Original Playreading: All-of-the-above Jesus

  • January 11, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
  • MAC Arts Center

    11 E State Street
    Media, Pennsylvania 19063
Ticket Price $16.88 This event is now over
Description

About the play: 

Casey and Mark, two gay men who grew up together in Youth group and going to Jesus Camp,

reconnect after years apart. Their discoveries about each other and themselves lead them to a

new understanding of love and themselves. John the Baptist and Jesus go through a similar

process of discovery as they attempt to learn about the nature of their history and love for each

other.

 

About the writer: 

Noah Mannix (they/them) is a playwright, theatermaker, and teaching artist based in Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania. They have a Bachelor’s in English and a certificate in poetic ethnography from Temple

University (‘22) where they performed in a staged reading of Wrestlin’ ‘Rona by Dr. Kimmika

Williams-Witherspoon. They are a member of Azuka Theatre’s Rising Writers program as well as

Matchbox Theatre’s Playwrights Group. They are a graduate of the National Theatre Institute’s Summer

Theatermakers Intensive program (‘23) where they studied as a playwright. They are also a Miranda

Family Fellow (‘23-Current). Their work at Azuka Theatre in Philadelphia includes a staged reading of

their full-length play “All-of-the-Above Jesus” (‘23), their one-act play “Prophets” (‘22), and as a teaching

artist in Azuka’s Community Engagement Project, “Community Stories” (‘23-Current). They have also

participated in Horizon Theatre’s New South Young Playwright’s Festival (‘22).

Date & Time

Thu, Jan 11, 2024 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Venue Details

MAC Arts Center

11 E State Street
Media, Pennsylvania 19063 MAC Arts Center
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