Original Playreading: All-of-the-above-Jesus
Thursday, January 11
Playreading begins 7:30 PM
$15
Playwright: Noah Mannix
Director: Reva Stover
Cast:
Casey: David Bazemore
Mark: Michael Stahler
Pastor Al: Christopher David Roché
Jesus: Bruce Baldini
John the Baptist: Jamie Powell
Dramaturg: Mackenzie Raine Kirkman
Stage Directions: Sarah Stryker
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 playwright:
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).