Wortham Blog
2023-2024 Season Preview Video
Be bold. Be surprised. Be entertained. Be transported. Be changed. Be here. This season, there are more reasons than ever to be at the Wortham. What are yours? Welcome to...
Wortham Presents 2023-2024 Season Brochure
The Wortham's 2023/2024 season is announced! Flip through our season brochure and make plans to join us for one of the exciting performances coming up this season. Tickets on sale...
American Patchwork Project celebrates WNC’s cultural fabric
https://youtu.be/B9dqEl-gX90 The American Patchwork Project celebrates the rich cultural and musical fabric of Western North Carolina by gathering stories, oral histories, and songs. The following local artists were featured in...
Moving stories: Stewart/Owen Dance premieres new work at Wortham
-Asheville Scene, April 14, 2023 For Gavin Stewart and Vanessa Owen, storytelling is the art — and dance is the medium that brings it to life. It’s a universal language with...
Video: New Work at the Wortham – Taking the Stage
https://youtu.be/z-lH9fSeVZg Take a behind-the-scenes look at Stewart/Owen Dance in the final development stages for the Wortham's first-ever commissioned work. Don't miss their exciting collection of contemporary choreography premiering April 21...
Video: IN REHEARSAL — Stewart/Owen Dance
Step on stage and experience an immersive view of rehearsals for Stewart/Owen Dance's upcoming April 21 & 22 performances on the Diana Wortham Theatre stage. Stewart/Owen Dance • April 21...
A conversation with singer-songwriter and guitarist Raul Midón
Raul Midón lives in a world of sound. Blind since birth, the singer-songwriter and guitarist sets no limits on his musical creativity, writing lyrics that explore the senses with unworldly...
Wortham hosts first-ever Free Play Day for kids
Kids had fun exploring the performing arts at the Wortham Center’s first-ever Free Play Day on Saturday, March 11! With a series of hands-on workshops in theatre, movement, and improvisation...
Video: New Work at the Wortham Center—Feedback Panel
https://youtu.be/Trxq9K6b3PI Stewart/Owen Dance has been busy creating the Wortham Center’s first-ever commissioned work. This original piece, choreographed by Vanessa Owen and Gavin Stewart, is being developed over the course of...
Malevo brings high-energy renegade dance to Wortham stage
Asheville Scene | Citizen Times, February 24, 2023 In the grassy plains of Argentina’s Pampas, where flat, fertile earth stretches to the horizon, the gauchos of legend herd cattle by...