"In the beginning was the Word, and it was action-packed.
Forget your Sunday-school Jesus and his 12 dainty disciples. "The
Gospel of John," ... is a sweaty, gritty tale of a miracle-working
idealist who runs afoul of the law. Passion, longing, envy, greed,
ambition, intrigue and betrayal -- it's all here, and it is riveting.
Actor Brad Sherrill reimagines the fourth gospel as a one-man
play in which a storyteller -- John -- relates the adventures
of Jesus to a crowd of unbelievers -- the audience. In telling
the story, John inhabits dozens of other characters, from the
skeptical Samaritan woman at the well to the genial carpenter
from Nazareth."
-The
Washington Postl
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"Few
actors have the courage or the talent to attempt a one-person
performance, but Brad Sherrill plans to use the opportunity to
go back to the basics of gospel. Using the New International Version
translation, Sherrill plans to narrate the entire fourth synoptic
gospel. "The Gospels initially, of course, were intended to be
heard, not read. I find it thrilling that, as an actor playing
out this material, I find myself in a long line of the great oral
tradition — a culture’s collective stories...spoken out to the
community," said Sherrill. "This is how John is meant to be heard."
-The Marietta Daily Journall
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