Wortham Blog
American Spiritual Ensemble highlights Black experience through music
American Spiritual Ensemble has thrilled audiences across the globe with a dynamic and soul-stirring repertoire that highlights the Black experience — and, now, it’s Asheville’s turn to be inspired. This...
Different Strokes! Performing Arts Collective Collaborates with Wortham Center to Create BIPOC Apprenticeship Program
Collective announce a collaboration to establish the Apprenticeship Program for Emerging BIPOC Artists and Administrators, a paid apprenticeship program for high school and undergraduate college students interested in the administrative...
Susan Werner brings variety to her concert at Wortham
Published in Asheville Scene, Oct. 22, 2021 With a catalogue that falls somewhere between folk, jazz and pop, with a pinch of country-Americana and world music thrown in, singer-songwriter Susan...
World premiere at the Wortham: Pilobolus celebrates 50 years of innovation in dance
It began with a trio of unlikely artists: an English literature major with a knack for cross-country skiing, a competitive fencer majoring in philosophy science, and a pre-med student with...
Wortham Center’s 21/22 Season Brochure
After more than a year of closures and other limitations, of connecting to people and art through screens, we're thrilled to welcome you back to live, in-person performances. The 2021/2022...
2021/2022 Season Preview Video is Here!
Nothing compares to the power of theatre — the transfer of energy between artist and audience, the roar of applause the thrill of sharing a collective experience. The 2021/202 season...
SHIFT: The Wortham Center’s eZine — Summer 2021
The Summer issue of SHIFT, the Wortham Center's eZine, includes the following features: a column by Wortham Center Managing Director, Rae Geoffrey; a preview of summer events at the Wortham;...
Wortham Center installs new air ionization system
The Wortham Center for the Performing Arts is excited to announce that it has installed a new air ionization system to provide air purification throughout the facility. This helps to...
Aquila Theatre brings virtual workshops to Buncombe County Schools
Student and teacher favorite Aquila Theatre provided engaging workshops for students at Charles T. Koontz Intermediate School on Friday, March 26. London-based actor and teaching artists James Lavender led the...
SHIFT: The Wortham Center’s eZine — March 2021
The March 2021 issue of SHIFT, the Wortham Center's eZine, includes the following features: a column by Wortham Center Managing Director, Rae Geoffrey; interview with internationally renowned, North Carolina-based choreographer,...