February 11-20, 2011

Anne of Green Gables tells the story of freckle-faced Anne Shirley with her fiery temper, passion for drama and penchant for misadventures as she brings laughter, love and more than a little consternation to the quiet village of Avonlea. An HFAC Teen Actors Guild production, Anne of Green Gables, is directed by Sam Brown at the HFAC Garza Main Stage located at10760 Grant Rd., Houston, TX 77070. Parking is free. The show opens on Friday, February 11, 2011 and runs weekends through Sunday, February 20, 2011. Performances are Friday and Saturday evenings at 8PM and Sunday afternoons at 3 PM. Tickets are just $12 for all ages. Purchase tickets online at http://www.houstonfac.com or call the HFAC Box Office at 281-685-6374.

Performances January 14-30, 2011 on the Garza Mainstage

 Based on the best-selling book by Robert Fulghum, this stage adaptation is comprised of stories from Robert Fulghum’s first five best-selling books, which sold over 15 million copies in 93 countries, and which have been translated into 27 languages.  These entertaining stories are primarily about ordinary people, but the author’s comic style takes a funny, insightful and heartwarming look at what is profound in everyday life.  Directed by Cary Thornton.  ”Heartwarming, charming, funny and touching. The stories are about all of us.” —National Public Radio; “A refreshingly intimate combination of theatre and storytelling. Gentle…funny…joyous. Sparks of recognition ignited the audience.” —The Chicago Sun-Times

Tickets: $12-16.  To buy tickets, visit the Houston Family Arts Center’s website at www.houstonfac.com.

Location:
10760 Grant Road, Houston, TX 77070
281-685-6374

December 20-23 and December 27-30, Houston Family Arts Center (HFAC) Actors Academy is offering fun classes during Christmas Break!  Teens and young adults will sing and dance to their favorite Disney songs in our ‘Mixed Up, Messed Up Disney Daze Revue.’  Kindergarten and elementary students will learn songs from their favorite movies in our ’Hollywood Christmas Revue.’  Both of these classes will include short performances.  Learn how to prepare for an audition, select an appropriate monologue, and know what to expect from singing and dance auditions at one of HFAC’s 3 audition clinics (Grades 2-5, Grades 7-12, and Adults 18+).  HFAC Actors Academy is located at 10760 Grant Rd., Houston, TX 77070.  For more info, class times, and to sign up for classes visit www.houstonfac.com or call 281-685-6374.

Houston Family Arts Center (HFAC) continues its 6th season of bringing family-friendly entertainment to Houston with its Mainstage Christmas Production  of The Quiltmaker’s Gift and The Gift of the Magi opening at 8 pm on Friday, December 3 and running through Sunday, December 19, 2010.

The HFAC Christmas production will be presented at 8 pm Fridays and Saturdays and 3 pm on Sundays on the HFAC Garza Mainstage in the Houston Family Arts Center at 10760 Grant Rd, Houston, TX 77070.

Tickets: $16 Adults, $14 Seniors, & $12 for Children/Students.  Purchase tickets online at www.houstonfac.com.  For more info call 281-685-6374.

Houston Family Arts Center (HFAC) is proud to present the Off-Broadway hit West Moon Street, Rob Urbinati’s comedy adapted from Oscar Wilde’s short story “Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime” weekends through August 15.

West Moon Street tells the tale of young Lord Arthur (Joshua Clark), who’s on cloud nine—he’s just down from Oxford and engaged to be married to the appropriately aristocratic Sybil (Melissa Kihneman). His naïve happiness is smashed to smithereens by an evening spent at the residence of his confidante Lady Windermere (Stephanie Thaine), at which a mysterious palm-reader Mr. Podgers (J. Blanchard) foretells a deadly turn of events.

Wilde’s original is filled with wit and subtly subversive humor. Urbinati’s adaptation takes Wilde’s lead and runs with it, making clear things that would have been taboo in Oscar’s day and subtly suggesting things that are still subversive today.

West Moon Street is directed by Lisa Garza at the HFAC Garza Mainstage, a beautifully designed, 150-seat, intimate theatre equipped with state-of-the-art lighting and sound equipment, located at 10760 Grant Rd., Houston, TX 77070. Parking is free. Enjoy a hilarious comedy that will have you laughing all night long!

Tickets are just $16 for adults, $14 for seniors, and $12 for students/children. Purchase tickets online at www.houstonfac.com. For more info or group ticket sales, call 281-685-6374.

Love & Marriage Texas Style is a new comedy very loosely based on “Billy Bob” Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, and is set in Tomball in 1910. This new look at that age-old love-struggle has more twists and turns than a trail left by a maverick steer that’s been munching loco weed…and is spoken in good ol’ Texanese palaver! (Where else will you hear such endearments as “She’s as purty a sight as a Jersey heifer in a field o’ bluebonnets!”?)

This world premiere, written and directed by local Houston playwright Elaine Edstrom, opens Friday, May 7 and runs weekends through Saturday, May 29. Love & Marriage Texas Style will be the inaugural show for the new Houston Family Arts Center (HFAC) Garza Mainstage – a 151 seat state of the art theatre located at 10760 Grant Road, Houston TX 77070.

Tickets are just $16 for adults, $14 for seniors, and $12 for students/children. Special discounts are available for groups of 10 or more. Purchase tickets online at www.houstonfac.com. For more info or group ticket sales, call 281-685-6374.

Make plans to see West Side Story, the award-winning adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Performances at Houston Family Arts Center Garza Mainstage 10760 Grant Road, June 25 – July 11, 2010.