Sept. 12, 2025
“The Gospel of Mark in Performance” seeks to reclaim the unique energy and urgency of this message, by telling the story because the early Christians may need advised it — in underground conferences operating from the empire’s forces.
With music composed by Elizabeth Swados, the tales of the Gospel span time and house to deliver a up to date viewers again into the spirit of this historic textual content. Drance initially carried out this in 2014 on the world well-known La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club.
The performances are sponsored by the Marquette Jesuit group, free and open to the general public.
- Drance spoke with Marquette Today about bringing “The Gospel of Mark in Performance,” what to anticipate within the present and the way his performing profession works in tandem together with his religion and repair to the church.
Drance has carried out and directed in over 25 nations on 5 continents, serving such corporations as Teatro la fragua in Honduras and Kenya’s Theatre YETU. He is the creative director of the acclaimed Magis Theatre Company, praised by the New York Times for its creative ability and daring, and serves as Artist-in-Residence at Fordham University.
Other performing credit embrace ETC, The Metropolitan Opera, The Public Theatre/New York Shakespeare Festival, American Repertory Theater and Ralph Lee’s Mettawee River Company. He has been on the college of the Marist International Center in Nairobi, Kenya, and at Red Cloud High School on the land of the Oglala Lakota Nation. Television credit embrace “The Blacklist” and “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.”
About Marquette University
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About Kevin Conway
Kevin is the affiliate director for college communication within the Office of Marketing and Communication. Contact Kevin at (414) 288-4745 or kevin.m.conway@marquette.edu.