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Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 3w, 8m
Sarah Ruhl
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 very different communities attempting to stage the death and resurrection of Christ.
Image: 2008 Yale Repertory Theatre Production (Joan Marcus)
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 very different communities attempting to stage the death and resurrection of Christ. This intimate epic occurs at the timely intersection of politics and religion. Ruhl dramatizes a community of players rehearsing their annual staging of the Easter Passion in three different eras: 1575 Northern England, just before Queen Elizabeth outlaws the ritual; 1934 Oberammergau, Bavaria, as Hitler is rising to power; and Spearfish, South Dakota, from the time of Vietnam through Reagan’s presidency. In each period, the players grapple with the transformative nature of art, and politics are never far in the background.
An early version of Passion Play was produced in workshop at the Tristan Bates Theatre in London in July 2002. It was directed by Mark Wing-Davey. Passion Play received its world premiere at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., on September 2, 2005. It was directed by Molly Smith.
PONTIUS THE FISH GUTTER / FOOTSOLDIER / P JOHN THE FISHERMAN / ERIC / J MARY 1 / ELSA MARY 2 VISITING FRIAR / VISITING ENGLISHMAN, OR SIMON LILLY / VA PSYCHIATRIST VILLIAGE IDIOT / VIOLET CARPENTER 1, SAM / CARPENTER 2, JOHANN / ENSEMBLE CARPENTER 2, SIMON / LUDWIG / ENSEMBLE DIRECTOR / ROCHUS SCHALLHAMMER MACHINIST / GERMAN OFFICER / YOUNG DIRECTOR QUEEN ELIZABETH / HITLER / PRESIDENT REGAN
Cast doubles roles for each separate Part of Passion Play.
Sarah Ruhl on Passion Play
Passion Play
Sarah Ruhl on "Poor Theatre"
Sarah Ruhl’s plays include In the Next Room, or the vibrator play, The Clean House, Passion Play, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Melancholy Play, For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday, The Oldest Boy, Stage Kiss, Dear Elizabeth, Eurydice, How to Transcend a Happy Marriage, Orlando, Late ...