We have added another play reading of "Lost in the Forest" for those who are unable to come to the two below: (also if you want to come 2nd time and learn more), Tuesday March 21 from 5-6:30 pm.  New play reading.

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Also at Emmanuel.  I have learned so much from our first Reading last Sunday.  It is really coming "alive" for me & 

and I hope for you.   It now has a life of its own. I so appreciate you and your involvement in this venture!

  Play reading "Lost in the Forest"

Sunday March 12 from 2-4:15 pm   OR

Saturday March 25 from 2-4:15pm,  both at Emmanuel Lutheran Church 6th St & 3rd Av.

They will be the same, but let us know beforehand so we can have a copy of the script for you.  If you have a friend who would be interested let us know.  There is no commitment to be in the play, but this story is for everyone.  And we are still exploring options for its use.

More info below... 

This is an invitation to a reading of a play, "Lost in the Forest".  The play follows a man who has retreated to a forest to be alone.  A wild forest woman appears to see who he is and why he is here.  They begin a mythological journey that introduces him to the unseen community of the forest and especially the "grandmother tree", who is the elder there.  They begin to initiate him into the forest.  He is seen to be alien from the forest.  He is us... swallowed up in the dominant human world, disconnected, orphaned, numbed, busy ...and lost.

The forest begins to teach him ancient and indigenous songs, stories, and the forest chorus of the day and of the night.  Two other wild forest humans, and a enlivened forest accompany them.  On their initiation they encounter the challenge of a forester, a logger, townspeople, a forest fire,

a director who implodes, a requiem for a death in the forest, and an audience that is gradually drawn into the story.

It is our story and becomes real as we find ourselves now on the "edge of the roof"... but hopefully... "together"... maybe more connected to the more-than human community that was lost to us. The forest has to find "us", for we had been orphaned from them, our ancestors.

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This is an overwhelming drama being played out on a large scale in our lifetime, and it is urgent.  It is also compelling and juicy to act out a re-uniting with our origins, our home, our ancestors... even our soul.

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This is an invitation to play, display, portray the dark night of the soul stirring within...being embraced or run from.   You are those who might not want to run but participate in this venture at a variety of levels.  There are parts to play, music to play, a scene to set, songs to sing, stories to read... it will take a community of people of diverse gifts.  There is possibility of producing this indoors , and  doing this outdoors as well, like at the grove at Severson Dells...nothing is set.  We would be looking toward the next step.  

David Stocker will join us as a producer and help direct staging and music.  We put on, with 18 other crazy and daring people, the "Song of the Universe" in 2016, and 

had a blast as a cast.  You don't have to have theatre experience to be a part of this. But it will be memorable.

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We will be telling the story  all read parts, become a forest musician, get a feel for it, and how it might call to you.

If you want to be a part of this, let me know by phone or email, and there will be a printed script for you at the reading.

I see this as a sacred calling, let me know back... if you do.

To radical action, and deep contemplation in a time of chaos... We pray for courage and the blessing of community     

 jim roberts      jarob401@aol.com,   779-537-0328

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David Stocker originsofmusic@gmail.com    815-519-7599