Theatre Artists Studio Presents STOREFRONT CHURCH by John Patrick Shanley

The three great American institutions: Business, Religion and Politics, collide in the engaging, humorous play by Pulitzer, Tony, and Oscar award winning playwright John Patrick Shanley. Completing Shanley's "Church and State" trilogy which includes Doubt and Defiance, Storefront Church examines the intricate, and sometimes tenuous, relationships of a Bronx borough as its residents are confronted with spiritual, financial, and moral crossroads.

A constituent's mortgage crisis, a preacher who has lost his spiritual voice, and a banker's multimillion dollar investment force the borough president to choose between advancing his political career and following a moral compass. As confrontations arise, and lives intersect, the question they all must ask is one that faces us all: What is the relationship between spiritual experience and social action.

"Mr. Shanley's intense engagement with questions of religion and ethics, and how they shape the way people with different perspectives interact, remains distinctive and invigorating...some of Mr. Shanley's sharpest comic writing in years." - NY Times.

"John Patrick Shanley has the gift, always rare among playwrights, of writing scenes that convey both shape and spontaneity...[STOREFRONT CHURCH is] a portrait of our puzzling time, when one's beliefs and one's sense of self must live under constant pressure from forces not wholly seen and not yet fully arrived." - Villiage Voice.

Directed by Carol MacLeod, Storefront Church features studio members Dominik Rebilas, Steve Fajardo, Bill Straus, and William Mosley with guest artist, Larissa Brewington.

Theatre Artists Studio presents Storefront Church from February 24 through March 12, 2017 at The Studio, 4848 E. Cactus Rd, #406, in Scottsdale. Show times are Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets are $25 for General Admission, $15 for Students 25 & Under and $20 for Groups of 10 or More, Seniors 65 and over and Members of the Military. For tickets, call the box office at 602-765-0120 or visit: www.thestudiophx.org.

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