Inglima thinks Laguna will enjoy this performance. That’s what’s paramount for me,” Inglima said of her directing style. Her favorite production is always the one she is working on at the moment, so that makes “Godspell” her favorite right now. I think it’s so important to look at what you have in common with other people.”ĭonna Inglima drove out to Laguna Beach from New York 10 years ago and has been here ever since. “It’s something that, regardless of your religion or your belief system, we can have in common. “If you don’t want to give up your spiritual path, you can still listen to what Jesus taught and think ‘OK, I can use that,'” Zamora said. Zamora perceives Laguna Playhouse patrons to be a sophisticated audience and is confident that Lagunans will leave “Godspell” with a better understanding of other people. “To have a place where you can express yourself, where else does that happen? Chess club?” “At that age, life can be very complicated,” she said. Zamora, one of the few adults in the musical, said she understands why the kids in the production participate in youth theater. “I thought maybe I should just look at what the author has given us.” “This (play) can be extremely personal,” Zamora said. Sylvie Zamora, 45, didn’t read the Bible to prepare for her roles as Judas and John the Baptist. Meet the woman who plays Judas and John the Baptist “His lessons have been impacting people’s lives for 2,000 years, and they continue to carry a lot of weight,” Crisp said. “You see kids that are athletes and they’re in theater at the same time.”Ĭrisp, a Christian, thinks people who aren’t Christian or religious at all will still enjoy the musical and walk away with a good overall message. “I’m very familiar with the heartbeat of this community,” he said. I had a lot of doubts.”Ĭrisp, who shares the stage with former students of his, said he appreciates Laguna Beach for its welcoming nature when it comes to performing arts. I think I had to ask myself if I had it in me to do this. “I told Donna I needed to think about it for 24 hours. “I feel there’s a lot of responsibility there, and it’s humbling in a lot of ways,” Crisp said. Thurston Middle School teacher and actor Andy Crisp, 31, doesn’t take playing Jesus Christ in “Godspell” lightly. The group brings “Godspell” to Laguna Beach starting Friday at Laguna Playhouse’s Moulton Theater. The Laguna Playhouse Youth Theatre production features 20 people ages 12 to 55. The contemporary combination of music, comedy and slapstick tells the Gospel according to St. “Always in great times of strife, especially economically, people have lots of questions.” “I think it’s a very timely production given the state of what’s going on in the world and who we are as a culture,” Inglima said. When it came out, it was very shocking,” said Laguna Playhouse actress Sylvie Zamora.ĭirector Donna Inglima thinks now is a better time than ever to bring “Godspell” to Laguna Beach for the Youth Theatre season. “The world was not used to talking about God in a familiar, youthful, hip way. When the musical “Godspell” originally opened off Broadway in 1971, many people weren’t comfortable with the play’s subject matter.
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