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Acts of Faith Theatre Festival 2012 
African American Repertory Theatre
Ain’t Misbehavin, The Fats Waller Musical Show based on an idea by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby, Jr. Music by Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller and lyrics by various artists
Celebrating the music of icon, Fats Waller, a versatile cast struts and sings the songs that he made famous from uptown clubs in Harlem to Tin Pan Alley, Hollywood, and concert Halls in Europe and Canada.
February 10 - February 26, 2012
Discussion: Sunday, February 12, 2012 following the 4:00 p.m. performance
(804) 355-2187 www.aartva.org
Pine Camp Cultural Arts Center
4901 Old Brook Road, Richmond, VA 23227
Tickets: $18 - $22
Barksdale Theatre at Willow Lawn
God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza
Two little boys scuffle on the playground and their progressive parents meet to sort things out in a civilized manner. By evening's end, all hope is lost prompting us to debate whether we have an Old Testament God of vengeance and power or a New Testament God of compassion and peace? Religion prompts wars just as often as it ends them.
Ages 16+
February 3 – March 11, 2012
Discussion: Saturday, February 11, 2012 following the 2:00 p.m. performance
(804) 282-2620 www.BarksdaleRichmond.org
1601 Willow Lawn Drive, Richmond, VA 23230
Tickets: Students $19, Adults $35-$38. Special rate for faith groups (15 or more) attending during the Acts of Faith Festival - $34.
Barksdale Theatre at Hanover Tavern
Always….Patsy Cline by Ted Swindley
Based on the true friendship between Patsy Cline and a fan from Houston, this heartfelt musical allows us to view Christianity through the lens of country music. The musical play, complete with down home country humor, true emotion and even some audience participation, includes many of Patsy’s unforgettable hits such as Crazy, I Fall to Pieces, Sweet Dreams and Walking After Midnight… 27 songs in all.
January 20 – April 29, 2012
Discussion: Sunday, March 18, 2012 after the 2:00 performance
(804) 282-2620 www.BarksdaleRichmond.org
13181 Hanover Courthouse Road, Hanover, VA 23069
Tickets: Ages 18 and under $19, $35 - $38. Special rate for faith groups (15 or more) attending during the Acts of Faith Festival - $32.
August: Osage County by Tracy Letts
One of the most bracing and critically acclaimed plays in recent Broadway history, August: Osage County is a portrait of the dysfunctional American family at its finest—and absolute worst. When the patriarch disappears one night, the family reunites and long-held secrets are unflinchingly and uproariously revealed.
Ages 16+
February 17 – March 10, 2012
Discussion: Sunday, February 19, 2012 after the 4:00 p.m. performance
(804) 282-2620 www.BarksdaleRichmond.org
114 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23220
Tickets: $26, Subscribers $19, Students $10
Carpenter Science Theatre in collaboration with Richmond Shakespeare
Shakespeare and Galileo by Grant Mudge
The play explores the relationships between art, science and God and is chock full of espionage, the Inquisition and healthy doses of humor.
February 22 – March 10, 2012
Discussion: TBA
Center Stage, 600 East Grace Street, Richmond, VA 23219
Tickets $15 - $36
Chamberlayne Actors Theatre
Almighty Bob by Tom Mula
Feisty old Bob is hard to handle since he had his stroke so his daughter admits him to Providence, an assisted living home. Once he arrives though, bizarre things start happening. Is Bob delusional or are these amazing things really going on? A touching show about faith, in ourselves as well as those around us.
January 20 – February 5, 2012
Discussions: Sunday, January 29 following the 2:30 p.m. performance and Saturday, February 4 following the 8:00 p.m. performance
262-9760 www.cattheatre.com
319 north Wilkinson Road, Richmond, VA 23227
Tickets $18, group rates $12 - $16
Firehouse Theatre Project in collaboration with Virginia Union University Theatre
You Don’t Know Me: Trio of One Acts - Ohio State Murders by Adrienne Kennedy, Beirut Rocks & Security by Israel Horovitz
Three one-act plays take an intriguing look at the destructiveness of prejudice in society. An African-American writer unravels a dark mystery stemming from her 1949 studies at Ohio State, an immigration agent confronts an Iranian woman and her son at Newark Airport, and two American students, one Jewish, the other a Palestinian-born Arab, clash heatedly in a Beirut hotel room.
14+ strong language
February 16 – March 10, 2012
Discussions: Friday, February 17 following the 8:00 p.m. performance and Sunday, February 26 following the 4:00 p.m. performance
355-2001 www.firehousetheatre.org
1609 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23220
Tickets $23-26 adults, $12 students and RAPT, $20 for groups of 10 or more
HATTheatre
JEWTOPIA, written by Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson
This longest running comedy in L.A and Off-Broadway history tells the story of two single men form a secret pact to help the other find the perfect girl. Chris, a gentile, wants to marry a Jewish girl so he’ll never have to make another decision. Adam Lipschitz, a Jew, wants to marry a Jewish girl to please his family, but can’t get a date to save his life. Stereotypes collide, cultures clash and chaos ensues!
