Inspired

<p class=ql-align-center><strong>DESCRIPTION</strong></p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center><em>Inspired! A Drama With Music</em></p><p class=ql-align-center>is a theatrical event that tells the true stories behind the famous hymns we have all come to know and love. Included are Amazing Grace It is Well With My Soul and A Mighty Fortress is Our God.</p><p class=ql-align-center>________________________</p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center><em>Inspired! A Drama With Music</em></p><p class=ql-align-center>takes place in various locations at various times throughout history.</p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-center>It is a full-length play with an intermission.</p><p class=ql-align-center>The original production used four males</p><p class=ql-align-center>and three females.</p><p class=ql-align-center>- 4 m 3 f -</p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>INSPIRED! A DRAMA WITH MUSIC received its world premiere in the Hub at West Park in Knoxville Tennessee on November 9 2023. It was directed by Lisa Soland Max Horsewood was the musical director Ben Davy was the technical director with Stefan Holt as his assistant and Charlene Bledsoe was the costume director. The show was subsequently produced at the Palace Theatre in Crossville Tennessee on November 28 2023. The cast for both productions was as follows:</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>GUITARIST/SINGER .............................. Max Horsewood</p><p class=ql-align-justify>MARTIN LUTHER/SCHOOLTEACHER/HORATIO</p><p class=ql-align-justify>SPAFFORD ............................................. Joe Casterline</p><p class=ql-align-justify>JOHN NEWTON ......................................... Greg Helton</p><p class=ql-align-justify>MAIN NARRATOR & DEMON 2 ....................... Kris Phillips</p><p class=ql-align-justify>WARNER SISTERS NARRATOR ANNA SPAFFORD</p><p class=ql-align-justify>& DEMON 1 ............................................ Christiane Frith</p><p class=ql-align-justify>LONGFELLOW NARRATOR .......................... Lisa Soland</p><p class=ql-align-justify>LOUISA M. R. STEAD .............................. Jeannine Brown</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>INSPIRED! was then produced for Knoxville Area Rescue Mission on April 13 2024 with Pianist Taber Gable as Musician/Singer. Deborah York then produced the play at the Jamestown Community Center in Jamestown Tennessee on May 11 2024. Both of these performances were to help provide meals shelter clothing and care for those in need.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>A staged reading of the play was presented in Knoxville Tennessee on July 25 2023 directed by Lisa Soland. <em>Guitarist/Singer</em> was played by Max Horsewood <em>Martin Luther/Schoolteacher/Horatio Spafford</em> by Coke Morgan <em>John Newton </em>by Greg Helton <em>Main Narrator</em> by Kris Phillips <em>Louisa M. R. Stead</em> by Caitlin Rose and <em>Anna Spafford/Longfellow Narrator</em> by Lisa Soland.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>