Welcome to the Wortham’s 2024/2025 season! Here you will find adventure, excitement and awe with more than 30 stunning artists from around the globe. With so many choices, where will your journey take you?
Stewart/Owen Dance presents dance in a new way
–As seen in Asheville Citizen Times / Asheville Scene, May 10, 2024. By Nick Kepley; Special to Citizen Times. How does one choice spark a chain reaction in the world around you? This simple yet profound question is the catalyst behind Stewart/Owen Dance’s latest creation, where i end, you begin, which opened May 9 and will […]
Playbill for Stewart/Owen Dance: where i end, you begin — May 9–19, 2024
The playbill program insert for Stewart/Owen Dance: where i end, you begin — an all-new, evening-length work premiering in Tina McGuire Theatre at Wortham Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Asheville, May 9–19, 2024.
Listen: Gavin Stewart and Vanessa Owen interviewed on The Overlook with Matt Peiken
Matt Peiken, host of The Overlook with Matt Peiken, stopped by the Wortham recently to sit down and chat with Gavin Stewart and Vanessa Owen, co-founders of Stewart/Owen Dance. Vanessa and Gavin had just finished a rehearsal for the company’s newest evening-length work, where i end, you begin, premiering in Tina McGuire Theatre May 9–19. […]
Blessed be the punchlines: Dubac’s ‘Stand-Up Jesus’ preaches the miracles of laughter
–as seen in Asheville Citizen Times / Scene, April 26, 2024. Jesus of Nazareth returns after 2,000 years, but this time he’s no carpenter: He’s a stand-up comedian — one who, strangely, bears a striking resemblance to writer, actor and comic Robert Dubac. Asheville audiences may remember Dubac from his previous performance, “The Book of Moron,” […]
Meet the Dancers: The cast of ‘where I end, you begin’
Wortham Center’s resident dance company, Stewart/Owen Dance, presents its newest creation, where i end, you begin, in performances running May 9–19 in Tina McGuire Theatre. How does one choice spark a chain reaction in the world around you? In where i end, you begin, the stories of six dancers are intertwined through grace, passion and […]
