“Goal: Complex, Experimental Theater. Audience: Children”
Blue Ridge Public Radio
Matt Peiken
April 17, 2019
Abby Felder wanted to pursue experimental theater after college, so the North Carolina native moved to Asheville seven years ago and co-founded Asheville Creative Arts. It’s the only company devoted solely to producing children’s theater in Western North Carolina.
“Working with younger audiences in particular, they are not as hung up on traditional dramatic structures. They’re kind of along for the ride,” she said. “So if you’re giving them a piece that’s more experiment or subverts narrative, they’re just there for that, and they’re more interested in….”