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THE SPLATTER PLAY!
By Abby Auman
Directed by Jessica Johnson
It's the day of the open house for Tina's childhood home, which also happens to be her deceased mother's evil laboratory. Determined to turn the terrors of the lab into selling points, Tina and her optimistic realtor parade a cast of unsavory potential buyers through the home, tormented all the while by the resident creepies and crawlies who aren't quite as ready to move on as Tina would hope. *Note: this is an immersive experience and there will be blood, so much blood.
**Content notification: language; violence; blood; gore; strobe light effects; audience-immersive scenes that may include audience members being splattered with stage blood and gore.
October 6 - 21, 2023
Thursdays, Fridays, & Saturdays at 7:30pm
Sundays at 4pm | tickets |
| | GUEST PERFORMANCE
Toybox's (mostly) Monthly Puppetry Series
Presented by Toybox Theatre, with special guest artists
Toybox Theatre, in collaboration with The Magnetic Theatre, presents a new puppetry series for ALL AGES. This new series will feature original works by acclaimed award-winning puppeteer and clown Toybox, and will bring some of the best puppeteers in the nation as special guests!
Toybox Theatre has been entertaining audiences from coast to coast with their unique brand of humor and art for over 20 years! Garnishing many "fan favorite" and "funniest show" awards, Toybox has also received an UNIMA Citation for Excellence in the Art of Puppetry, and funding from The Jim Henson Foundation.
Saturday Oct 14, 2023 at 11:00am | tickets |
| | MAGNETIC U - DESIGNER SERIES
Puppetry Design & Construction
Taught by Toybox Theatre
Essentials for Contemporary Puppetry Art:
Keith Shubert of Toybox Theatre draws on more than 20 years of puppetry experience to share with participants tips and tricks to the art from. This workshop will offer a comprehensive examination of the varied styles of puppetry art and their applications in live performance, exhibitions, and film/ television. Participants will experience hands on manipulation, examples of methods of construction, and are welcome to bring ideas or examples of their own projects for advice and development.
Saturday, October 14, 2023
1-4pm
About the instructor:
Keith Shubert of Toybox Theatre is a multi award winning Asheville-based professional puppeteer, emcee and toymaker who performs and produces shows and festivals around the country. His hilarious and heartwarming performances have made him a staple in the Asheville performance art scene, where you can find him as a regular in Asheville Vaudeville, the Asheville Fringe Arts Festival, and at LEAF Global Arts Festival. Among his awards include Fan Favorite and Best Performance at The National Puppetry Festival, funding by the Jim Henson Foundation, and an UNIMA Citation for Excellence in The Art of Puppetry (the highest honor given in the field.) He has taught workshops on puppetry arts for all ages, and for levels from beginner to advanced. He is soon to be added as faculty instructor at The Academy for Clown Arts in 2024. | tickets |
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Who Does She Think She Is?
A One Woman Show
Written and Performed by Paula O'Brien
Accompanied by Steve Sensenig
Singing has always been one of Paula's first loves. After attending a cabaret show at the Irish Arts Center in NYC, she thought, “I could do that" and went about putting together what would become Who Does She Think She Is?: one woman’s journey from Ireland to WNC, with many stops along the way. The show includes original songs (from the songwriting part of the journey) as well as many favorites that tie in with Paula's stories. It’ll be an evening of caint, ceoil, agus craic (stories, music and fun)! There may or may not be guitar playing. There will most definitely be a keyboard!
Friday, November 3, 2023 - 7:30pm
Saturday, November 4, 2023 - 7:30pm
Sunday, November 5, 2023 - 4pm
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QLab & Audacity Basics
Taught by Abby Auman
Have you ever wanted to try your hand at building audio or video files for a production? Magnetic's Tech Director Abby Auman can help you get started! Join us for this engaging workshop, where you'll learn how to use Audacity for audio file editing, and QLab, a powerful macOS program for designing and playing back sound, video, light, and show control cues (we'll be focused on sound for this session).
