DWD Black History celebration
It was perhaps fitting that RDM Productions’ “Who’s Really Gonna Ride The Glory Train” was performed the night before Palm Sunday, the beginning of Passion Week that concludes with Easter Sunday. While it didn’t directly adhere to an Easter theme, it was a sometimes humorous, sometimes serious morality play that delved into the meaning of spirituality. Over 150 people came out to the Middleton- Cross Plains Performing Arts Center on March 15 were treated to the story of the members of a congregation whose notions of religion, spirituality and worship were exposed in all of their sincerity and duplicity. And in the end, when the Glory Train was headed to heaven, it wasn’t those whose religion was all about themselves who got on that spiritual train. This was the second play produced by RDM who showed a rough, but evolving gift to produce an entertaining play that left its audience with a strong spiritual message about life. We are already looking forward to next year’s production. |
| Clockwise from upper left: The Good Usher (Delilah Bell) comforts Dancing Darryl (Ken Goldsby after a dance performance; Art Qualified performs Gospel; Dancing Darryl gives a rousing — but maybe not spiritual — performance; An angel posing as an angel; Prophetess Fake Turner (Roslyn Phillips) uses religion to con people out of money; Rev. Retrospect (Rev. Donoven Brown) preaches his sermon; Prophetess Fake Turner finds out she doesn’t have a ticket for the Glory Train bound for heaven as the Ticketmaster (Laverne Kimball) checks her list; Rev. Retrospect confronts Cadillac (Kenneth Scott), a drug dealer while Pit Bull, who is later converted, listens; Blessings (Vernee Nycole) finds out she is on the Glory Train; Sister Supa Save (Mary Henderson) gets up and makes a show at church; Deacon Mo Money (Richard Henderson) cajoles the congregation to give more money; The Wedding scene |