CONWAY, Ark. (February 11, 2019) – The Hendrix Players present Passion Play Part Two by Sarah Ruhl,
Wednesday through Saturday, February 20-23, 2019, in Cabe Theatre on the
Hendrix College campus. Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, and 2
p.m. Saturday. Performances are free and open to the public, but reservations are recommended.
Passi
on Play Part Two is the second of three related
productions this academic year. Part One was presented in November, and an open
reading of Part Three will be presented later in the Spring semester. It is not
necessary to have attended a performance of Part One to appreciate Part Two or
Part Three.
Each part of Ruhl’s script dramatizes players rehearsing their
annual staging of the Passion in a different community. Part One was set in
1575 Northern England, after Queen Elizabeth outlawed the depiction of
religious drama; Part Two takes place in 1934 Oberammergau, Bavaria, as Hitler
is rising to power; and Part Three will take its audience to Spearfish, South
Dakota, from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. Each period finds the players
grappling with the intersection of ego, spirituality, and art during times of
great political change.
To make reservations online, visit www.hendrix.edu/theatrearts or email hendrixplayers@hendrix.edu. To reserve tickets by phone, call
the Cabe Theatre Box Office on weekday afternoons: 501-450-1343.
Passion Play Part Two is the final Hendrix Players production
with scenery and lighting design by Professor of Theatre Arts Danny Grace ’77,
who is retiring this semester after 34 years with the department. Professor of
Theatre Arts Ann Muse ’83 directs the production; costume design is by Holly
Payne, with technical direction and sound by Brandon Smith. The cast and crew
for Passion Play Part Two features
the following Hendrix students:
Danielle Carney ’21 as Violet
Avery Kennedy ’21 as Eric/plays Jesus
Sam Gibson ’22 as Foot Soldier/plays Pontius Pilate
Cole McVay ’21 as Simon Lily or The Visiting Englishman
Lauren Capes ’21 as Mary 2/plays Mary Magdalen
Madd Shaddox ’20 as Elsa/plays the Virgin Mary
Emily Gardner ’20 as Director or Rochus Shallhammer
Jillian Tofukuji ’19 as Hitler
Alex Walter ’22 as German Officer
Elliot Jackson ’22 as Carpenter 1 or Johann, Ensemble
Tristam Williams Thompson ’22 as Carpenter 2 or Ludwig, Ensemble
Raven Edens ’22 as Ensemble
Hunter Brockinton ’22 as Ensemble
Jack Frey ’21 as Ensemble, Assistant Stage Manager
Bailey Wooldridge ’21, Assistant Stage Manager
About Hendrix College
A private liberal arts college in Conway, Arkansas, Hendrix
College consistently earns recognition as one of the country’s leading liberal
arts institutions, and is featured in Colleges That Change Lives: 40
Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges. Its academic
quality and rigor, innovation, and value have established Hendrix as a fixture
in numerous college guides, lists, and rankings. Founded in 1876, Hendrix has
been affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884. To learn more,
visit www.hendrix.edu.
PHOTO: Danielle Carney ’21 as Violet, the village idiot, and Cole McVay ’21 as Simon Lily, the visiting Englishman. (photo by Madeleine Castator ’21/Hendrix College)