AUDITIONS
Holiday Double Cheer – DECEMBER 2 – 18
HOLIDAY DOUBLE CHEER DECEMBER 2 – 18 Book and Lyrics by Jim Christian Music by Kenneth Plain Directed by Beth Norris FIVE CAROLS FOR CHRISTMAS It’s 1954, and five best friends – all named Carol – as they prepare for their annual holiday performance at the local high school on Christmas Eve. .JINGLEJACKS Four Canadian lumberjacks, isolated in a cabin, are living out their dreams of becoming internet sensations with their Christmas webcast featuring favorite holiday songs sung in the style of barbershop, classical, hip-hop, smooth jazz, rap, glee club, rock, and many more. Showtimes Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30, Sundays at 3 pm
Hendersonville Theatre Announces 2023 Season
Hendersonville Theatre announces its 56th season of entertainment hand-selected for its intimate venue. Information about our season tickets, flex passes, 2023 shows, and more.
MASTER SONGWRITERS IN CONCERT – presented by B² Realty | NOVEMBER 19TH
This intimate concert showcasing 4 local, gifted songwriters taking turns telling the stories behind their songs and then performing them for the audience. This one-of-a-kind gathering will benefit Hendersonville Theatre’s projector fund to raise money to bring film to downtown Hendersonville. Featuring area songwriters: David Childers, Carson Sloan, Josh, and Steve Durose.
A SALUTE TO VETERANS – HENDERSONVILLE SWING BAND | NOVEMBER 11TH
The Hendersonville Swing Band, under the direction of trombonist Jerry Zink, plays music of the Big Band era of the ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s. The band is primarily a rehearsal band made up of a group of 17 musicians who get together to play this music for their own enjoyment. Nearly all the members of the band are retirees. At present, the band has members from Henderson, Transylvania, Haywood and Buncombe counties. This is the band’s first and only Veterans Day Concert.
2023 Season Reveal | SEPTEMBER 15th
We personally invite you to be the first to hear about our 2023 season at Rhythm & Brews next week! Visit our table, enter our drawing for a chance to win free tickets, find out about volunteer opportunities, upcoming auditions, and so much more while you are enjoying the concert.
September New Play Reading | SEPTEMBER 10th
HT continues its Staged Reading Series Saturday, Sept. 10 at 4 p.m. Two short original one acts will be read this month. Featuring area actors: Joan Rinchisen, Gary McClain, Tate Albert, Maddison McMahan, Rowan Duncan. Darlene Cah and Donald Beck.
NOV 5 – DRAG QUEEN BINGO starring Patti O’Furniture
Patti O’Furniture is excited to make her Hendersonville debut. She is no stranger to the theatre (she is the alter ego of a college theatre professor). Based in Charleston, South Carolina, Patti has been performing for 23 years and two things have remained consistent during her career: she uses balloons to fill her bra and every dollar she collects on stage is donated back to the community. To date, she has helped raise over $1.5 million dollars for various charities and community organizations.
ACT2 Players Present: Dracula OCTOBER 1ST 3pm & 7:30pm
Dracula became the premiere episode of The Mercury Theatre of the Air and is considered one of the most horrific and transcendent presentations of radio. It was originally broadcast on CBS Radio in 1938. This famous dramatic series — featuring adaptations of well-known novels, plays, and films — was originally produced, directed, written, hosted, and performed by Orson Welles, with the Mercury Theatre Company.
AUDITIONS | READERS THEATRE AUGUST 30TH
Auditions for Act2 Player’s next production, The Mercury Theatre of the Air’s Dracula, will be held August 30th from 10 am to noon and from 1 pm to 3 pm. You can sign up for a time slot or just drop in. (Drop ins will be worked in, so be prepared to wait.) No experience is necessary. Auditions will consist of cold reading from the script.
The Haunting of Hill House OCTOBER 13-23
In a chilling and mystifying study in mounting terror, a small group of “psychically receptive” people are brought together in desolate and deserted Hill House, a brooding, mid-Victorian mansion known as a place of evil. The visitors have come to probe the secrets of the old house and to draw forth the mysterious powers that it is alleged to possess—powers which have brought madness, murder and suicide to those who have lived there in in the past.