The impulse of the play is to alert us, in the face of increasing religious and political polarization both foreign and domestic, that we are more than our cultural and ethnic labels.

We need audiences. Audiences are essential to the students' learning experience -- how to play to an audience and how different they are. Theater is meant to be performed. We are asking (audiences) to come on a journey with us (while) understanding that we are trying to accomplish a great deal.

Religious political groups and their congressional allies overreached.

meditation vs prayer = listening vs talking

I was good at religious studies. Part of the coursework was meditation. We spent an hour a week with our eyes closed.

Ask , and it shall be given until you. That is no vain or untried promise, Ruth!