reinvented with judas iscariot
i just saw the sophmore bfa show (the last days of Judas Iscariot) and besides the fact that the play was so amazing, i am so proud of all the actors. it was hysterical, it was heartbreaking, and there was so much going on onstage i am so proud.
for those theatre people reading this, please get this play. it says so much about our world today. even on a basic, reading the lines, level, it means so much. just to even start to delve into this play would take so much work, but work that i want to do.
i am so excited to find out what our sophmore show is going to be next year....SO excited
heres what the author of the play wrote about this piece::
"i dont want to know too much about what i write plays or why i wrote this play in particular. perhaps its true that the best way to move forward is to go back, and so, in writing this play, i went back. i dont know. i do know that i am in continious need of the Spiritual and that i usually go to great lengths to avoid it. and i think im not alone in that. and i think a connection to the spiritual is essential to us as individuals and to the world as a whole. i think our survival depends on it. i also think that religion gets a bad rap in this country and that non-maniac-type people who are religious or spiritual have a responsibility to stand up, be counted, and gently encourage others to consider matters of faith and to define for themselves what their responsibilities are and what it means to try to be "good." its not about joining a team or a church or choosing sides or learning a prayer. its not about man-made concepts of good and evil. its not about doing "enough" or "too little." its not about shame and guilt. its about YOU. its about the collective US. thomas Merton said, "to be a saint means to be myself." what if that were true? what is it that we need to overcome in order to be truely "Ourselves?" i wont pretend at all this play answers that question, but if it provokes the question in you, then please let it. Ponder it. Because we need you."
for those theatre people reading this, please get this play. it says so much about our world today. even on a basic, reading the lines, level, it means so much. just to even start to delve into this play would take so much work, but work that i want to do.
i am so excited to find out what our sophmore show is going to be next year....SO excited
heres what the author of the play wrote about this piece::
"i dont want to know too much about what i write plays or why i wrote this play in particular. perhaps its true that the best way to move forward is to go back, and so, in writing this play, i went back. i dont know. i do know that i am in continious need of the Spiritual and that i usually go to great lengths to avoid it. and i think im not alone in that. and i think a connection to the spiritual is essential to us as individuals and to the world as a whole. i think our survival depends on it. i also think that religion gets a bad rap in this country and that non-maniac-type people who are religious or spiritual have a responsibility to stand up, be counted, and gently encourage others to consider matters of faith and to define for themselves what their responsibilities are and what it means to try to be "good." its not about joining a team or a church or choosing sides or learning a prayer. its not about man-made concepts of good and evil. its not about doing "enough" or "too little." its not about shame and guilt. its about YOU. its about the collective US. thomas Merton said, "to be a saint means to be myself." what if that were true? what is it that we need to overcome in order to be truely "Ourselves?" i wont pretend at all this play answers that question, but if it provokes the question in you, then please let it. Ponder it. Because we need you."