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Church & State is a fast-paced dramedy about faith, politics, and “The Twitter.” It’s three days before Charles Whitmore’s Senate re-election and he’s decided to finally tell the public exactly what’s on his mind, no filter.
CHURCH & STATE was originally developed at JCC CenterStage (Ralph Meranto, Artistic Director). It was produced as a National New Play Network rolling world premiere on July 2, 2016, at Sky-light Theatre Company (Gary Grossman, Artistic Director) in Los Angeles, California, directed by Elina de Santos, and on October 22, 2016, at JCC CenterStage ...
A big, brassy, former real estate agent, now stay-at-home mom to their boys Matthew (9, athletic and fearless) and Luke (6, artistic and sensitive). She is sweet, charming, and instantly likable. Even when she’s bossing you around, she does it with an irresistible smile.
Hoping the message in Church & State will have broad impact around the country. Mrs. Mrs. Lautenberg is in development and co-producing the musical of Andy Warhol's life with Steve Leber.
The New York premiere of Jason Odell Williams’ Church & State will play its final performance Off-Broadway June 4, producers announced. The political comedy began an open-ended engagement...
“Church & State is one of the most stunningly relevant plays currently onstage, and it's not because of election season (though that doesn't hurt). It's because of human nature, and because there will always be trauma and doubt and redemption.”
PLAYBILL - CHURCH & STATE announced Best New Play nominee in 7th Annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards SEE MORE >> THE NEW YORK TIMES - The Pen and the Trigger Finger: Examining Gun Violence Onstage SEE MORE >>
Church & State has been produced in 34 states since 2017. STAGED READINGS On June 7, 2022, Church & State was presented as a staged reading at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City to benefit Sandy Hook Promise , Safer Country , and The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence .
“[CHURCH & STATE] is surprisingly subtle and gripping entertainment…a sophisticated dialectic that presents both sides of the gun debate…Williams avoids demonizing his conservative Southerners, who are winning, strikingly intelligent, and above all, sincere in their beliefs.” —Los Angeles Times.
Mar 27, 2017 · Jason Odell Williams' timely Church & State addresses the way in which religion comes into play in modern American politics, which perhaps haven't committed to such a thing as laic democracies existing. Read our conversation with the playwright about the themes in Church & State.
