Welcome to 35below, ACT's intimate black box performance space. 35below offers the same quality performance you've come to expect on the Mainstage, just a bit edgier. Located in the back of the theatre, 35below offers an small setting for outstanding dramas and comedies -- from the Tony Award winning I Am My Own Wife to the uproariously funny Miss Gulch Return -- and everything in between, including special events from ACT's senior acting troupe, The Autumn Players. Join us for a great show.

Screen Plays and One Acts by Christopher Durang

Directed by Jason Williams

February 4 - 27, 2010. Thursdays - Saturdays, 7:30pm

A night at the diner has never been so fun, as an ensemble cast performs an evening of one-acts and shorts from Christopher Durang, a contemporary playwright renowned for his outrageous and absurd comedy. Titles include The Actor’s Nightmare, For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls, Funeral Parlor, DMV Tyrant, Medea, The Book of Leviticus Show, and The Hardy Boys and the Mystery of Where Babies Come From.

Active audience required! Audience members will order from a menu of shorts. The wait staff (the actors) will then place the orders and deliver the appropriate "meals."

Contains adult language and situations.

Watch video interview with director Jason Williams

TICKETS: $15. Recommended for mature audiences.

NC Premiere!

By Waylon Wood; directed by Jack Lindsay

April 1-24, 2010. Performances Thursdays - Saturdays: 7:30pm

When the power goes out after a July storm in a small town in the Florida panhandle, Wanna June Duke is determined to enjoy a languid evening under the stars by the light of the full moon. But her son Roy Boy picks up (literally) their persnickety neighbor Miss Bailey and deposits her in a lawn chair in the yard; her eldest daughter Dot arrives after leaving her husband; and her younger daughter Jewel, fresh from a rendezvous at the river, has secrets to spill. Like the river for which it is named, this play meanders, revealing a family’s history and the skeletons in their closets that could finally tear them apart. Written by local playwright and actor Waylon Wood.

Auditions: February 7-8, 7-9pm. Seeking 2M, 3W.

TICKETS: $15. Recommended for mature audiences.