The Christians

Written by Lucas Hnath
Directed by Acacia Duncan

May 21 — June 6
@ Riffe Center Studio One
77 South High St.

Pay What You Want

Featuring: Whitney Thomas Eads, Jordan Fehr, Matt Hermes, Michelle G. Schroeder, and Ian Short

Schedule

Thursday, May 21 @ 8pm
Friday, May 22 @ 8pm
Sat. May 23 NO PERFORMANCE

Friday, May 29 @ 8pm
Saturday, May 30 @ 8pm
Sunday, May 31 @ 2pm

Thursday, June 4 @ 8pm
Friday, June 5 @ 8pm
Saturday, June 6 @ 8pm

ABOUT THIS PLAY

“The Christians is the kind of play that keeps me going to see theatre and I’d encourage anyone with an interest in theatre or the shifting tides of faith in the contemporary United States to see it.”

– Richard Sanford, Columbus Underground

“It doesn’t take the easy way out… In the wrong hands, this could be a purely intellectual exercise. Available Light’s moving production grounds thought in emotion, which makes the play’s unanswered questions reverberate on a deeper level.”

– Margaret Quamme, Columbus Dispatch

The hottest, most discussed play from this year’s Humana Festival of New American plays is The Christians. This play been called “a theological bombshell.” It’s the one play that everyone came back from Louisville talking about. As one review put it, “there are plays that make you think, and there are plays that make you capital T-H-I-N-K.”

Lucas Hnath is one of the brightest voices of the newest generation of playwrights. Here he presents us with a stylized service in a midwestern mega-church, as Pastor Paul delivers a revelation that will rock the very foundations of the congregation.

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