Acting Theory

I freely confess that I think acting is an essential aspect of being human. This idea formed in me first because I have found great pleasure in doing theatre since I was a young boy. Given, however, the profound place that Christian faith has in my life, theology further provoked this idea that acting defines humanity.

There is much that has been written about theology and about theatre. I have read and will continue to read these writings of others, although I will not let myself be limited by those writings. It is rare that they discuss my idea as I conceive it. As I wrote in another post (Monday, June 30, 2008), there have been four books in particular that do come close and I have since discovered others that do as well.

What I want to write is about theology/theatre - theatre in service of theology and theology implicit in theatre. Let all the world be a stage and all of us be players, always acting before an audience of One. That One will review our play on the Last Day, which means that every moment until then is laden with great theological/theatrical import.