http://babylonbabylon.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/blasphemy-as-theatre/ The official (and only) blog of Piper McKenzie's BABYLON BABYLON, opening April 18 at The Brick Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:35:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://babylonbabylon.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/blasphemy-as-theatre/#comment-29 nerdlinger Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:41:12 +0000 http://babylonbabylon.wordpress.com/?p=27#comment-29 Jeff, you and I should trade altar boy disaster stories, at some point. Jeff, you and I should trade altar boy disaster stories, at some point.

]]> http://babylonbabylon.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/blasphemy-as-theatre/#comment-24 babylonbabylon Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:57:48 +0000 http://babylonbabylon.wordpress.com/?p=27#comment-24 Thank you for the post, Heather! It's funny, but I had a very similar experience to you as I approached my confirmation - my interest in church had flagged significantly, and so my mom decided to capitalize on my interest in acting and arranged for a similar gig doing the readings, for which I was also the youngest participant. (This was after a few miserable years as an altar boy - Acolyting was NOT my bag.) Difference was that my mom indulged and even enjoyed my overcooked attempts at rhetorical grandeur, and even my borderline-outlandish style of dress (anyone who sees what I wear nowadays should know that I've actually toned things down since my teen years). For me, the stories definitely played second fiddle to the idea of having a captive audience - the plots of The Fantasticks or Bye Bye Birdie held much more of a thrill for me than the misadventures of Jesus and Jehovah. I suppose that's part of what's informed the Bible aspect of this show - a desire to go back and sort of explore certain stories and concepts that dropped out of my mind as soon as I was old enough to choose my own priorities. Thank you for the post, Heather! It’s funny, but I had a very similar experience to you as I approached my confirmation – my interest in church had flagged significantly, and so my mom decided to capitalize on my interest in acting and arranged for a similar gig doing the readings, for which I was also the youngest participant. (This was after a few miserable years as an altar boy – Acolyting was NOT my bag.) Difference was that my mom indulged and even enjoyed my overcooked attempts at rhetorical grandeur, and even my borderline-outlandish style of dress (anyone who sees what I wear nowadays should know that I’ve actually toned things down since my teen years). For me, the stories definitely played second fiddle to the idea of having a captive audience – the plots of The Fantasticks or Bye Bye Birdie held much more of a thrill for me than the misadventures of Jesus and Jehovah. I suppose that’s part of what’s informed the Bible aspect of this show – a desire to go back and sort of explore certain stories and concepts that dropped out of my mind as soon as I was old enough to choose my own priorities.

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