Jesus Christ Superstar


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Staff | |
Producer | Rosalie Andrews |
Director | Mary Ann Bruegmann |
Musical Director | Joyce Flanigan |
Choreographer | Debbie Nelson |
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Cast | |
Jesus | John Gratz |
Judas | David Yanez |
Mary Magdalene | Julie Kibbe |
Simon Zealotes | Michael O’Connor |
Pilate | Phil Skiver |
Peter | Steven Schumann |
High Priests | |
Caiphas | Wendell Swain |
Annas | Rod Pintello |
Zadok | Chuck Myer |
Jesus Christ Superstar is the vivid retelling of the Passion Week story in contemporary music and dance.
It seems especially fitting that the first rock opera, created as a concept album at the end of the turbulent ’60s, should have at its center a social and political rebel. Jesus’ meteor-like rise in renown provides, as the title suggests, a parallel to contemporary celebrity worship. As his radical teachings are evermore embraced, Judas increasingly questions the enlightened motives of this new prophet, resulting in betrayal. Christ’s final days are dramatized with emotional intensity, thought-provoking edge and explosive theatricality. Propelled by a stirring score, by turns driving and majestic, satirical and tender, Jesus Christ Superstar illuminates the transcendent power of the human spirit with a passion that goes straight to the heart.

Above photos by Eugene’s Salon of Photography
Above photos by Kai S. Lai