*Note, you will be expected to download the free version of Audacity and the free version of QLab if you plan to bring your own macOS computer; for those who don't have a macOS computer, you can still participate!
Saturday, November 4th, 2023
12-2pm
About the instructor:
Abby is the Technical Director of The Magnetic Theatre. She also works as a lighting designer in theaters all over WNC. | tickets |
| | GUEST PERFORMANCE
Toybox's (mostly) Monthly Puppetry Series
Presented by Toybox Theatre, with special guest artists
Toybox Theatre, in collaboration with The Magnetic Theatre, presents a new puppetry series for ALL AGES. This new series will feature original works by acclaimed award-winning puppeteer and clown Toybox, and will bring some of the best puppeteers in the nation as special guests!
Toybox Theatre has been entertaining audiences from coast to coast with their unique brand of humor and art for over 20 years! Garnishing many "fan favorite" and "funniest show" awards, Toybox has also received an UNIMA Citation for Excellence in the Art of Puppetry, and funding from The Jim Henson Foundation.
Saturday Nov 11, 2023 at 11:00am | tickets |
| | MAINSTAGE
NEW QUEER'S EVE
By Jason Phillips, Abby Auman, Eli Hamilton, and Mickey Poandl
Directed by Dwight Chiles
Maybe it's much too early in the game, but I thought I'd ask you just the same, what are you doing New Year's? New Queer’s Eve provides a glimpse into the struggle, absurdity, camaraderie, and joy around this holiday from a LGBTQIA+ lens. The show takes place in one location, and spans several decades of New Year's Eve celebrations. Through interconnected stories told by a collaboration of queer writers, New Queer's Eve invites audiences to share in the joys and struggles of queer life through the decades.
*Content notification: language; sensitive subject matter; talk of death; brief burlesque scene (no full nudity.)
December 1 - 16, 2023
Thursdays, Fridays, & Saturdays at 7:30pm
Sundays at 4pm | tickets |
| | GUEST PERFORMANCE
Toybox's (mostly) Monthly Puppetry Series
Presented by Toybox Theatre, with special guest artists
Toybox Theatre, in collaboration with The Magnetic Theatre, presents a new puppetry series for ALL AGES. This new series will feature original works by acclaimed award-winning puppeteer and clown Toybox, and will bring some of the best puppeteers in the nation as special guests!
Toybox Theatre has been entertaining audiences from coast to coast with their unique brand of humor and art for over 20 years! Garnishing many "fan favorite" and "funniest show" awards, Toybox has also received an UNIMA Citation for Excellence in the Art of Puppetry, and funding from The Jim Henson Foundation.
Saturday Dec 16, 2023 at 11:00am | tickets |
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Ticket Policies
As The Magnetic Theatre also offers rental space to other production companies, the following policies apply only to those tickets purchased through The Magnetic Theatre ticketing platform. Tickets purchased through other websites or third parties may be subject to different policies, and The Magnetic Theatre can not be held responsible for policies applying to such purchases.
Refunds & Exchanges
Tickets for The Magnetic Theatre productions are non-refundable except in the event of a performance cancellation, in which case the Box Office will contact ticket holders individually to discuss options. If you need to exchange your ticket(s) for a different performance, show, or gift certificate, please email the Box Office at tickets@themagnetictheatre.org no less than 24 hours in advance of the performance for which you have purchased tickets. Exchange requests received within 24 hours of the performance will be handled at the discretion of the box office. Patrons may also exchange tickets to another performance of the same show only using this link. Note: you'll need to have your ticket code ready.
No-Shows may be neither exchanged nor refunded.
Late Seating & Standby
Please arrive on time! With few exceptions, the house opens 30 minutes prior to curtain. Ticket holders who have not arrived by curtain time may not be guaranteed seating, or may be seated in a different location from where they have reserved. Patrons who wish to be placed on standby for a sold-out show should arrive 30 minutes prior to curtain to be placed on the waitlist to be seated at curtain time, if seating is available. |
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