The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical

Asheville Community Theatre stages The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, the action-packed rock musical adapted from Rick Riordan's best-selling book about a half-blood son of a Greek god.

Shows are Friday, October 23 at 7:30 PM, and Saturday and Sunday, October 24 and 25, at 10:30 AM and 2:30 PM, at 35 E. Walnut St. in downtown Asheville. Grab tickets from Asheville Community Theatre and bring the Percy Jackson fans in your family.

Downtown Asheville's ACT has been staging productions since 1946, making it the oldest continuously operating theater in the city and second oldest in North Carolina. Two stages: the Heston Mainstage (approx. 309 seats) and the 40-seat 35below black box. Programming spans musicals, dramas, comedies, a Readers Theatre series, and youth productions season-round.

ACT is the kind of place where you'll run into cast members at the coffee shop the next morning, because everyone here is a neighbor. The mainstage puts up serious musicals and dramas, while 35below keeps things intimate and adventurous. They've been doing this since 1946 and the community ownership of it shows. Worth a subscription if you're staying in town long enough.

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The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical

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