Asheville Community Theatre
One of the oldest community theater groups in the country, Asheville Community Theatre stages amateur productions year-round in its own building.
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The Asheville area has about 40 theaters and theater companies.
One of the oldest community theater groups in the country, Asheville Community Theatre stages amateur productions year-round in its own building.
The intimate 500-seat Diana Wortham Theatre is home to more than 200 musical, dance, and theatrical events each year. A planned $3 million expansion is expected to add two more smaller performance spaces and upgrade the main theater. There's parking next to the theater or nearby, under the Aloft Hotel.
From an alley off Walnut Street, this professional company puts on edgy, contemporary plays, although it also does audience favorites, such as a series of Jeeves comedies.
The 2,400-seat Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, in the U.S. Cellular Center Asheville (formerly Asheville Civic Center), hosts larger events, including traveling Broadway shows and performances of the Asheville Symphony. In the U.S. Cellular Center is also the newly named ExploreAsheville.com Arena, which seats 7,200 and is used to stage concerts and other large events.