Full Length (75 Min.)
Drama
1W, 1M
Synopsis
This play is inspired by the Gospel’s writings of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and another Gospel, the fragmented GOSPEL OF MARY MAGDALENE. Mary Magdalene’s Gospel, discovered in 1896 in Cairo, Egypt, continues her story, describing a subsequent meeting with the Apostles.
The Catholic Church has consistently diminished the role of women throughout its history. Only recently has Mary Magdalene’s influence has been acknowledged and early claims trying to diminish her as a prostitute dismissed. This play attempts to look at the early, tumultuous history of the church through the eyes a major figure largely excluded from it.
Casting & Production
Casting
MARY — An educated woman (40s-50s). She’s known great love and great tragedy. She grieves for the past and the future.
PETER — A fisherman (40s-50s). An ordinary man struggling to fulfill extraordinary expectations.
Setting
Time
48 A.D.
18 years after the death of Christ.
Place
Magdala.
A town five days journey from Jerusalem.
Home of Mary Magdalene.
Media
"St. Germain has given us some of his very best, and wittiest, writing in MAGDALENE."
- The Berkshire Eagle
"It’s no small task, taking on Christianity’s formative years, and portraying the people at its heart as three-dimensional, warts and all. And yet St. Germain succeeds brilliantly with MAGDALENE."
- Broadway World
"MAGDALENE is yet another rewarding example of St. Germain’s provocative canon of plays."
- Berkshire On Stage
