Show Description on Eventful.com
Sam Singleton Atheist Evangelist’s live performances draw a surprisingly diverse audience--not only the expected “true nonbelievers” and “philosophical and theological types” but, a lot of people who just like to laugh.
The two-act show, which writer-actor Roger Scott Jackson describes as a theater piece rather than a stand-up act, will be presented at the Ethical Society Building at 1906 S. Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, Saturday, July 18, at 8 p.m.
Tour manager Cari Park describes the setting: “The stage is black and bare except for a pulpit, a small altar bench, three rickety folding chairs, and a coat tree, all starkly white. Brother Sam, in his signature frock coat, blue vest and matching spectacles, conducts the crowd through a hilarious and hair-raising tour of his childhood among ‘the tongues-speaking, snake-handling, frothing-at-the-mouth holy rollers,’ and subsequent ‘reversion to the atheistic state into which we all are born,’ before ending Act I with a mercilessly satiric deconstruction of the role of God in American life.”
The performance itself lasts a little less than two hours including a 15 minute intermission. Tickets are available in advance for $12 at www.samsingleton.com. Any remaining tickets will be available for $15 dollars at the door.
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Meetup member Shaun McGonigal will be meeting afterwards for dinner. You can reach him on his contact page.
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