Ask Someone Else, God

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A Surreal, Absurdist Comedy About the Prophet JonahWho's that lady?Wait, that's no lady, that's the Super-Essential Godhead, source of all being! And she wants Jonah to go to Ninevah. But how does he feel about it?
Jonah is simultaneously God's prophet and a burned-out businessman working through personal issues. Just as he's finally escaped the clutches of dehumanizing urban life and the suffocation of a middle class lifestyle, God commands him to return to Nineveh with a message of repentance. Jonah journeys first away and then towards his destiny through a kaleidoscopic dreamscape that evokes the worlds of folktales, Kafka and the Marx Brothers. And there's that whale part.
Director Shari Johnson uses the rich musicality of composer/playwright Kenneth Nowell's text to create a layered production. Along with songs inherently scripted, (sailors sing sea chanteys, prophets chant prophesy), the ensemble cast creates a live soundscape using voices and props. Imagine humming and hand drums, the snick of a spray can and jars of water creating sounds of the sea. The stage is transformed with bizarre and unusual props, from skeletons to children's flotation toys. Ask Someone Else, God celebrates and explores the absurdities of life along with its difficult choices. Expect deep laughs and deeper thoughts.