Meet Trevor Biship (Director)
This play takes place in multiple historical eras. If you could choose a specific time in history to be born, when would you choose?
I am very happy in the era that I was born in, especially given America’s recent political changes.
Should Christians or non-Christians come see this play?
Lovers of theatre, whatever religious or non-religious affiliation they have, should come see this play. Religion is a setting and given circumstance for Sarah’s play, but religion is not what the play is about.
This play explores how you are perceived based on your looks versus who you really are. Can you personally relate to this theme?
Can’t everyone?
If you met any of these characters on the street, who would you share a pint with and who would make you turn and walk away? Why?
I would share a pint with the Village Idiot, because birds of a certain feather stick together.
Do you have a favorite moment in the play?
I have so many, but I can’t wait to see the audience’s reactions to Violet’s suggestion to “pluck the wars out of your head.” What a beautiful moment.
What’s the biggest challenge for you in this production?
Being honest to the play, being honest to my voice, and being honest to my collaborators’ impulses.
How do you prepare to work on a project like this?
You realize what a special opportunity it is to work on a play you love, and you work until exhausted. Rinse and repeat.
What was your first job in theater?
I was the only kindergarten student that knew how to read, so I became the narrator of our class play, the great “Three Little Pigs.” At 21, I was hired to direct Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, another great American play, and my first paying gig in the theatre.
Passion Play starts performances on April 25.
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