Date/Time
07:30 PM
This event occurs weekly,
1 week(s) on Sunday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Additional Information
- Website: https://www.thefirehousetheatre.com
- Line/Box Office Phone: 972/620-3747
- Cost:
$36 adults; $32 seniors; $28 students, educators and first responders
Description
The Firehouse Theatre is set to produce Cotton Patch Gospel as the first show of its 2021 season. Directed by Joey Folsom and Music Directed by Sonny Franks (a local favorite who has taken part in various productions of the show), Cotton Patch Gospel will be performed outdoors in the back lot at The Firehouse Theatre.
This rustic musical full of bluegrass, country, and gospel music is “the greatest story ever retold.” Based on the book The Cotton Patch Version of Matthew and John by Clarence Jordan, the Gospel is presented in a setting of rural Georgia with country music songs, the final and perhaps best work of Harry Chapin. As this Gospel begins, they sing that "Somethin's a-brewin' in Gainesville." Herod is the mayor of Atlanta and, inevitably, Christ is killed by locals only to rise again.
Cotton Patch Gospel will be produced in accordance with the theatre’s Risk Mitigation and Code of Conduct, based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and City and County health and public safety authorities.