The Great Passion Play is live drama with a recorded voice and music track. We've had bloopers in the 225 performances I've been part of, and there are stories of "memorable" events which have happened over the 49+ years the Play has been performed, but last night might qualify as THE Blooper Performance, or right up with the best (or worst) of all time.
Names won't be mentioned, to protect the innocent (or guilty). For me it started with the blowing of the Shofar at the beginning of the performance. I really blew the blowing, a less than kosher offering, and it wasn't my last faux pas. I won't elaborate. Our sheep, who are usually extremely reliable in their three "runs" on the set, became lost sheep, running to places they never run, leaving excessive evidence of their having been there, and leading our little shepherds on what might be described as numerous wild "goose" chases, Mutton busting in the rodeo has nothing on us.
Fortunately, no sheep were permanently lost.
It continued, with any number of incidents, none requiring hospitalization, although Scott, our Christ figure, did take one pretty painful lash at the flogging pole which may have drawn some actual blood. Lines on the tape had no one delivering them and people were in places they shouldn't have been Because of my last blog about not wishing my time away, I resisted the urge to wish that the performance would end sooner, but when it did end.....I, and many others, were glad it had ended.
One of our audience members last night is a veteran of Christian drama in Arkansas and around the country, and told Kent that while there were some "flubs" (which she thought were minor), the performance was very good and we were being too critical and self-deprecating. There will be a lot of "notes" from our room managers and play directors before we "hit the boards" on Tuesday, but hopefully they will just get us to keep our focus on presenting the message of Jesus to our guests and continue to serve them and Him through this ministry. WalkThe Talk. The show MUST go on. Thank You, Lord, for the opportunity.
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