Wednesday, May 4, 2011

A Source for Christian Theater Scripts

Christian Theatre Scripts from award-winning playwright Sandy Boikian offers plays to audiences who are tired of being preached at, tired of not identifying with stereotypical characters, and tired of mediocrity in Christian theater.

“This isn’t just exciting Christian theater. This is exciting theater, period,” says Ron Bloom, artist and pastor.

Boikian has been called a “master storyteller,” drawing from real-life experiences and using the senses to create curiosity, suspense, and intensity. She's written for many different genres including dramedy, mystery, farce, spiritual warfare, End Times, and radio drama.
“I realize that in producing these plays, your ‘aim’ is primarily evangelistic in nature," commented Kelli Slattery after attending a performance. "But be encouraged to know that believers get more than superb entertainment. They experience God’s very presence.
Not only does CTS offer critically acclaimed plays for your church or troupe, but each script comes with a full package of "extras," so whether you are a seasoned producer or have never attempted to stage a play in your life, you will receive all the help you need to mount a successful production.

Free scripts are available for your perusal. At the website you can also sign up for a free monthly newsletter packed with nuggets for producing and directing. Visit http://ChristianTheatreScripts.com for further information.

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The Blind Side

Read about the real life mom from "The Blind Side."

Lifeway: http://www.lifeway.com/article/?id=169816

Guideposts: http://www.guideposts.com/story/sandra-bullock-blind-side-football?page=0,1

Read Matt Mungle's review of the movie at http://www.buddyhollywood.com/.

Lauren Yarger, Bio

Lauren Yarger has written, directed and produced numerous shows and special events for both secular and Christian audiences. She co-wrote a Christian musical version of “A Christmas Carol” which played to sold-out audiences of over 3,000 in Vermont and was awarded the 2000 Vermont Bessie (theater and film awards) for “People’s Choice for Theatre.” She also has written two other dinner theaters, sketches for church services and devotions for Christian artists.

Yarger trained for three years in the Broadway League’s Producer Development Program, completed the Commercial Theater Institute's Producing Three-Day Training and produced a one-woman musical about Mary Magdalene that toured nationally and closed with an off-Broadway run.

In 2008 she was a Fellow at the National Critics Institute at the O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT. She writes reviews of Broadway and off-Broadway theater with a Christian perspective for Reflections in the Light (http://reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com/) and is editor of The Connecticut Arts Connection. She also is a contributing editor for BroadwayWorld.com

She also reviews books for Publisher's Weekly and is a member of the National Book Critics Circle. She formerly was Connecticut theater editor for CurtainUp, a national theater web site bsed in New York and a reviewer for American Theater Web.

She also served as Executive Director of Masterwork Productions, Inc. and worked in arts management for the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford and the Hartford Symphony Orchestra.

She is a freelance writer and member of the Drama Desk, The Outer Critics Circle, The American Theater Critics Association, The League of Professional Theatre Women and The CT Critics Circle.

A former newspaper editor and graduate of the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism, Yarger lives with her husband in West Granby, CT and has two adult children.

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All contents copyright © Lauren Yarger 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. All rights reserved. For reprint permission, contact masterworkproductions@yahoo.com.

Scripture from THE MESSAGE Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.

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