2012 Season
Season Tickets AvailableSearching for Eden
February 10-26
by James Still, after Mark Twain
Adam and Eve meet in paradise and embark on an epic, exuberant battle of the sexes. Several thousand years and a fall from grace later, the middle-aged couple returns to present-day Eden, now an upscale resort. Searching for Eden is a fresh, funny new look at the question of how to make the magic last, and a tender testament to enduring love. Directed by Joni McClain
Sisters under the Skin
May / June
by Paullette MacDougal
Shortly after the American Civil War, three women, a slave-holding abolitionist, her slave (who was a spy in the home of the President of the Confederacy), and the First Lady herself, divulge their complicated relationships and, inadvertently, their influence on the history of our country. The year 2012 is the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Directed by Gaia Furman
By Paullette MacDougal
Directed by Gaia Farnam
Production dates May 4th – 20th, 2012.
CAST
Elizabeth Van Lew - Rae Peterson
Varina Davis - Peggy Schott
Mary - Rodnesha K. Green
A slave and her owner conspire to help Lincoln win the American Civil War. This historically true espionage story follows the heroic intelligence work of slave Mary Bowser, who conspired with her abolitionist owner Elizabeth Van Lew that Bowser be “hired out” as a dining room serving girl in the household of Jefferson Davis. There she reported what she saw and heard – strategies, troop movements, battle plans -- to Van Lew, who sent the information north to the Union. Mary Bowser became Abraham Lincoln’s eyes and ears in the heart of the Confederacy.
MAY 4th-20th, 2012
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm • Sundays at 3 pm
HOWSON HALL THEATER
Map to First UU Church
TICKETS
$20 Opening Night Gala, Friday, May 4th
(includes a special reception with refreshments)
$15 all other performances
($10 for seniors and groups of 10 or more)
RESERVATIONS
Reservations by web, phone 744-1495 or Purchase via Paypal
Free childcare May 6th Matinee if reserved by Apr 29th.
Email childcare@austinuu.org or call 452-6168, ext. 313