Charis Circle is thrilled to announce a special benefit performance
of Shay Youngblood’s “Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery”
at Horizon Theatre on June 29, 2010 

TICKETS

Individual tickets to the performance - $25
One ticket to the play, open seating

Circle Supporter
$60 for one or $100 for two
Join us for an intimate reception with playwright
Shay Youngblood over wine and light snacks before the
performance. You will receive preferred seating for the
performance while showing your support for Charis Circle.

Proceeds will benefit Charis Circle.

Shay Youngblood is the Georgia-born and award-winning author of the novels “Black Girl in Paris” and “Soul Kiss”, the short fiction collection “The Big Mama Stories”, and the plays “Amazing Grace”, “Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery” and “Talking Bones”, among others.  Winner of the Pushcart Prize for fiction, the Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award, numerous NAACP Theater Awards, and many other honors, Ms. Youngblood’s work has been published in “O” magazine, “Good Housekeeping”, “Black Book”, “Essence”, and beyond.  A native of Columbus, Georgia, Ms. Youngblood graduated from Clark-Atlanta University and received her MFA in Creative Writing from Brown University.  She is currently Writer in Residence at Texas A&M University.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said of “Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery”: “Extraordinary... [The] stage throbs with humor and drums with sadness.”  The play is a joyous, exuberant celebration of the coming of age of a young girl and the eight loving Big Mamas who raised her.  As this circle of diverse Southern women prepare their daughter to go to the river – her rite of passage into womanhood – they share stories that are at once funny, sad, magical, and touching tales of survival and healing.

Shay Youngblood is one of many accomplished authors who got her start working behind the counter at Charis Books and More.  Charis is pleased to welcome back Shay Youngblood, who has been giving readings and performances at the bookstore for more than two decades.  Join us to celebrate the reunion of Charis and Shay - two of Atlanta's unique treasures.