Acting Thesis: Passion Play
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Acting Thesis: Passion Play
Columbia University School of Arts MFA Acting Cohort of 2025 presents Sarah Ruhl's Passion Play—a triptych offering intimate views into communities attempting to stage the death and resurrection of Christ.
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Lenfest Center for the Arts - The Flexible Performance Space
December 13, 2024 | 7:30 pm
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Featured Cast

Ben Milliken
Pontius the Fish Gutter, Food Soldier, P
Jake Steinberg
John the Fisherman, Eric, J
Bethsabe Caballero
Mary 1, Elsa
Rachel Marie Strazza
Mary 2
TuQuyen Pham
Visiting Friar, Visiting Englishman or Simon Lily
Jacqui Byrne
Village Idiot, Violet
Anita Parrot
Carpenter 1 or Sam, Carpenter 1 or Johann
Milton Espinoza
Carpenter 2 or Simon, Carpenter 2 or Ludwig
Alex Carroll-Cabanes
Director, Director or Rochus Schallhammer
Eoghan O Casey
Machinist, German Officer
Indea Shea
Queen Elizabeth, Hilter

Creative Team

Sarah Ruhl
Playwright
Rory McGregor
Director
Sarah Bedwell
Dramaturg
Brendan Gonzoles Boston
Scenic Designer
Jessica Irvin
Costume Designer
Brian Hickey
Sound Designer
Jacqueline Scaletta
Lighting Designer

Location

Lenfest Center for the Arts
615 W 129th St
New York, NY

About The Performance

Columbia University School of Arts MFA Acting Cohort of 2025 presents Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play directed by Rory McGregor.

Ruhl’s epic Passion Play is a triptych offering intimate views into communities attempting to stage the death and resurrection of Christ. Spanning Elizabethan England, to Hitler’s Germany, to Spearfish, South Dakota during Vietnam and the Reagan administration, the spectre of politics and religion is never far from each group of players as they rehearse the annual Easter Passion performances.

Ruhl weaves humor, lust, anxiety, playfulness, disquiet, and quite a few fish to the stage in a tale relived across decades and countries.

“Passion Play (Ruhl)” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.

PLEASE NOTE: Passion Play contains references to and depictions of violence, including self harm, as well as depictions of Nazi symbols for those portions of the play set in 1934 Germany. 

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Image: Artwork for Passion Play