Fall 2019

THE BIBLE
IN 30 MINUTES
...or less?!
To celebrate the beginning of the
Bible-in-a-Year journey, Prince of
Peace mounted a production of
The Bible in 30 Minutes… or Less!
After Elizabeth Giromini casted
and directed the play, Alex Falls
(Worship Arts Director) asked her to
share some of her thoughts on the
experience.
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October 2019
Elizabeth Schuett, Carole Lange, and Niamh
Frederick act out the David and Goliath story.
The all-ages cast pays tribute to our savior, Jesus Christ,
in The Bible in 30 Minutes...or Less?!
Alex Falls: Hello, Elizabeth! Tell me
a little bit about putting this play
together.
Elizabeth Giromini: Our cast met
for the first time at the Ministry
Orientation event on Saturday,
August 17. We discussed the script,
roles, and the production vision. We
were able to do a read-through of the
script but could not rehearse because
we were still assigning roles and
finalizing the cast list.
On the following three Tuesday
evenings, we put together the show.
This is really an unheard-of thing to
do in the theater world. Typically,
directors plan one hour of rehearsal
for every minute of stage time - that
would mean we needed 30 hours! We
only had six hours: three rehearsals at
two hours each. Five cast members
missed our second rehearsal when
we blocked the entire show. All of
this is to say how flexible and hardworking
this cast was. There is a level
of vulnerability that one undergoes
when part of a cast. Vulnerable to
other actors, responding, trusting,
making choices with them, and also
vulnerable with the director who
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