After dismal attendance numbers at the annual Easter Passion Play, organizers took a radical departure in their approach to the Bible Theater Series. A new underwriter, Contemporary Community Fellowship (CCF), has radically enhanced performances. CCF targets young people with a rock and roll themed service, casual dress and culturally current environment. Many of you remember when the new pastor, Dylan Cobain, arrived in town riding a motorcycle, tattooed and pierced; he was arrested four times on suspicion of various unsavory activities, but never charged.
Pastor Cobain hired the controversial theatrical genius and Sintown Community Theater Director, Bryce LeCroix, to infuse some excitement into the Bible Theatre Series to attract a younger audience. LeCroix admitted it was the first time he had read the Bible, but said he was instantly enthralled. “I couldn’t put it down! It was packed full of intriguing plots and characters, scandals, and extreme violence. When Pastor Cobain explained there would be no censorship as long as I kept the productions Biblically accurate, I couldn’t believe my ears.”
LeCroix’s first production Headless John portrays the story of John the Baptist’s beheading. King Herod divorces his wife so he can take his brother’s wife, Herodias, for his own pleasures. Then, her daughter, Salome, performs a show stopping erotic striptease featuring full frontal nudity, and Herod offers her any wish, up to half of his kingdom. Her evil mother asks for John’s head on a platter. The show ends with the presentation of the disgustingly realistic presentation of John’s head on a platter. The TCR Arts and Entertainment Editor, Bobby Blockbuster, passed out at this point in the performance, so we’re unable to accurately report the rest of the audience’s reaction.
Local churches have been distraught to find a way to shut down the grotesque and obscene plays, but LeCroix has gone to great lengths to ensure all productions meet the City’s Bible Purity Standards of Scriptural Accuracy. At one point, the Interfaith Council sent a letter demanding LeCroix appear before its Board, but LeCroix said he returned it with a note that he wasn’t about to go near their “Sanhedrin.”
Pastor Cobain said he admits the Uncensored Bible Theatre Series is extreme, “But, I’m an extreme kind of dude,” said Cobain. “Has anybody noticed that kids are skipping school to camp out for tickets? That’s awesome! I’m telling you the Bible is extreme, and kids don’t even realize it. If it was a video game, it would be rated M.” Ironically, LeCroix has been in discussions with several major video game companies to license his stage interpretations of graphically sexual and violent Bible stories.
Advance tickets for David and Bathsheba will go on sale next Wednesday, but will not be sold through the Community Theatre Box Office due to rumours that a caravan of unruly Sintown youth were planning to camp out for tickets over the weekend. Advance tickets will be sold by Jakob Masek. If you don’t know how to find Jakob, then you’re probably not from LaCucaracha. Any remaining tickets will be sold at the box office 30 minutes before each performance.
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