Cloud 9 Opens next week May 2nd! That’s next week…remember…the New York Times called it an "intelligent and inventive CARNAL CIRCUS" "A raving rave," raves the New York Raver! Come see this play…not for the prudish…

So for Artisphere we thought we’d bring you some Laughs…again we team up with Laugh Your Asheville Off and The Distracted Globe and bring you two offerings…Stand Up Comedy and Comedy Improv! Jarrod Harris and Elise Crocker (check out some of their stuff on our MySpace page) and Greg Brown perform their stand up routines at 8 and 9:30 and then at 10:45 DG does their thing! Come and get your laughs on.

Make sure you see ILYB this weekend…gonna sell out again I am sure. It sure had a wonderful and wild opening weekend and we’re excited for another one…Thursday and Friday…Check it out!

ILYB “was absolutely darling!!! A sweet, funny, ironic look at romance in any era. You attracted some of the best singers, actors, musicians I have ever seen and heard. But, it is merely a reflection of the talent and artistic excellence coming out of the Warehouse Theatre every day!” Monnie Whitson of Magic FM.

Special thanks to Jen Goff for making this production happen!

From a young age my father, a forthcoming Le Cordon Bleu graduate, would prepare delicious and breathtaking meals at the drop of a hat for our family. Through high school and college I found it commonplace to discuss the brilliance of butter, the magic of salt, or even the marvel of bread with my mostly disinterested friends. I had notions to one day go to culinary school, but vaguely in the future at some point. I thought I knew food. Then I discovered how wrong I was.
Sitting on the Gulf of Mexico one day last spring, I looked to see one of the restaurant’s tugboats swiftly heading in with what became a plate of newly shucked oysters, shining from a bed of parsley at the end of my waitresses arm. Despite many a vicarious foray into the culinary world via my father, I’d never before been here, staring at a food that is at times gloriously celebrated by refined pallets and at others snidely dismissed with blatant ignorance. Determined not to personify the latter, I picked up the monster, sprinkled it with lemon, toasted to my friends and swallowed without hesitation. By the time my senses caught up to me, I was already smiling. I had been awakened by the sight and smell of the meat, by the flavor and texture of the ocean, and by the sound and weight of the shells that fell seamlessly from my hand to a rapidly emptying plate. It was a life-changing moment, a truly revolutionary experience.
Those Apalachicola oysters opened my eyes to a new world beyond what I thought I knew about food. My passion for food and learning makes me want to reach even further. My next step is to embrace and master the essentials of cooking, the basics, and the raw and unadorned reality of culinary arts to make my eternal passion a reality.

…for the application to the French Culinary Institute in Manhattan, NY. see, Journeymen have other interests and are humans, too!!! also, any revisions/comments would be really cool.

I LOVE YOU BECAUSE opens tonight!

Here’s a little preview made by Jenn Goff. Poor sound quality, but you’ll just have to come and see it to get the real thing.

I LOVE YOU BECAUSE!!!!!

I just got out of our first dress and its looking good people so I hope you are getting your tickets soon.  After all its been held over from not just this weekend April 4th through 6th, but also to April 10th and 11th.  You don’t wanna miss the hottest tickets in town.  Here’s a little blurb that the talented Ms. Goff wrote about us to clue you in a little if you haven’t heard about the show yet…

I Love You Because is a modern musical meandering through the reality of modern metropolitan romance, with all of its twists, turns and neuroses.  Meet Marcy and Austin – “they couldn’t be less perfect for each other” – on the rebound and on the defensive.  Meet Diana and Jeff – “We’re just friends… who also make out.” – just out for a good time.  Meet the bartenders – “we’re basically therapists who encourage you to drink.” – the all-knowing chorus who help guide our fed-up lovers through all-too-familiar relationship pitfalls.  Funny and sweet and witty, you’ll love I Love You Because… because we’ve all been there.

So come see it and enjoy.  We promise a good time! =)