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Daily Archives: October 16, 2012

Zion Theatre Company: The Agony, the Ecstasy and the Spirituality in Trying to Push Forward a Religious Theatre Company

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Mahonri Stewart

A little less than two years ago I created Zion Theatre Company. The venture was born out of necessity, as the theatre group I was collaborating with previous to that suddenly dropped a re-mount of my play Farewell to Eden, … Continue reading →

Posted in On-stage | Tagged A Roof Overhead, C. S. Lewis, Farewell to Eden, Immortal Hearts and Other Short Plays, J. R. R. Tolkien, Jinn and Other Myths, Legends of Sleepy Hollow, Melissa Leilani Larson, Persuasion, Producing, Rings of the Tree, Swallow the Sun, The Death of Eurydice, The Hobbit, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Opposing Wheel, Theatre, Zion Theatre Company | 1 Comment
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