Every night from 3pm to midnight, 15 year old Quiverfull Christian Maranatha Graham puts on her wedding dress and hopes that today will be the day her 28 year old groom Pete comes to claim her. Daddy, the paster, sent her to the Pullmans’ house to wait until God tells him it’s time for her marriage. Maranatha is so excited to submit to Pete's godly leadership in marriage and fill his quiver with arrows for Christ. But as her pre-wedding wait wears on and on, Maranatha has an increasingly difficult time ignoring Satan's constant whispering. Is she making an idol of her nightly Chick-Fil-A shake? If she has "hot shivers" for someone other than her fiance, is that adultery? And what should she do about this card from her estranged mother, who abandoned the family seven years ago?
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2016, Northern Light Theatre, Edmonton
2016
Playwrights Guild of Canada
Digital Script
Casting Notes: This is a one woman show and the character of Maranatha is 15 years old. In the original production, the actor was Caucasian but the role could be played by any woman of suitable age.
Casting Notes: This is a one woman show and the character of Maranatha is 15 years old. In the original production, the actor was Caucasian but the role could be played by any woman of suitable age.
Stylized
In Boligee, Alabama, the temperature is rising, hailstones are falling, ghosts are walking among the living, and someone is setting black churches on fire. As one church burns to the ground, the parishioners trapped inside tell tales spanning generations that may unravel the mystery of who is behind the arsons. Blending folklore, magic, and real American history, EVERY TONGUE CONFESS is an epic fantasia that probes the line between redemption and damnation.
Stylized
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