Jesus Christ is Alive and Well and Living in Sweden: A One-Act Play
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"Jesus Christ is Alive and Well and Living in Sweden" is an irreverent look at God's new Public Relations Department and the Messiah's latest visitation to a gay couple during a late-night screening of "Forrest Gump" at a SONY® Multiplex in Artificial City, New Jersey.
"Jesus Christ is Alive and Well and Living in Sweden" had its West-Coast premiere during The One-Act Festival at San Francisco State University where it won Highsmith and Theatre Arts Playwriting Awards.
Michael Allen Potter
Playwright, poet, essayist, music fanatic, Ivy-League dropout, fake orphan, transit freak, popular loner, publisher, vegetarian, coffee addict, snow lover. Graduate of The Nonfiction Writing Program at The University of Iowa.
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Jesus Christ is Alive and Well and Living in Sweden - Michael Allen Potter
Jesus Christ is Alive and Well and Living in Sweden:
A One-Act Play
Copyright 2016 by Michael Allen Potter
v. 1.0
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eISBN: 9781311643933
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Acknowledgements
Jesus Christ is Alive and Well and Living in Sweden had its West-Coast premiere during The One-Act Festival at San Francisco State University where it won Highsmith and Theatre Arts Playwriting Awards.
I’d like to thank the following people for all of their help with the development, production, and publication of this play, including (but, by no means, limited to): Roy Conboy, Brighde Mullins, John B. Wilson, Joanne Brodie, and Erika Atkinson at SFSU, JoAnn, Squishy, Shoe + J, and the original cast and crew: Austin Lawrence, Jessa Santens, Magee Kudrat, Michael Lippman, T.J. Metz, Daryl Niemerow, Matthew L. Oliva, Jen Ripley, and Jeff Kessinger.
Cast of Characters
JESUS CHRIST: Female. Benevolent and playful with an attitude.
ADAM: A gay male, with a twist of lime.
STEVE: ADAM’s partner and voice of reason.
LIBERACE: Liberace.
EVE: Disciple, lounge singer, cruise director (JULIE McCOY-ish from The Love Boat).
THE OTHER ADAM: Disciple, bartender (ISAAC HAYES-ish from The Love Boat).
SHAGGY: Stoner. Awkward teen usher at The Cinema