Trailer for "...and Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi" a new play by Marcus Gardley

"...and Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi"
A New Play by Marcus Gardley
Directed by Amy Mueller
A co-production with Playwrights Foundation
March 12 April 11, 2010
Opening Night: March 19 at 8pm

Set on the banks of the Mississippi during the final days of the Civil War, and Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi is a poetic journey of forgiveness and redemption in- spired by the myth of Demeter and Perse phone.This thought-provoking play combines traditional storytelling, gospel music, and a wicked sense of humor to create a rich, imaginative world that allows trees to preach, rivers to waltz, and Jesus to moonwalk.

Jesus Moonwalks is in a lot of ways my signature play. It is based upon a story my great-grandmother used to tell about her father who fled the bonds of slavery and traveled the country in search of his family.
-Marcus Gardley, playwright

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Theater
• Civil War
• Slavery
• Gospel
• gospel music
• African-American History
• experimental theater
• poetry
• greek myths
• Demeter