BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 RDATE:20190310T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 RDATE:20191103T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191108T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191108T203000 LOCATION:Fir Acres Theater GEO:45.452168;-122.668233 SUMMARY:The Christians DESCRIPTION:The Christians is a deeply probing play that raises questions about how and why organized religion can be a divisive\, if not abusive\ , social force in our society. It is a highly theatrical and relatable\, yet at the same time profoundly intellectual staged debate about the real human consequences of choices based on spirituality. We'll set the play in a modern American Evangelical megachurch\, and back the action by a tw enty to twenty-five-member choir and a live church band. \;Play Syn opsis Twenty years ago\, Pastor Paul's church was nothing more than a mo dest storefront. Now\, he presides over a mega-congregation of thousands\ , with classrooms for Sunday School\, a coffee shop in the lobby\, a bapt ismal font as big as a swimming pool\, a top of the arts multi-media mach inery\, and a parking lot for hundreds of cars. Today should be a day of celebration - the congregation has become more powerful than ever\, and t he gigantic church building is now finally fully paid for and debt-free. But Paul is about to preach a sermon that will shake the very foundation of his church's belief and lead to a complete reexamination of everything that each of the characters in the play stands for.Performances (Fir Acr es Theatre Main Stage) Friday and Saturday\, November 1 &\; 2 at 7:30 pm Sunday\, November \;3 at 2:00pm (matinee) Thursday\, Friday\, an d Saturday\, November 7\, 8\, 9 at 7:30pm X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
The Christians is a deeply probi ng play that raises questions about how and why organized religion can be a divisive\, if not abusive\, social force in our society. It is a highl y theatrical and relatable\, yet at the same time profoundly intellectual staged debate about the real human consequences of choices based on spir ituality. We'll set the play in a modern American Evangelical megachurch\ , and back the action by a twenty to twenty-five-member choir and a live church band.
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Play Synopsis
Twenty years ago\, Pastor Paul's church was nothing more than a modest s torefront. Now\, he presides over a mega-congregation of thousands\, with classrooms for Sunday School\, a coffee shop in the lobby\, a baptismal font as big as a swimming pool\, a top of the arts multi-media machinery\ , and a parking lot for hundreds of cars. Today should be a day of celebr ation - the congregation has become more powerful than ever\, and the gig antic church building is now finally fully paid for and debt-free. But Pa ul is about to preach a sermon that will shake the very foundation of his church's belief and lead to a complete reexamination of everything that each of the characters in the play stands for.
Performances (Fir Acres Theatre Main Stage)
Friday and Saturday\, No vember 1 &\; 2 at 7:30pm
Sunday\, November \;3 at 2:00pm ( matinee)
Thursday\, Friday\, and Saturday\, November 7\, 8\, 9 at 7:30pm
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