Black Mountain Center for the Arts to Offer Holiday Theater Production

Back for the holiday season at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts, at 225 W. State Street, is Acts of Renewal’s “Rediscovering Christmas” on December 17 and 18 at 7:30 pm; reservations are $15. Acts of Renewal is the national touring company of Black Mountain’s Jim and Carol Anderson-Shores, professional actors whose material has been aired on PBS and other national TV and radio shows. Their reputation for excellence in live theatre has been long-standing.   Shores and Anderson met while working at the A.D. Players Christian theatre company in Houston, Texas, and married in 1992.   After graduate school they began touring, performing at conferences, colleges, and church events.  Now settled in the western NC mountains their time is juggled between raising their two sons, Zachary and Alexander, touring across the country, and teaching and performing locally.

“Rediscovering Christmas,” a holiday favorite locally and regionally, is comprised of a series of original vignettes. They range from the comedic tale of two blue collar shepherds who are in the right place at the right time on Christmas eve, to a piece about dealing with family during a party, to two Minnesotans who meet while ice fishing and discuss their holiday plans, to an irrepressible Jamaican wise man who retells the Christmas story like it’s never been told before. Don’t miss it. For more information visit BlackMountainArts.org, or call 828/669-0930.