To Ninevah - A Modern Miracle Play' at the American Place Theatre

Working Man's Clothes Productions presents To Ninevah - A Modern Miracle Play, by Bekah Brunstetter and directed by Isaac Byrne, atthe American Place Theatre from the 28 Oct - 13 Nov 2005.

In To Ninevah - A Modern Miracle Play, Rebekah and Isaac, parents to two grown sons, Jacob and Esau, struggle to make their way through their temptations, their sins, and their duties as the two young men prepare for their adulthood, and their roles in a more than normal family. For Isaac is the lawyer of God, Esau, the older son, the man to follow in his footsteps, Jacob the rebel, struggling with his own sexuality, at odds with all, but the favorite of Rebekah.

If the story sounds familiar it should. It�s the dusty Old Testament tale, told in the present, of Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob and Esau: the tale of the struggle for power past birthright, of the deception used to achieve, and the question of who truly deserves.

A play of allegory, of fable; of now and of past. A play of God and of anachronism; of holy, absurd. Human love and sexuality vs. religious tradition and responsibility. This family must struggle to maintain its power, its purpose, its lies, its faith, its truth. And no one can live forever.