Folk-classical crossover ensemble the Annie Moses Band will give two Arkansas performances of "Christmas With the Annie Moses Band":
• 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Maumelle Performing Arts Center, 100 Victory Lane, Maumelle. Tickets are $25 and $35. Call (800) 965-9324 or visit the website, itickets.com/events/385930.
• 8 p.m. Saturday at the Alma Performing Arts Center, 103 E. Main St., Alma. Tickets are $20-$35. Call (479) 632-2129 or visit almapac.org.
UCA one-acts
The University of Central Arkansas Theatre program's annual "Festival of One-Act Plays and Scenes," 7:30 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, will feature 40 actors in 11 student-chosen and student-directed plays onstage in the Bridges/Larson Theatre, Snow Fine Arts Center, UCA, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway.
The lineup and their ratings:
• Monday: Perfect by Mary Gallagher, directed by Brynn Thomas, rated PG-13; A Death in Bethany by Garry Williams, directed by Courtney Ashley-Pauley, PG-13; Boys' Life by Howard Korder, directed by John Anderson, PG-13; The Tale of the Allergist's Wife by Charles Busch, directed by Ryan Green, R.
• Tuesday: Between Here and Where You Are by Bambi Everson, directed by Ashleigh Plastiras, PG-13; Speech and Debate by Stephen Karam, directed by Mark A. Burbank, PG-13; Red Speedo by Lucas Hnath, directed by Levi Smith, PG-13.
• Wednesday: Life Under Water by Richard Greenberg, directed by Morgan Stephens, PG-13; How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel, directed by Megan Haley, R; Blackbird by David Harrower, directed by Brynn Woods, R; Sordid Lives by Del Shores, directed by Erin Weindorf, R.
Doors open at 7 each night. Admission is free. Call (501) 450-5092 or email melissap@uca.edu.
Pieces of 'eight'
British vocal ensemble Voces8 performs repertory from Renaissance polyphony to contemporary commissions as well as popular arrangements at 7 p.m. today at Fayetteville's Walton Arts Center, 495 W. Dickson St., part of the center's 10x10 Arts Series. Tickets are $10 plus fees.
Also at Walton Arts Center this week, Hot Springs native and radio personality Bobby Bones puts his Bobby Bones & The Raging Idiots show, featuring Nikita Karmen, onstage 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $33.50 plus fees.
Call (479) 443-5600 or visit waltonartscenter.org.
Christmas Story
Nine-year-old Ralphie Parker wants a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas even though his mother is sure he'll put his eye out as Arkansas Public Theatre stages Jean Shepherd's A Christmas Story by Philip Grecian, based upon the 1983 film, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and Dec. 14-16 and 2 p.m. Dec. 10 and 17 at the Victory Theater, 116 S. Second St., Rogers. Daisy Outdoor Products and Neutrogena are the presenters. Cabaret seats are $34 or $56 for a table of two; balcony seats are $22. Call (479) 631-8988 or visit arkansaspublictheatre.org.
And the theater will hold open auditions for the musical The Producers (music and lyrics by Mel Brooks, book by Brooks and Thomas Meehan), 7 p.m. Dec. 11 at the Victory Theater, with callbacks, if needed, at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Doors open at 6:30. Auditions will consist of readings from the script, singing music from the show and a dance combination. An audition packet, including audition times, scenes, character descriptions and a rehearsal schedule, is available at arkansaspublictheatre.org. Production dates are Feb. 9-10, 15-18 and 22-25.
Style on 12/03/2017