Theater is always looking for good stories to tell, and will go to great lengths to create fictitious storylines to entertain the masses. I’ve always wanted to do more than that – rather than an escape, I want to use theater to bring us to a more hopeful reality. And as a theater major with a Mennonite heritage, I felt particularly drawn to the real stories found in the book Martyr’s Mirror/The Bloody Theater. This 1660s-era book compiles the stories of Christian martyrs throughout the centuries, and I felt it would be worthwhile to write a short play using some of the true stories from the 1500s Netherlands as a starting point, and around them a fictitious storyline involving mystery, heroism, romance, and, of course, faith. And so, without further ado, I would like to share it with you. Don’t worry if you’re not “religious” – I didn’t write this play for “religious” people (what does “religion” mean, anyways?), I wrote it for everybody – cuz we all need to ask ourselves the deep questions at some point. Hope ya enjoy it  and are encouraged!

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