Jesus Christ Superstar
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Location: Sioux Empire Community Theatre (315 N Phillips Ave, Sioux Falls, SD)
Performance Dates: May 5-21 (Showtimes are 7pm Thurs-Sat, 2pm on Sun)
Ticket Prices: $30
Box Office: 605-360-4800 or visit www.siouxfallstheatre.com
Description
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.
Cast
Raine Jerke as Jesus
Ryan Harr as Judas
Jenn Lee as Mary Magdalene
Rick Weiland as Pilate
James C. Van Oort as Caiaphas
Devin Basart as Annas
Darren Lee as Peter
Paul Ridgway as Simon
Robin Byrne as Herod
Abigail Chapdelaine and Lenora Hintze as the Soul Girls
Ensemble features Tyler Johnson, Dennis H. Berger, Landon Javers, Brandon Tople, Megan Davis, and Cecily Fogarty
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