Acts of Faith Fringe 2014
The Acts of Faith Theatre Festival is delighted to help promote various events taking place around town in celebration of the festival.
Please check individual websites for ticket information.
Thursdaenite Players
Till We Have Faces by Megan Saben, based on the novel by C. S. Lewis
Haunted by the myth of Cupid and Psyche throughout his life, C.S. Lewis wrote Till We Have Faces, his last, extraordinary novel, to retell their story through the gaze of Psyche’s sister, Orual. In this adaptation for the stage, we follow disfigured and embittered Orual, who adores her sister and suffers deeply when she is sent away to be sacrificed to Cupid, the God of the Mountain. Orual is left alone to grow in power but never in love, to wonder at the silence of the gods. Only at the end of her life, in visions of her lost beloved sister, will she hear an answer.
January 17 & 18, 2014, 7:00 pm
Battery Park Christian Church
4201 Brook Road
Richmond, VA 23227
Discussions follow each performance
Tickets are free
Donations accepted at the door to benefit Art 180
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Cultural Libations (formerly LeDivo Art & Media)
I Said I Wasn't Going To Tell Nobody But I Couldn't Keep It To Myself
by Yemaja Jubilee
"I Said I Wasn’t Going To Tell Nobody," written by local poet and playwright Yemaja Jubilee, expresses the many struggles and obstacles that all women face in their lifetime. It was performed as a free presentation staged in conjunction with the D.C. Black Theatre Festival at the Lulu Vere Childers Hall at Howard University in June of 2013. The show opened in Richmond, VA at "The Shop" and ran for two performances in May of 2013 and a special one night only performance at Unity of Richmond in September. "I Said I Wasn’t Going To Tell Nobody" is a collection of 22 poems, compiled together as a "choreopoem", a form of dramatic expression that combines poetry and dance.
January 31, 2014, 7:00 pm
Unity Church of Bon Air
923 Buford Road
North Chesterfield, VA 23225
757-285-2117
Tickets are free, Donations accepted at the door
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Union Presbyterian Seminary
Daughters of Eve: Biblical Women Take the Microphone by Miriam Foltz and Rachel Shepherd
In this readers' theatre production, written by two local playwrights and using style of the Vagina Monologues, some of the fascinating women of the Bible share their experiences with men, women, love, sex, family, and yes, vaginas. Like the original monologues, they include a range of emotions: anger, violence, and fear alongside joy, tenderness, and humor. These women are powerful, smart, sometimes underappreciated, and always full of wisdom that speaks to those who listen.
Ages 13+
February 20, 2013, 7:30 pm (This is a change due to inclement weather on the previously stated show date of February 13th.)
Talkback follows performance
Lake Chapel at Union Presbyterian Seminary
3401 Brook Road, Richmond, VA 23227
804-355-0671
www.upsem.edu
Admission: free
Donations accepted for local domestic violence shelter
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The Gayton Kirk Presbyterian Church
Nothing to Fear by Ray Carver
"Nothing To Fear" is the story of a country going through a economic upheaval when their big banks fail, businesses lay off thousands and thousands of workers, short sales on foreclosed homes become normal, millions of dollars lost in a stock market crash, food banks can't keep up with all the requests they get, Occupy protesters demand change, Democrats blame Republicans and Republicans blame Democrats, and finally when the economy starts to recover thousands of people still can't find work year after year after year . . . . Is this play about our country today?
It could be, but this is the story of America in the Great Depression. "Nothing To Fear" tells the story of our country's last great economic upheaval though the eyes of the people that lived it -- rich, poor, middle class, black, white, politicians, business people, and the forgotten people left homeless without anything. "Nothing To Fear" is based on oral histories of the people that lived through the Great Depression collected by the Federal Writer's Project during the 1930's (a Depression-era Story Corps).
Talkbacks follow each performance
The Gayton Kirk
11421 Gayton Rd Henrico, VA 23238
804-741-5254
www.thegaytonkirk.org
Admission: pay what you wish
(anything over $10 will be donated to The Acts of Faith)
Ticket Reservations: efbode@aol.com
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On the Air Radio Players
What Are the Odds?
featuring "Nightfall"by Isaac Asimov and "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
Imagine you are part of a small group whose faith dictates that for some to prosper, others must perish. What do you do if you're on the winning - or losing - side? Faith can move mountains, but it can also drive us to the darkest corners of human nature. The On the Air Radio Players present "What are the Odds?," a pair of adaptations of classic short stories that reveal the darker side of faith and its brethren: paranoia, mistrust, greed, and fear. Performed in the style of a live radio show (complete with live music and sound effects), the On the Air Radio Players bring you Isaac Asimov's "Nightfall" and Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery." March 4 & 5, 2014 at 7:30 pm
Discussion: March 4
(804) 261-2787 www.otarp.com
The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen
2880 Mountain Road
Glen Allen, VA 23060
Tickets: Free and open to the public
