Raptured
Play Description
The End Times are upon us! It’s about time. The congregants of the Third Baptist Church of Uncertain, Texas are only certain about two things: the rapture is definitely happening sometime in the next two hours (the Bible math checks out), and two hours is not enough time to squeeze every single drop of life from this wicked, wonderful world. But some of them will try. RAPTURED is a fresh farce — part Boeing, Boeing and oddly enough, part The Last Picture Show —full of love triangles, mistaken identities, a puckish youth pastor, a preacher on a dubious mission, lots of doors, and, of course, deeply irrevocable existential longing. When the clock is ticking, sometimes who you are and what you really want is the greatest revelation of all.
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (4 female, 5 male)Full Length Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
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- About the Author(s)
- About the Book
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Press Quotes
“A divinely-entertaining comedic feast … dripping with double entendre and crowd-pleasing innuendo.” —Shawn Statler, onstageblog.com
“Lyle especially is adept at absurdist, Texas-based comedies (consider BIG SCARY ANIMALS and BARBECUE APOCALYPSE), and he has a good-ol’-boy-time poking the bear of Baptist hypocrisy.” —Arnold Wayne Jones, Dallasvoice.com
“To say I enjoyed RAPTURED is an understatement. I basically laughed for two hours and I’m still chuckling the next day. We all can use a great laugh.” —Ann Saucer, The Column
“What makes RAPTURED such phenomenal comedy is Lyle and Coleman’s astonishing instincts. Their timing, lingo, imagination, blue streak and sense of absurdity are the stuff of genius.” —sharpcritic.com
Special Notes
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