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Cotton Patch Gospel
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This show is my favourite thus far at Rosebud Theatre. I was able to be a part of the ensemble of Cotton Patch Gospel. This show is the perfect combination of Harry Chapin’s music and a powerful script written by Tom Key and Russell Treyz. The director, Morris Ertman, split up the lines randomly between us, but gave me some of the most powerful lines I have ever spoken. It was an honour playing the character of which the story revolved around. This story shook up my faith and ultimately revived it. I got to know Jesus on a human which made heightened the importance of my spirituality. I also got the opportunity to stage manage a one man show called Underneath The Lintel, by Glen Berger. I love this story because it was followed a man who was finding purpose in his life. That purpose was to communicate with God because it made life worth living again. It was safe to say that I was a little busy. The summer of 2013 will be summer I will never forget. It defined why I love being an artist.
Lauren de Graaf “is the most naive, innocent, beautiful person,” he says, “and she does this weird tongue whistle — a quirky sort of stupid human trick.”
“As far as people who haven’t darkened the door of a church, we find they love the show and find the story so accessible.”
“I notice when Lauren plays Jesus it’s just so full of love, warmth and light, and not to say that a guy couldn’t do that, but there’s a different energy when a female is playing those parts.”