The Impact of a Story or Song

In case we ever lose sight of the incredible effect that a story or song can have on us, a little story from Jeff… Recently I was invited to share with a local youth group. After some warm wonderful greetings we gathered around the piano in the sanctuary and I shared a few songs. As soon…

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“Fish-Eyes” now featured in Swiss German

A few years ago, I , along with Lee Eshleman met an actor from Zurich, Switzerland at a conference in Sandy Cove Retreat center. It was the annual Christians in Theater Arts conference. His name was Beat Muller,  and he too was a writer and theater artist with his own company.  In 2011 Beat completed…

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Workshop with Ted

Ted did a weekend of workshops with the Mariner’s Bethel United Methodist Church. Here are some responses. Ted’s talented and thought-provoking monologues drove me back to the Word to research where all of his added character enlargements originated…he is truly a gifted man of God, and extremely familiar with both his material and his abilities.…

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Dovetale

Let me know the next time you’ll be in town so I can bring 17 or so of my best friends! Christmas isn’t Christmas without DoveTale. ~Mary Jo Heckman, Harrisonburg, VA

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What Would Lloyd Do?

A powerful show! Funny, moving, challenging, thought-provoking, and musically outstanding! This show combines the best of what church and theater ought to be about. It challenges the notion that the essence of church is captured in the weekly rituals of worship. Yet it holds out the hope that when we combine ritual and symbol with…

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Excellent Trouble

I was so moved by Friday night’s performance of Excellent Trouble and struck by the fact that Ted and Ingrid can/will be/are hitting just as profound a chord as Ted & Lee did. I found myself getting shivers a few times as I told other people about some of the sketches later in the weekend.…

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