Jesus Hates Me
Awards and Recognition
- West Coast Premiere
Reviewer Quotes
“ Top-notch...a seriocomic mosaic ”
Orange County Register
“ Detailed direction, an impressive design, and a wonderful cast! ”
Los Angeles Times
An insightful and hilarious collision of faith and blasphemy for those desperate to find identity, sanity, faith and freedom
Irreverent, thought-provoking dark comedy by veteran television writer Wayne Lemon (“Grace Under Fire,” “The Torkelsons”). Somewhere in South Central Texas is the “Blood of the Lamb” Miniature Golf Course. Ethan, an ex-high school football star, is desperate to find identity, sanity, faith and freedom under the gaze of a Wal-Mart mannequin transformed into Jesus on the cross at the 17th hole. Follow Ethan on an insightful, unpredictable and hilarious week as he tries to escape from his religious fanatic mother, a suicidal dishwasher, a pot-smoking cop, a beer-swillin’ good ol’ boy, possibly the love of his life, and of course the J-man.
This play contains graphic language, some bare flesh and a mannequin that resembles the J-Man himself!
- Playwright : Wayne Lemon
- Director : Oanh Nguyen*
- Set Designer : Starlet Jacobs
- Lighting Designer : K.C. Wilkerson
- Costume Designer : Erika C. Miller*
- Sound Designer : Dave Mickey*
- Fight Choreographer : Michael Irish
- Stage Manager : Tanae Beyer*
- Ethan : Chance Dean
- Annie : Karen Webster*
- Trane : Timothy Covington
- Lizzy : Jennifer Ruckman*
- Boone : Dimas Diaz*
- Georgie : Ben Green
- Boone Understudy: Casey Long*
- Garland Award Nominee: Production
- Garland Award Nominee: Playwriting (Wayne Lemon)
- Garland Award Nominee: Direction (Oanh Nguyen)
- Garland Award Nominee: Performance in a Play (Chance Dean)
- StageSceneLA's Best of 2008-09: Director, Comedy (Oanh Nguyen)
- StageSceneLA's Best of 2008-09: Ensemble, Comedy
- StageSceneLA's Best of 2008-09: Featured Actor, Comedy (Dimas Diaz)
- StageSceneLA's Best of 2008-09: Featured Actress, Comedy (Karen Webster)
- StageSceneLA's Best of 2008-09: Lighting Designer (KC Wilkerson)
Articles & Reviews
Reviews coming soon!
Audience Buzz
Have something to say? Share your comments below!
See the show? Share your experience with us...
