PAULUS Plays Silk Road Rising, Now thru 12/15

Silk Road Rising co-founders, Artistic Director Jamil Khoury and Executive Director Malik Gillani, present the World Premiere of Motti Lerner's Paulus. All performances will be presented in the company's venue in Pierce Hall at The Historic Chicago Temple Building at 77 W. Washington St. in Chicago. Paulus runs tonight, November 7 - December 15, 2013. Written by Motti Lerner and translated by Hillel Halkin, the show is directed by Jimmy McDermott.

Featuring: Daniel Cantor*, Torrey Hanson*, Bill McGough*, Dana Black, Steve Casillas, Anthony DiNicola, Carolyn Hoerdemann, Glenn Stanton and D'wayne Taylor * Denotes member of Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers.

Synopsis: Set between 58 A.D. and 64 A.D., Paulus imagines the Apostle Paul, who bridged Christianity from a Jewish sect to a global religion. Framed as an intra-Jewish debate, Paul's quest to universalize monotheism provokes strong opposition from the Jewish Establishment, the Jerusalem Church, the Emperor Nero, and a skeptical 62 year old Jesus.

Silk Road Rising commissioned the translation of Paulus from Hebrew into English.

Previews: Tonight, November 7 - November 15, 2013. Press Opening: Saturday, November 16 at 4:00 pm and 8:00pm. Regular Run: November 16 - December 15, 2013. Performance Schedule: Thursdays: 7:30pm+; Fridays: 8:00pm; Saturdays: 4:00pm and 8:00pm; Sundays: 4:00pm + There will be no performance on Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 28.

Pierce Hall at The Historic Chicago Temple Building is located at 77 W. Washington St. (lower level) Chicago. Tickets: $25.00 preview performances; $35.00 regular performances. Box Office: To purchase tickets visit www.silkroadrising.org, or call 312.857.1234 x 201.

Silk Road Rising (formerly known as Silk Road Theatre Project) creates Live Theatre and online videos that tell stories through primarily Asian American and Middle Eastern American lenses. In representing communities that intersect and overlap, we advance a polycultural worldview.

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