How do you know when God’s trying to tell you something?
Weigh your answers toward this scenario: Carol and her sister lost their mother when they were young. After one sister marries and has children, the two sisters separate. One sister’s life is disrupted when her husband is killed by his mistress’ husband. Without her sister and her husband, the sister turns to drugs to cover her pain.
You better listen when God’s trying to tell you something is the message playwright and evangelist Patricia Woodson reverberates through her original musical drama, “God is Trying to Tell You Something” – named after the hit song in The Color Purple.
Woodson, founder of Homeboy/Homegirl Uncut Ministry of Drama, made her play a success in Springfield, Ill., and is now hoping to duplicate that success here in St. Louis.
She is looking for talented actors and actresses, set builders, musicians and singers to audition, which will be open until April 30, for the play.
“If you are gifted in acting, can sing and gifted in music, we really need you,” Woodson said. “We can make this a play above many plays for it is truly the gifted actors and actresses that make any movie, play and program a success.”
The play is about an everyday, middle-class, African-American family that encounters some setbacks that cause the mother to become addicted to crack cocaine. Her son eventually becomes a drug dealer and her supplier. But he quickly finds out the hard way that dealing wasn’t all he thought it would be when someone ends up dead.
The play is full of humor, twists and turns and a dynamic surprise ending, Woodson said.
“It lets people with these situations see some of the consequences of their choices in their life in hopes that many will see themselves and try to change their life, ways and thoughts,” she said.
Homeboy/Homegirl Uncut started from humble beginnings out of the John Hay Projects in 1999 as a safe haven for youth and teens with an after-school and summer program.
Since its inception, the program has played an active role in the lives of young people by offering tutoring, arts and crafts and question-and-answer sessions and teaching them bible concepts.
For more information, call Pat at 261-9917. Tickets will go on sale in August at Hudson Embassy, 3818 Page Blvd.
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“New Shining Light Feed the Hungry and Food Pantry Ministry” is feeding the hungry Monday through Thursday 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at New Shining Community Outreach Ministry, 740 Broadway Street, Venice, Ill. Adults, teenagers, children and babies can receive a hot meal until they are full. The food pantry is open daily 3 to 4 p.m.
For more information email bishopjhwilliams@yahoo.com or call 618-877-5610 or 618-250-5196.