The trial of mother teresa

By Danielle Blackbird

A cage-match for moralists, a Lincoln-Douglas debate for the faithful, a three-ring circus for doubters-all are contained within The Trial of Mother Teresa, directed by nimbus co-Artistic Director Liz Neerland. Outside of space and time, Mother Teresa and Joan of Arc meet for the first time. United by chance in a purgatorial limbo, the two women bond over their lives as religious icons. As they share their thoughts on celebrity and sainthood, the pair is judged by a panel of famous male writers bent on either inquisition or canonization, whichever comes first. This incisive commentary uses gender, faith, and doubt to challenge our deepest beliefs about the nature of privacy in the age of publicity.

May 29 - June 21, 2009

The Ensemble