The Jesus Guy

by Apocryphal Theatre

Text & direction: Julia Lee Barclay
Created & performed by Bill Aitchison, Lukas Angelini, Zoe Bouras, Rachel Ellis, Birthe Jorgensen, Boris Kahnert, Theron Schmidt
Assistant Director/Production Manager: Lucy Avery

Julia Barclay on The Jesus Guy:

"What the audience sees are everyday and/or constructed objects, pieces of paper, practical lights, and performers responding to a situation as it exists, in the room, in the moment. The audience and the players, both lit, can sense we are in the same room together. We are all, players and audience alike, witnesses to what we are experiencing and creating as our reality in any given moment, whether or not it can be expressed in fixed terms.

The production embodies the conflict between sacred and secular space. The text allows in the contradictory voices within us in the struggle to name nameless experience. The text cuts into and contradicts itself, demanding a response from the five performers that is not character-based but instead is based on their own response to the text. The Jesus Guy will not attempt to smooth out the rough edges of the experience of hearing these conflicting voices, but instead will highlight the gaps between our desires and our actions especially as regards the seemingly insatiable desire to have Someone in charge."

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