The Gospel At Colonus at Progressive Theater

Dates: (11/26/2020 - 11/27/2020 )

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Progressive Theater

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Maplewood,NJ 07040

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THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS: a filmed musical adaptation, in which the exiled king, Oedipus, seeks a place where he may be properly buried, is retold as a gospel musical. It is based on an adaptation of Sophocles OEDIPUS AT COLONUS in the version by Robert Fitzgerald and incorporating passages from both Sophocles OEDIPUS REX and ANTIGONE in the versions by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald, which are published as THE OEDIPUS CYCLE OF SOPHOCLES, a Harvest/HBJ Book, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.

Authors

Bob Telson
Lee Breuer

Cast and Creative team for The Gospel At Colonus at Progressive Theater

Daryl L Stewart (Preacher Oedipus)

Manny Milfort (Oedipus)

Kimberly Milan (Evangelist Antigone)

Arnold Harper II (Choragos)

Elvie Ellis (Balladeer)

Stirling Spralls (Pastor Theseus)

Alcides Costa (Testifier Polyneices)

Shari Gill (Singer Ismene)

Jordan Owens (Tydeus)

Damien Smith (Parthenopaeus)

Brandon Webber (Usher)

Justin Paul Daniels (Capaneus)

News About The Gospel At Colonus at Progressive Theater

Progressive Theater Announces The Cast Of THE VIEW UPSTAIRS

June 02, 2021

A free community screening of UPSTAIRS INFERNO will be held at The Woodland in Maplewood, NJ on June 12th, 2021. Two weeks following the screening, THE VIEW UPSTAIRS, musical, will be presented at the same location June 25th and 26th, 2021.

Progressive Theater to Stream THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS

September 17, 2020

Progressive Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director, Gregory Omar Osborne, is slated to stream THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS on November 26th, 2020 via ShowTix4U.

Progressive Theater Announces 2020 Season

January 18, 2020

Progressive Theater has announced its 2020 season. The 2nd season opens with 4 performances of THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS, co-produced with The Community Coalition on Race. The musical tells the truth of nine black boys who were ripped from a train in Alabama and accused of rape by two white women in 1931. Hauled to jail without a shred of actual evidence against them, The Scottsboro Boys were rushed through trial procedures, found guilty and sentenced to death. The cast includes Alcides Costa, April L. Barber, Bosa Mora, Brian Fender-Shirley, Donavon Chambers, Dorian Andrews, Jim E. Chandler, Jordan Owens, LeVane Harrington, Manny Milfort, Nasir Roper, Rodney Jackson, and Shawn-Herbert Felton. Performances run February 14th - 16th at The Burgdorff Center for The Performing Arts. Following all performances audience members are encouraged to participate in a post-show discussion.

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