NOW EXTENDED THROUGH JANUARY 4 DUE TO HIGH DEMAND!

Overview

The Broadway play from the creator of, well, everything.

Looking for an unholy way to spend the holidays? Skip the silent nights and join us for An Act of God, a wickedly funny comedy where God, with the help of angels Michael and Gabriel, delivers a brand-new set of commandments for the modern world. From the 13-time Emmy-winning head writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, this irreverent show answers life’s biggest questions with divine wit, sass, and plenty of surprises. An Act of God is blasphemous, inspiring, and guaranteed to leave you laughing all the way through the holidays!

“Divinely funny” – The New York Times
“Wickedly irreverent” – The Hollywood Reporter

Recommended for mature audiences. Note: For detailed content warnings, click here.

Please Note: An Act of God is a special event and NOT included in FlexPasses.

Eric Shelley stars as God

Eric Shelley is a native Hoosier and a graduate of Indiana University’s Theatre and Drama program. Theatre: Lost Letters (Bloomington Playwrights Project), Shortly After Takeoff (Harbor Theatre Company, NYC), Only a Lad (New York International Fringe Festival), Harold & Maude (Theatreworks Palo Alto, Dean Goodman Choice Award), Peter Pan (Asolo Repertory, Pioneer Theatre Company), Grease (European Tour), Utah Shakespeare Festival, The Secret Garden (Fulton Opera House, Alabama Shakespeare Festival), Oliver! (Westchester Broadway Theatre, West Virginia Public Theatre, Gateway Playhouse), Disney Dreams, Hercules The Musical (Disney Theatricals). Film: The Talented Mr. Avery (Neon Films), Second Born, Spider-Man. Web Series: Absolution: The Series. Voiceover: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Soundbooth Theater). Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association since 2000.

Meet the Angels 

Shannon O’Connor Starks (Michael) is a professional actor and arts educator in Bloomington, IN. Most recently, for Constellation Stage & Screen, she performed as Mrs. Clause, along with 4 other cameo roles, in Elf the Musical (u/s Emily). For Cardinal Stage: Flat Stanley (Mrs. Lambchop), The Christians (Wife), Oliver! (Mrs. Corney), Elephant and Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!” (Squirrel #2), Mary Poppins (Mrs. Brill), Shrek the Musical (Mama Ogre/Mama Bear), Les Miserables (Ensemble). Shannon has also appeared in numerous cabarets, staged readings, independent films, and voice acting projects in and around Bloomington.

Michael Sheehan (Gabriel) is excited to be back on stage with Constellation! A Bloomington native, he has previously been seen locally in Constellation’s The Play that Goes Wrong, and Bloomington Playwrights Project’s Out of Orbit, Beating a Dead Horse, and Row after Row. On the other side of the curtain, Michael has worked as deck crew for The Wizard of OZ and as assistant director for The Jedi Handbook.

David Sheehan (he/him) is an Actor, Director, and Sound Designer based in Bloomington, Indiana. He spent several years as the Associate Artistic Director for the Bloomington Playwrights Project where he directed the Woodward/Newman Award winning plays You Remind Me of You and Out of Orbit  and was a member of the directing team for Home, Make Me Bad, and Everything In Its Place: The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers.  On stage for Constellation, David was most recently seen as Dennis in The Play That Goes Wrong, Sherlock #1 in Holmes and Watson, and Dr Chasuble in The Importance of Being Earnest.   David’s recent sound designs for Constellation include: Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical, Maple & Vine, Wipeout, and Alex Gold: Stuck on Repeat.  In 2024 David made his Off-Broadway debut with the sound design for Everything In Its Place: The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers.