Twelve Minor Prophets
February 13th - 28th at JACK, 20 Putnam Avenue

A new comedy by Charlie Mayhew and Leo Egger
based (loosely) on the Bible.

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Featuring Anna Aubry as Elena, Jake Fallon* as Jesse, Liat Graf as Abby,

Yehuda L. Hyman* as Yehuda, Brian Linden* as Michael

Chani Reese as Diana, Felix Teich as Paul and Jake Eisner as David.

 

Leo Egger, Director & Scenic Designer

Tommy Robertshaw, Producer

Katherine Mostek, Producer & Production Manager

Lauren Lee, Lighting Designer

Madeleine Rubin-Charlesworth, Production Designer

Charlie Mayhew, Composer

Jake Eisner, Music Director & Sound Designer

Sean Pergola, Dramaturg

 

Based on the Book of the Twelve from the Bible, Twelve Minor Prophets is a freewheeling revue of early Jewish history that begs the question: is God really finished with us?

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After the death of his father, a biblical scholar, Jesse has the same dream every night: his dad holds up a blank book and points to an audience. Jesse thinks he knows what it means: he is being called to finish his father’s work.​

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To do this, he's gathered some actor friends to help him stage the Twelve Minor Prophets—Jonah, Hosea, Amos, and nine others whose names you can't remember—the angry, repetitive, often impossible-to-parse books of the Bible his father spent years trying to understand. They'll perform them in different genres: a Western, a teen drama, a musical. His sister, Abby, will provide historical context. It'll be fun. Redemptive. A way to say goodbye.​

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It doesn’t go as planned.​

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The prophets wrote about catastrophe, exile, God's love, and God's wrath, often in the same breath. Jesse's trying to make sense of their message and his father’s legacy, while also trying not to fall apart in front of an audience. These goals turn out to be related (and impossible). 

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*Equity member appearing with permission of Actors’ Equity Association. This production is an Equity Approved Showcase.