Lamb’s Players Theatre has extended its production of “Cotton Patch Gospel” at its resident theatre in Coronado inside the Spreckels Building.
The musical is adapted from Clarence Jordan’s book, , which sets the Gospels of Matthew and John in the American South. Actor Tom Key first performed it as a one man show in late 1979. It had a successful Off-Broadway run in 1981 with added music and lyrics by Harry Chapin. LAMB’S produced the musical in 1988, 1991 and 2003, with Deborah Gilmour Smyth directing.
Now Running Through September 3
Wed 2 & 7 / Thu & Fri 7 / Sat 2 & 7/ Sun 2
Lamb’s Players Theatre
1142 Orange Avenue, Coronado
Cast: Bryan Barbarin, Michael Louis Cusimano, Earnest Sauceda
Band: Shawn Rohlf, Greg Campbell, Oliver Shirley, Brandon Wallace
Adapted from the book “The Cotton Patch Version of Matthew and John” by Clarence Jordan. Jordan was a farmer and a scholar of Greek. In the 1940s he founded an interracial Christian community, Koinonia Farms, in Americus, Georgia. Habitat For Humanity grew out of that community.
Music and lyrics by Harry Chapin
Book by Tom Key and Russell Treyz
Directed and choreographed by Deborah Gilmour Smyth
Musical Direction byShawn Rohlf
Assistant Choreography by Earnest Sauceda
Produced by Robert Smyth
Tickets range from $28 to $82, depending on the day of the week and the theatre’s seating section.
Discounts are available for Seniors (66+) and Veterans.
Half-price tickets are available for Active Duty Military, Youth (ages 5–17), and Young Adults (18–34) that join the theatre’s free <35 Club.
More information and tickets are available online at www.lambsplayers.org or through the LAMB’S Box Office at 619-437-6000 (Wed to Sat, noon to 6).
RELATED:
“Cotton Patch Gospel” at Lamb’s Players Theatre: A Southern Delight of Biblical Proportions
