The AU Players performed Steven Schwartz's "Godspell" for friends, family and members of the AU community this weekend in the Kay Spiritual Life Center.
The set design was simple, decorated with red and yellow caution tape and scaffolding that performers utilized during virtually every song.
The disciples in the play wore "Jesus is My Homeboy" T-shirts to symbolize that they were followers of Jesus.
The production, directed and choreographed completely by students, will be among the last to be held in a building besides the new Katzen Arts Center, which will open next fall.
"Godspell" tells various lessons and parables in the Bible through song and dance. Ryan Nealy, a junior music theater major, played Jesus. Nealy has previously appeared in such AU Department of Performing Arts productions as "Evita," "Kiss Me, Kate" and "Cabaret."
In a letter, director Caroline Jane Angell wrote, "No matter whether you are Christian, atheistic, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, or any other faith, the message of 'Godspell' remains the same. Whether we are opening a new building, forming a community, or producing a work of art, the ability to create comes from what can already be found inside each one of us"
