The WORD: A House Party for Jesus
A tent. A preacher. A sermon extolling the glories of voyeurism and the perils of playing with gasoline. The Word is the Truth, with sex, drugs, and chili.
The WORD: A House Party for Jesus is a non-stop, mile-a-minute solo theatre piece created and performed by Brian Osborne and directed by co-conspirator Whit MacLaughlin of New Paradise Laboratories. In THE WORD, performer Osborne creates a silver-tongued, jive-talking magic man—a spiritual alchemist—who transforms human frailty into a mind-bending and hilarious meditation on one man’s place in a topsy-turvy universe.
THE WORD is a back-yard, house party for Jesus. A stand-up comedy routine with an eloquent, soul-searching heart. A profane reflection on cosmic themes. A stream-of-consciousness rant set to rave-up dance music.
THE WORD has been playing in backyards, empty warehouses, vacant lots, shitholes, and sites of ill-repute throughout the east coast. The New York encampment at the Soho Playhouse precedes engagements in Los Angeles, CA, Pittsburgh, PA and Austin, TX.
THE WORD is not fiction. Osborne believes every word he speaks. He dispenses total truth, without artifice or guile.
direction by: Whit MacLauglin
sound: Rob Kaplowitz
The WORD: A House Party for Jesus is a non-stop, mile-a-minute solo theatre piece created and performed by Brian Osborne and directed by co-conspirator Whit MacLaughlin of New Paradise Laboratories. In THE WORD, performer Osborne creates a silver-tongued, jive-talking magic man—a spiritual alchemist—who transforms human frailty into a mind-bending and hilarious meditation on one man’s place in a topsy-turvy universe.
THE WORD is a back-yard, house party for Jesus. A stand-up comedy routine with an eloquent, soul-searching heart. A profane reflection on cosmic themes. A stream-of-consciousness rant set to rave-up dance music.
THE WORD has been playing in backyards, empty warehouses, vacant lots, shitholes, and sites of ill-repute throughout the east coast. The New York encampment at the Soho Playhouse precedes engagements in Los Angeles, CA, Pittsburgh, PA and Austin, TX.
THE WORD is not fiction. Osborne believes every word he speaks. He dispenses total truth, without artifice or guile.
direction by: Whit MacLauglin
sound: Rob Kaplowitz
