Passion Play
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 12, 2010
Closed Jun 5, 2010
Opened May 12, 2010
Closed Jun 5, 2010
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Hailed by the New Yorker's John Lahr as "extraordinary", "bold", and "inventive", Sarah Ruhl's Passion Play takes us behind the scenes of three communities attempting to stage the death and resurrection of Christ. From Queen Elizabeth's England to Hitler's Germany to Reagan's America, Ruhl's exploration of devotion takes us on a humorous yet unsettling journey filled with lust, whimsy, and a lot of fish.
Passion Play will be presented at the Irondale Center inside the historic Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, as the centerpiece of a community FESTIVAL highlighting the intersection of religion, art, sexuality, and politics. This festival is produced by a COALITION of artists, arts groups, academic institutions, and local community members.
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Sarah Ruhl's excellent Passion Play, presented by Epic Theatre Ensemble at the Irondale Center, is nothing if not ambitious. Set in three different eras and locales, Mark Wing-Davey's beautifully realized production uses stagings of passion plays -- dramatic presentations of the story of Jesus Christ's trial, suffering, death, and resurrection -- to explore not only issues of spirituality, but also politics and more physical passions, as well.
The first act is set in 1575 England, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, who banned the performance of religious plays as part of her efforts to rid England of traces of Catholicism. The action centers around the players of a passion play in a smal[...]