AS OF 10/9/24, ALL PERFORMANCES OF THE LAST WIDE OPEN HAVE BEEN CANCELED DUE TO THE ONGOING UTILITY OUTAGES IN ASHEVILLE FROM HURRICANE HELENE. TICKET HOLDERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED VIA EMAIL. Meet the two person cast of our season opener: The Last Wide Open This magical, time-shifting rom-com features performances […]
Calling all choral singers!
NC Stage is holding auditions for the eight member choir featured in All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914. Click here for more details and to sign up!
Ending Segregation in Asheville Pt. 3: Not Quite Progress
This blog post is the last in a three part series for our recent production of Thurgood at North Carolina Stage Company. The show detailed the life of Thurgood Marshall and the run coincided with the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision – a landmark case […]
Ending Segregation in Asheville Pt. 2: Ripple Effects
This blog post is one of a three part series for our current production of Thurgood at the North Carolina Stage Company, running April 26 – May 19. The show details the life of Thurgood Marshall and the run coincides with the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of […]
Ending Segregation in Asheville, Pt. 1: ASCORE
This blog post is one of a three part series for our upcoming production of Thurgood at the North Carolina Stage Company, running April 26 – May 19. The show details the life of Thurgood Marshall and the run coincides with the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of […]
Who’s Who in Witch
The wickedly dark comedy Witch by Jen Silverman opens at NC Stage on March 15. Learn more about the cast bringing you this spellbinding production! Daniel Henry (Cuddy): Daniel Henry, a local Asheville actor, eagerly joins NC Stage for his debut alongside an exceptional cast. Armed with a BA in […]
Meet the cast: Incident at our Lady of Perpetual Help
Rehearsals are underway for the next show at NC Stage–the hilarious sitcom by Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help by Katie Forgette. If you’ve ever been a mother, a daughter, a sister or lived with one, this play is for you! Set in 1973, the story follows 19 year […]
Cast Bios for Jeeves Takes a Bow!
Meet the cast of Jeeves Takes a Bow and then grab your ticket! Maria Buchanan* (Ruby) Maria Buchanan is thrilled to be back to this delightful romp with some of her favorite folks. NC Stage credits: The 12 Dates of Christmas (2017 & 2019), Boeing Boeing, and the World Premiere […]
A Case for Getting to Know the Actors
We’re less than a week from opening night of our upcoming production: A Case for the Existence of God by Samuel D. Hunter, here at NC Stage. The cast, director, and design team are working to tell the beautiful story of two seemingly very different people who, as one character […]
A Look at the Post-Show Questions in What the Constitution Means to Me
Hanley Smith and Elise Carson The current show at NC Stage, What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck, is comprised of three distinct sections: Part 1) The main component of the play: Schreck’s biodrama/comedy detailing her teenage years traveling the country participating in (and winning) Constitutional debates held […]
Meet the cast of What the Constitution Means to Me
The cast of this hilarious and heartfelt show is a little different than our typical shows. It includes two Asheville actors, Hanley Smith and Kelley Hinman and also features two Student Debaters from Asheville High. Meet all four of them below then grab your tickets! Hanley Smith (Heidi) Hanley is […]
Meet the Cast and Director of Antigone
When director Patrice Foster was assembling this ensemble of folks to tell Sophocles’ classic story of the defiant young woman Antigone and her uncle–and King of Thebes– Kreon, she looked for “people who were heart-centered and understood the work. People who weren’t afraid of the unknown.” As she talks about […]
The 2023-24 Season is Here
We open with the highly personal, extraordinarily informative, and achingly human play What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck. Nominated for two Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize finalist, this play offers a provocative and often comedic balance of history and eye-opening narrative leading The Washington Post to […]
The Characters and the Women Behind Them
Written by Maria Buchanan and Des Brotak, May 18, 2023 “It’s a true story. Or total fiction. Or a play about a play. Or a raucous resurrection…” These words– from the publisher’s description of the irreverent comedy by Lauren Gunderson– feel anything but helpful when trying to determine if this […]
Meet the Cast of VSMS Part 2!
Posted by Maria Buchanan on March 17, 2023 We’re speaking here with Brad Mills (playing Spike), Jane Bushway (playing Cassandra), and Scott Treadway (playing Vanya). NCSC: Hi you three! So, the other half of the cast all drink coffee– any tea drinkers here? BM: Coffee for me. With a tiny […]
