Theatre Review: Most People Think They’re Special, But These Think They’re Divine
THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Alexis Soloski
NEW YORK---Peter, Paul and John look down from the stained-glass windows onto “3 Christs,” a play staged in the sanctuary of Judson Memorial Church. Peculiar Works, a company that stages site-specific productions throughout Greenwich Village, based this piece on an infamous case study in social psychology. In a state hospital in Ypsilanti, Mich., in 1959, Dr. Milton Rokeach brought together three paranoid schizophrenics, each claiming to be Jesus Christ. Finally, he has to acknowledge his own delusions, like his belief that he could treat these men so cavalierly in the name of scientific inquiry. They believed they were God. So, it seems, did their doctor. [link]
“3 Christs” continues through Sept. 28 at Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, at Thompson Street, Greenwich Village; 866-811-4111, peculiarworks.org
By Alexis Soloski
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| Poster designed by illustrator Ward Sutton |
“3 Christs” continues through Sept. 28 at Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, at Thompson Street, Greenwich Village; 866-811-4111, peculiarworks.org
