard play adapted by Wes Anderson.
Asheville Creative Arts stages ‘Click, Clack, Moo, Cows that Type’
A group of barnyard bovines find a typewriter and use it to demand better treatment from their owner: This is the storyline of Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, a children’s book by author Doreen Cronin and the season-closing production of Asheville Creative Arts. The show, which includes acting, live music, dance and puppetry, will open at The Magnetic Theatre on Friday, July 21.
Peace Garden partners with local theater for a community rejuvenation project
On Saturday, June 3, Hood Huggers will celebrate a new partnership with Voices United (a youth theater program that teaches young people to write, produce and perform in their own musicals) and Asheville Creative Arts (a local children’s theater company) by producing Ancestors in the Garden, a music and art event at the Peace Garden.
Theater review: ‘The Little Red Riding Hood Show’ by Asheville Creative Arts
Asheville Creative Arts bravely tackles a show for children that is also designed to appeal to adults. It runs through Sunday, April 9.
Smart bets: The Little Red Riding Hood Show
Asheville Creative Arts performs The Little Red Riding Hood Show at The Magnetic Theatre April 7-9.
Theater Review: How I Became A Pirate by Asheville Creative Arts
The show is lighthearted, fun, silly and filled with laughs for children and their parents. It works well on many levels. The songs are creative and charming.
Smart bets: Don’t Count Your Chickens Until They Cry Wolf
Asheville Creative Arts’ humorous and modernized production revisits Aesop’s fables with shows at The Magnetic Theatre from Friday to Sunday, March 4-6.
Asheville Creative Arts stages children’s story Miss Nelson Is Missing
Miss Nelson is Missing was “a favorite book growing up,” says ACA founder and director Robbie Jaeger. “The title is meaningful to many generations — our parents read it to us, our peers today are now reading it to their kids, and kids are loving it as much now as when it was originally published in the ’70s.” The play opens at N.C. Stage Co. on Thursday, July 16.