NATURAL SHOCKS
April 2–12, 2026
BeBe Theatre, 20 Commerce Street, Asheville NC
NATURAL SHOCKS by Lauren Gunderson
“A one-woman play in a tornado”
Statistics-obsessed insurance agent Angela races into her basement to escape an oncoming storm. Trapped below ground, she confronts the events and relationships of her life—the heartbreaking, the hair-raising, and the hilarious—in a narrative that hurtles from pound cake to Disney World to Best Buy to Hamlet to her bold plan for a beautiful future. Resilient, funny, optimistic, dishonest, and not sorry for herself, Angela cracks wise, lies, and eventually lets the audience in on the biggest secret of all—the truth—as she waits for the storm to break.
“It’s all statistics until it’s happening to you. Then it’s happening 100 percent.”
CONTENT WARNING: Domestic violence, gun violence, natural disasters, homeowners’ insurance jokes
April 2–12, Thursdays–Sundays, 7:30pm and 2pm (see specific dates for info)
$30 general admission; Thursdays half-price ($15); 10% off for ATA Members
Featuring:
Trinity Smith Keel as Angela
Original Live Sound by Franklin Keel
Directed by Melon Wedick
Stage Manager Christine Caldemeyer
Lighting Design Jason Williams
Costume Design Christine Caldemeyer
Set Design Melon Wedick
NATURAL SHOCKS is the inaugural production of Nemesis’s contemporary-works sister company, ARCHNEMESIS. Read more about ARCHNEMESIS here.
