Levi and Lilly (and the State High Thespians) presented Children of Eden tonight. It’s Levi’s senior show. We are rapidly coming to the end of his high school theatre run. It’s been such a good experience for him, and for us. I’m planning to spend a couple of days exploring some of the things that we’ve learned over the past few years.
But tonight I’m going to leave you with a hit and a miss. Which would you like first? OK, I’ll give you the miss.
I placed an ad in the program for Calvary’s Youth Ministry. The show is Children of Eden. Based loosely on the Genesis stories of Adam & Eve, Noah and Mrs. Noah, the show has sparked a lot of great conversation among students. The cast and crew do an incredible job with this story, but it’s not a good representation of the God we know and love. I had a chance to write a clever ad that would invite people into a conversation about the True Father…and I missed it. I didn’t know the show well enough to address that in the ad. Oh well…
The hit?
photo by Meadow Lane Photography.
This is Michael (Cain) hitting Levi (Abel) with a rock. It wasn’t a real rock–it was made out of wood. But the hit was real. Michael clocked Levi in the nose, narrowly missing his eye. Blood on the stage. Levi saw stars and almost passed out. The look of shock on the faces of the other actors–that’s real, too.
That’s the kind of commitment that you’ll get from your actors if you come see Children of Eden this weekend. Shows are Friday and Saturday nights at 8pm, Sunday at 2pm.
And the show is absolutely worth seeing.
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