estelle parsons directs trial of judas iscariot

She has this understanding of these people that you wouldn’t expect her to have,” Lane said. She knows exactly what buttons to push to get the characters to say what she wants them to say.

Would you take saints’ words for it? Would you take Mother Teresa’s word for it?”Ī fascinating character, defending attorney Fabiana Cunningham leads the narrative into uncharted territory, questioning each witness’s role in history, as well as his or her own regrets and struggles. The play allows you to form your own judgements based on who you think you would trust. “Because that really is like a court case works: You hear everyone else’s testimonies. We see it through his mom we see him through Mother Teresa and, at the end of the day, we let Judas have his say,” student director Velani Dibba (SFS ’17) said. In doing that, it’s important that we get glimpses of what other people think about Judas. It’s this uncovering - this unpackaging - of history and time. Matthew also make memorable appearances, as do Satan and God themselves. The play brings in some high-profile witnesses to speak about Judas Iscariot, including Sigmund Freud, Pontius Pilate, Mother Teresa and Caiaphas the Elder. “It’s very important to put on these sorts of plays with difficult material in them to learn from them, to let that content show us the lessons we can learn from it.” We wanted to take these topics and engage with them in a way that’s respectful and not off-putting for the audience,” student producer Bee Jaworski (COL ’17) said. “Nomadic Theatre is a very socially engaging group.

Nomadic Theatre’s socially conscious vision purposefully selected a complex, multi-faceted play that explores several issues that remain relevant in contemporary society. In downtown purgatory, an ambitious young lawyer by the name of Fabiana Cunningham, played by Alison Lane (COL ’19), defends one of history’s most controversial figures. From Georgetown’s cocurricular student theater group Nomadic Theatre comes the exceptional “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot.” Based on the play by Pulitzer prize-winning Stephen Adly Guirgis, this Production follows the appeal trial of Judas Iscariot’s damnation.

Estelle parsons directs trial of judas iscariot