Fun Comedy opening May 3rd at Allens Lane Art Center!

Allens Lane Theater presents The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged) by Adam Long, Reed Martin & Austin Tichenor, additional material by Matthew Croke

Whether you are Catholic or Atheist, Muslim or Jew, Protestant or Vegetarian, you will be tickled by this fun romp through old time religion!

May 3rd-May 19th Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm.

An affectionate, irreverent roller-coaster ride from fig leaves to Final Judgment, tackling the great theological questions: Did Adam and Eve have navels? Did Moses really look like Charlton Heston? And why isn't the word “phonetic” spelled the way it sounds? Three actors from the Allens Lane Theater stage set their sites on the good book in The Bible (abridged). Can three actors accurately and hilariously relay all the great stories and lessons found in the Bible - in just one evening? Conceived by the same team that wrote The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) and The Complete History of America (abridged), among others, this show will not disappoint you. As critic Karen D’Souza once said about the show in her review, “Think Sunday school meets Saturday Night Live. This is dogma lite, a tastes-great, less-filling approach to piety that pokes fun at everyone but offends no one.”

Kyle Paul Dandridge, Dan Shefer and Jared Taylor play the three sinners cavorting through both the Old and New Testaments with the assistance of a Punk Rock Schoolgirl played by Angel James. Promising to make the "inexplicable plicable," they launch into irreverent sketches chock full of music, puns, slapstick, magic tricks and hundreds of anachronisms. The musical number "In the Beginning Blues" launches the book of Genesis, a jaunty "Begattin'" explains the descendants of Adam, while the final book of Revelation is a rousing "That's Armageddon" to the tune of "That's Entertainment." Jared Taylor plays most of the women (look for his dancing, rapping Salomé) as well as the guitar for two musical numbers, Kyle Paul Dandridge gets the honor of reciting the “Top 10 rejected commandments” as Moses, while throughout the performance Dan Shefer is obsessed with Noah's Ark. Between the three actors, they cover sixty-two characters, including David and Goliath, three not-so-wise men, the twelve apostles and a few dubious saints. Audiences can expect a lot of interaction with the actors, including a sing-along.

This strong cast of comedic talent will have you laughing all night long! You won’t want to miss it! Tickets ON SALE NOW and discounted online in advance at www.allenslane.org