The city of Macon is invited to witness Al Staggs reinact scenes from the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. The audience is brought into the prison cell where Bonhoeffer awaits execution and listens to his struggles with evil, injustice, and God. In the play, Bonhoeffer tells of the profound influence of fellow Union Theological student, Frank Fisher, an African-American friend who introduced Dietrich to the blight of racism in America. Prisoner Bonhoeffer expresses moral outrage against the Nazi treatment of Jews and explains how that outrage led him to become involved in the German resistance movement, a commitment that would result in his being executed by hanging on April 9, 1945. Of special importance is that this performance is on the 70th anniversary of Bonhoeffer’s execution.
Free.
2015/04/09 - 2015/04/09
Additional time info:
5:30 PM – Dinner in the Fellowship Hall
6:30 PM – Performance in the Sanctuary
Centenary Church Fellowship Hall
1185 Ash St, Macon, GA 31201