PASSION PLAY MOVES TO DRY LAND
The Blizzard of '93 changed some plans of Parkway Baptist Church of West!Knoxville to hold its own passion play in a farm field in West Knox County.The softening of the ground by the melting snow, followed by rain, made it.necessary to move the passion play to the Tennessee Amphitheater in the World's Fair Park. It is the church's first living passion play and will be presented at 7 p.m. today and Sunday.Scott Carter, the church's...
Experience pride of special Passion play
THE Oberammergau Passion Play, presented every 10 years, is always an eagerly-awaited event on the tourism calendar. This year's production, as the first of the new millennium, is even more special, with visitors from around the world vying for the limited remaining seats.But for those taking King William Travel's 32-day Oberammergau, Britain and Europe Tour, departing on September 20, the spectacle of the passion play is guaranteed.First destination is London...
Passion play seeks links with everyday lives,
Interchurch drama has been going for 20 years.
Upon This Rock, The Passion Play When: 6 p.m. today, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday, 5 p.m. Sunday.Where: Pike Performing Arts Center, 6701 Zionsville Road.Tickets: $20 balcony, $23 main floor back, $25 main floor front, $3 less for people age 65 and older, students age 12 and younger and people with disabilities. Call (317) 466-3500 or go online to www.utrpro.com.'Upon This Rock, The Passion Play" preaches to the converted, of course.But the three-hour...
'AMERICAN PASSION PLAY' LOCALE IN JEOPARDY // SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE COULD BECOME LOCAL PERFORMNIG ARTS CENTER
Since its cornerstone was laid on July 29, 1920, the Scottish Rite Temple has been an integral part of downtown Bloomington as the home of "The American Passion Play" and a thousand other performances.Now its future is in question as the group that owns it, the Scottish Rite Bodies, struggles with waning membership and the cost of maintaining the temple. "We simply can't afford the building itself," said Greg Clark who is chairing...