Suggested Ages 13+
March 9 – March 18, 2012
Discussion: Sunday, March 11, 2012 after the 2:00 p.m. performance
(804) 343-6364 www.hattheatre.org
1124 Westbriar Drive, Richmond, VA 23238
Tickets $18 for adults, $15 for seniors $12 for youth up to age 17 Group Rates available.
Henley Street Theatre
Lord of the Flies by Nigel Williams, based on the novel by William Golding
A plan crashes on a deserted island – the only survivors, a group of schoolboys. Critics have claimed this classic novel is rife with symbolism, portraying allusions to the bible and religious figures while examining human society.
January 26 – February 25, 2012
Discussions: Sunday, February 12 and 19, 2012 after 2 p.m. performances
(804) 340-0115 www.henleystreettheatre.org
The SPARC Performing Arts Center 2106 N Hamilton St, Richmond, VA 23220
Tickets $17 for students, $22 for groups, $27 regular price. $5.00 off a full price ticket with Martin’s Bonus Card. On-line Sales only.
The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Set in motion by the three witches who purport to guide his fate---or by Macbeth’s own desires, the timeless and violent adventure wrestles with the ultimate in human questions: existence, ambition, eternity.
February 9 – 25, 2012
Discussion: TBA
(804) 232-4000 www.richmondshakespeare.com
Center Stage, 600 East Grace Street, Richmond, VA 23219
Tickets $15-$36
Richmond Triangle Players
Next Fall by Geoffrey Nauffs
Taking place largely in a hospital waiting room where five people attend an accident victim now in a coma, Next Fall, tells the story of the relationship between Adam and Luke -- one with fundamentalist views, the other not -- and their thorny discussions about religion.
February 22 – March 17, 2012
Discussions: Sunday, March 4 and Sunday March 11, 2012 following the 4:00 p.m. performances
(804) 346-8113 www.rtriangle.org
1300 Altamont Avenue, Richmond, VA 23230
Tickets $20 - $25, Acts of Faith discounts offered
Sycamore Rouge
Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks
This dark comedy chronicles the adult lives of two African American brothers, Lincoln and Booth, as they cope with women, work, poverty, gambling, racism, and their troubled upbringings. Suzan –Lori Parks is the first African American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for this play.
February 17 – March 11, 2012
Discussion: Sunday, March 4, 2012 following the 4:00 p.m. performance
957-5707 www.sycamorerouge.org
21 West Old Street Petersburg, VA 2380
Tickets $18 - $22
Theatre IV
The Oliver Hill Story by Bruce Craig Miller
Oliver Hill was one of the world's first prominent African American attorneys and fought through our judicial system to win equal treatment and opportunity for African Americans. How do faith communities ask us to notice and respond to injustice and hate?
February 2-5, 2012
Discussion: Saturday, February 4, 2012, following the matinee performance
(804) 344-8040 www.TheatreIVRichmond.org
114 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23220
Tickets $14 – $18. Special rate for faith groups (15 or more) attending during the Acts of Faith Festival - $12-$16.
Associate Theatre Productions
For Our Children Productions
As a Muslimah, I am, Tales of a Female Gang Banger by Jihad Abdulmumit
“As a Muslimah, I am” is a power-packed, emotional train that demonstrates the many ways that Islam literally rescues women from the many personal and social challenges that oppress them in society.
(804) 647-0832 forourchildrenproduction@gmail.com
Venue and ticket information TBA
Islamic Theatre Company
This Truth is Clear and Evident by Mahasin D. Shamsid-Deen
This series of poems, collectively a 'choreopoem' expresses the history, struggle and faith of Muslims in the Americas. It is an all Male cast of nine who tell the story of how they - the Muslim they represent - developed and defined their Islamic identify and belief.
March 3, 2012 matinee and evening performances
Discussion: Saturday, March 3, 2012 following both performances
info@islamictheatre.com www.islamictheatre.com
Robinson Theatre Community Arts Center
2903 Q Street, Richmond, VA 23223
Jewish Family Theatre
Conversations with My Father
Exploring a father and son relationship, Gardner presents the saga of a first generation of American Jews who came of age in the Depression and were assimilated at a high price during and after World War II. The play’s many vignettes span the years between 1936 and 1976.
February 16 – February 27, 2012
Discussion: Wednesday February 22, 2012 following the 7:30 p.m. performance
285-6500 www.weinsteinjcc.org
5403 Monument Ave, Richmond, VA 23226
Tickets $10 - $15, $8 group rate
Seminary Shoestring Players
Cotton Patch Gospel book by Tome Key and Russell Treyz, music by Harry Chapin
Set in rural Georgia and billed as "the greatest story ever retold," "Cotton Patch Gospel" is a musical based on "The Cotton Patch Version of the Gospel of Matthew and John" by Clarence Jordan.
February 2 – February 11, 2012
Discussion Friday, February 3 and Friday, February 10 after the evening performances
(804) 353-6815 Cokesbury Bookstore for tickets
Baptist Theological Seminary
3400 Brook Road, Richmond, VA 23227
Tickets $12