The 2020 Passion Play season has begun. With masks in place, limited audience seating, an abbreviated Holy Land Tour, no buffet, social distancing in gift shops and museums, cast laundry being done on all worn costumes after each performance, temperature checks, no bus or golf cart usage, attendance of about 800 total at three weekend performances, rain on and off for the entire weekend (including today).......it has begun.
There were blocking changes in the play, which the returning cast adapted well to, and the new cast just took as "normal", a few awkward moments and the usual "it's only a prop" moments; but all in all, it went well and we look forward to what is to come and, hopefully, lifting of restrictions and less fear of the virus itself. The story needs to be told, received and taken to heart by "believers" and everyone else.
Thank you to those who came, to the volunteers who are here to help us get done what needs to be done, and to those assuming the risk of what may result from people coming together in larger numbers than we have experienced the past three or four months. And most of all...............THANK YOU, LORD. Life is a challenge to be faced without fear and in the certainty expressed in Psalm 91. Read it........receive it...........believe it.
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So glad that things have finally kicked off. Saw some of the videos from the play from the opening night. It seemed pretty natural to see masks, headpieces over faces, veils, etc., after all it is a dusty region; noticed some of the blocking changes as well - they're always changing things up anyway.
ReplyDeleteSaw you doing some teaching along the road in the Holy Land; I guess it is all on foot for now.
Rusty, FYI, has taken a dramatic turn for the worse... he has maybe pneumonia, but the chest x-rays have revealed some possible tumors. He won't eat and is very tired. Please pray for his recovery - Thanks.