Dedicated to the support of community performing arts, The Bartell Theatre Foundation hosts six resident companies that bring together traditional and experimental art, community-supported performance, and people of all ages, ethnicities, and abilities. The Bartell Foundation, established in 1998, is celebrating its 10th year of performances that inspire, educate and challenge audiences and artists alike.  

By Catherine Capellaro and Andrew Rohn

A benefit for the Bartell Theatre

Capellaro and Rohn are back in Madison again (after Walmartopia's Off-Broadway run) with a wicked trio of musicals that take aim at creationists, George W. Bush, Rapture Christians, and intolerance of all stripes. So much fun you'll forget you've lost your civil liberties.

OPENS JANUARY 9, 2009

Capellaro and Rohn return to the Bartell stage with a brand-new edgy trio of musicals that take on intolerance and greed. Walmartopia broke box office records in its five-week run in 2005-06. Tickets for "Blasphemy" are guaranteed to fly.

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THE UNHOLY TRIINITY...

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSICALS:
ACT 1: Paradise—In this parable, Adam and Eve’s peaceful lives are disrupted after they encounter a mutant fish that is an evolutionary bridge from water to land. Curious Eve is seduced by the creature’s description of the biological history of the world, which conflicts with Adam’s fundamentalist views. The fish introduces Eve to her real family, a bisexual polyamorous group of Bonobo-Neanderthals, and Eve has to squarely face two radically different worldviews.
ACT II: Rapture—This show is set in the not-too-distant future and stars King George W. Bush, Cheney, and his inner circle, who are anxiously awaiting Jesus’ arrival as the world descends into chaos and scarcity. A man emerges out of the wilderness, excoriating the leaders for destroying paradise. He must be Jesus…
ACT II: Purgatory—The world’s first disco musical. In life, Professor Owens was a brutal taskmaster, who drilled the joy out of music for countless students. When Owens dies in a plane crash, he is stuck in Purgatory, charged with organizing a choir of disco lovers. Heaven gives him one chance, an audition concert, but the devil happily awaits his failure. Will Owen succeed, or will he be doomed to an eternity of Village People?