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F R E E Year 35, No. 3 Celebrating 35 Years of Community News August 28 – September 10, 2019 SPECIAL TWO-WEEK Bristol Riverside Theatre Welcomes Chicken Soup for the ISSUE Kim Wayans as God in An Act of God Bala Cynwyd Library ristol Riverside Theatre will kick off its 33rd Season by putting God centerstage in the sinfully funny An Act of God by 13-time Emmy winner David Javerbaum. Seated at the staircase to Heaven, audiences will find national TV, film and comedy star Kim
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God is back and she has a lot to say—especially when she is played by noted actress, funny woman and writer Kim Wayans. See “An Act of God” at Bristol Riverside Theatre, September 17 October 13. Wayans. The In Living Color alum, and a member of the famous Wayans family, will rule the universe in a new comedy penned by former The Daily Show with Jon Stewart writer Javerbaum. The play, which was a smash hit on Broadway, was based on Javerbaum’s Twitter persona @TheTweetofGod, which now boasts six million followers. An Act of God is directRoz Warren’s writing life and her library life will come ed by BRT Founding Director Susan D. Atkinson. The show will run for 28 performances, from September 17 to October 13, 2019. All performances are at Bristol Riverside Theatre together for a fundraising event, “Chicken Soup for the Bala in Bucks County, located at 120 Radcliffe Street. Tickets start at $43 and are available online Cynwyd Library” on Wednesday, September 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the Bala Cynwyd Library Meeting Room. Meet Roz, hear at www.brtstage.org, at the theatre’s box office, or over the phone at 215-785-0100. her read some of her essays, buy one of her books, and God is back and she has a lot to say—especially when she is played by noted actress, funny woman and writer Kim Wayans. After many millennia, and in just 90 minutes, God (assisted enjoy a fabulous Night Kitchen Bakery cupcake! All proceeds of the event will benefit the library. Photo/Carolyn Reiste by her devoted angels Gabriel and Michael) will answer some of the deepest questions that have plagued mankind since Creation. The “One” will give the first and last word on everything oz Warren (https://muckrack.com/roz-warren), who has from monotheism to masturbation. worked at the Bala Cynwyd Library for two decades, An Act of God is a mental romp around the Old and New Testaments, with a dissatisfied is also a writer who has been in 10 Chicken Soup for the God who, having grown weary of the original Ten Commandments, has arrived in the theater to offer new version: a fresh set of commandments for a modern world. This sinfully Soul collections. On Wednesday, September 4 at 7:30 at the Bala Cynwyd Library, funny comedy delivers a new meaning to the phrase ‘divine intervention.’ “I hope audiences see that the self-absorbed, tantrum-prone character introduced was not Roz’s writing life and her library life will come together for
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The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium Presents Come Back, Little Sheba Philadelphia Fringe 2019 Performances at Bethany Mission Gallery September 3 - 22 wine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130. he poignance of repression deTickets: http://LittleSheba.bpt.me or fining a Midwestern marriage in 215-285-0472. crisis provides the undercurrent Sheba features IRC performers from for William Inge’s resilient 1950 clasthe company’s 2018 Fringe production sic Come Back, Little Sheba. The purof Tennessee Williams’ The Eccentricsuit of primal instincts and how they ities of a Nightingale, John Zak, Tomas derail everyday lives frames the 1950 play by William Inge, the American See John Zak and Tina Brock in dramatist’s first, written while he was The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy a teacher at Washington University in Consortium’s “Come Back, Little St. Louis, Missouri. Sheba” September 3 - 22. The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy ConsorPhoto/Johanna Austin, AustinArt.org tium (IRC) presents Come Back, Little Sheba September 3 - 22 at the Bethany Dura, Carlos Forbes, Kassy Bradford, Mission Gallery as part of the 2019 Barbaraluz Orlanda, Bill Rahill, Adam Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Come Back, Ritter and Tina Brock, who will also Little Sheba will preview Tuesday and direct and design sound. IRC AssociWednesday September 3 and 4 at 8 ate Artistic Director Erica Hoelscher p.m.; opening night is Thursday, Sepwill design set and costumes. tember 5 at 8 p.m. Performances will The setting for Come Back, Little Sheba run Tuesday through Saturday at 8 p.m. is “…an old house in one of those semiand Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Bethany Mission Gallery is located at 1527 BrandySee The IRC’s “Come Back, Little Sheba” page 8
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