ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — The Wortham Center for the Performing Arts has announced all the dance, theater and stand-up comedy coming to the downtown performance venue in the 2026-27 season.
The season will run from September 2026 to April 2027 at the Wortham Center, 18 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, N.C.
Advance ticketing is available to Friends of Wortham members until Aug. 19. Public tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 20.
Find more information at www.worthamarts.org.
What is coming to the Wortham Center?
“For more than three decades, Wortham has been a place where our community gathers to experience the transformative power of the arts,” said Rae Geoffrey, Wortham Center managing director. “This season invites audiences to revel in the unexpected, embrace beauty and discover extraordinary artists and performances. We hope audiences will stay curious, try something new and enjoy a few surprises along the way.”
The season will begin with “Mike Super: Magic & Illusion” on Sept. 19. Super, a winner of “Phenomenon” on NBC and a finalist on “America’s Got Talent,” will perform family-friendly magic featuring audience participation and comedy.
The season will conclude with NoGravity Theatre, a dance performance where dancers “appear to levitate, soar, and defy gravity itself” in an interpretation of “The Divine Comedy,” the Wortham Center said.
Along the way, performances include music by a Nordic folk trio, five weekends of comedy from nationally-touring comedians, a musical holiday tradition and multimedia theater.
The Kirk & Lucy Borland Student Series will also take place throughout the season, giving Western North Carolina students arts education outside of the classroom.
The series will include:
- Oct. 9: “TheaterWorksUSA: Pete the Cat”
- Oct. 23: “New Dialect”
- Nov. 12: “Dorrance Dance”
- Nov. 17: “Bill Blagg’s The Magic of Science”
- Feb. 12: “TheaterWorksUSA: The Pout-Pout Fish”
- Feb. 19: “Ballet Hispánico New York”
- Feb. 23: “TheaterWorksUSA: Clifford the Big Red Dog”
- March 18: “TheaterWorksUSA: Click, Clack, Moo”
- March 19: “The String Queens”
For a full list of upcoming Wortham Center performances, visit www.worthamarts.org/events.
