Houston Family Arts Center announces 2012-2013 performances

The Houston Family Arts Center will open its eighth subscription season on Friday, Aug. 17.

The upcoming HFAC lineup includes presentations of award-winning musicals, dramas and comedies.

The season will begin with Thornton Wilder's "Our Town," the minimalist classic about a small early 20th-century town in the eastern United States. Lisa Garza will direct the production on the Garza Main Stage through Sunday, Sept. 9.  

Tennessee Williams's highly praised drama "The Glass Menagerie" will follow. It will be directed by Elaine Edstrom from Sunday, Sept. 23 through Thursday, Oct. 4 on the Garza Main Stage.

Nov. 2-25 brings the Tony Award-winning "Crazy for You," full of classic Gershwin numbers like "I Got Rhythm" and "Someone to Watch Over Me." Sam Brown will direct.

The new year will begin with "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," based on the characters from Charles Schultz's comic strip "Peanuts". It will take the stage from Jan. 25, 2013, through Feb. 10 on the Garza Main Stage. David Armstrong will direct.

The rest of the season schedule includes "Annie" from March 1-17 at the Berry Center, "Leaving Iowa" from April 5-21 on the Garza Main Stage, "Over the River and Through the Woods" from June 7-23 on the Garza Main Stage and "Fiddler on the Roof" from July 12-28 at the Berry Center.

For more information and shows and tickets, visit www.houstonfac.com or contact the Houston Family Arts Center Box Office at 281-685-6374 or the HFAC Actors Academy at 281-685-2623.