Passion Play 2009

My church puts on a Passion Play every year right before Easter, when a friend of the family asked if I would come photograph it I was thrilled! For those of you who do not know, the Passion Play depicts all of the stations of the cross leading up to Resurrection of Jesus Christ.  My church does this play every year and they have even taken it on the road a few times! Sadly, this was my first year going! I was so blown away by how stunning it was! They don't call it a PASSION play for nothin! Every single actor gave all of their emotions and then some. I felt like I was there all those thousands of years ago.  And the choir was fantastic.  Their haunting melodies filled the whole play with emotion and passion. It was definitely a challenge though! All I had to work with was a few stage lights! And they were mostly red and yellow! yikes.  Needless to say, I had my work cut out for me that night! One nice thing is that the actors depict the scenes with no dialogue or movement.  They just freeze the scene while a narrator tells the audience whats going on!  I am so glad I could photograph this event and I will definitely make this play a yearly occurrence in my life from now on.  Good job to all the actors, directors, make up artists, costumers, lighting and sound people and last but not least, the choir.  You all did fantastic!! Here are some of my favorite images from the play!