Antioch: Skirmish at the Gates

13TH STREET REPERTORY THEATER  presents

ANTIOCH:  SKIRMISH AT THE GATES

A new play by JACK McKEANE

Directed by CHERYL KING

Produced by CYNTHIA KEANE

 

Fight Direction and Choreography: JACK McKEANE
Sound Design: CHERLY KING and ALEX CHMAJ

Technical Director: ALEX CHMAJ
Saracen Costume Design: KC WEAKLEY

Set Design: CHUCK McALEXANDER
Door Construction and Assistance: JEREMIAH BROWN

 

Song"Uamh An Oir" by Talitha MacKenzie

13th Street Repertory Theater
50 West 13th Street, New York City

For information, contact Cheryl King at cking3@gmail.com
February 18, 19, 25, March 2 & 11, 2015

Jack McKeane's ANTIOCH: SKIRMISH AT THE GATES is a new play, 50 minutes long, about an age long conflict that began during the Crusades between a Christian Crusader, Ronan (Jack McKeane), and a Muslim Saracen Warrior, Youssef (Ali Sattar) at the gates of heaven. It's a never ending duel whereby Ronan and Youssef engage in sword fighting with fast, sharp techniques combined with flowing, deep and acrobatic moves.  The two warriors are later joined by a modern day American Soldier, John (Alex Mahgoub) killed in the Iraqi war.

When Ronan and Youssef aren't fighting, Ronan helps John who is also a Christian figure out where he is and in return, John helps Ronan and Youssef figure out how to enter the gates of heaven which proves to be a big mystery difficult to solve. Each of them needs to prove they're worthy to enter the doorway to heaven. John is too tormented and disappears into no man's land while the Christian and Muslim battle it out until they resolve their karma and figure out if it's possible to be a warrior and be free of sin.

It's an interesting take on values and mores across time and how one resolves to enter the gate of heaven.

Pity the play had such a short run as it was entertaining with impactful meaning.

- Laura Thompson -

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