Standing Room Only! – Gospel of John

As one of the most dramatic figures to mark the history of our world, Jesus is the perfect subject for the stage. Provision Theater, (where I am privileged to serve on the Board) just concluded a fabulous 5-week run at the Royal George Theater of this critically acclaimed off-Broadway production to mostly sold out shows. Brad Sherrill, (from the original New York production) assumed more than a dozen characters from this fourth book of the New Testament — from the Samaritan woman at the well to Pontius Pilate. His script was the 20,000-word book of John, verbatim. Check out the reviews from the Trib here and here and the HIGHLY RECOMMENDED review from the Chicago Reader here.

This is an excellent theater company with highly professional actors and a compelling vision. Provision Theater Company was founded in September 2003 by Chicago-based actor/director Timothy Gregory, who goes to Park Community Church. At that time, Tim felt there was a need for a theater company that would perform works of hope, redemption and reconciliation and challenge people to explore a life of meaning and purpose. Since then, Provision has produced six plays and has been nominated for many awards! Check out all the good stuff about Provision Theater at www.provisiontheater.org.

Provision burst onto the Chicago theater scene in March 2004 with the opening of Harry Chapin’s off-Broadway smash hit Cotton Patch Gospel, which played to packed houses and unanimous critical praise from numerous publications, including: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Reader and more. The production was also nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award and received an After Dark Award for best actor. Their next production, A Christmas Carol, garnered two more Joseph Jefferson Nominations – one for Best New Adaptation (Tim Gregory and David Bell) and one for Best Actor (Brad Armacost). Most recently, the Spitfire Grill production garnered a Joseph Jefferson nomination for Best Supporting Actress (Susan Moniz).

Check out their next production of Beast on the Moon!