The Amen Trilogy

by Cassandra Rose

Secularly-raised Julie doesn't know how many good days she has left. That's why she's brought her three best friends to this abandoned church in Chicago. They all left their faiths for various reasons, so who better for Julie to ask about god? These four friends spend the day putting their own queer, feminist, and atheistic spins on Judeo-Christian mythology's most famous (and infamous) characters. The Amen...

Secularly-raised Julie doesn't know how many good days she has left. That's why she's brought her three best friends to this abandoned church in Chicago. They all left their faiths for various reasons, so who better for Julie to ask about god? These four friends spend the day putting their own queer, feminist, and atheistic spins on Judeo-Christian mythology's most famous (and infamous) characters. The Amen Trilogy is a seven-hour epic with a picnic. Originally commissioned by Chicago Dramatists as part of their Tutterow Fellowship. A Semi-Finalist in Unicorn Theatre's 2020 In-Progress New Play Reading Series

read more
  • Inquire About Rights
  • Recommend
  • Download
  • Save to Library

The Amen Trilogy

Recommended by

  • Cheryl Bear: The Amen Trilogy by Cassandra Rose
    “

    A thought provoking, explorative look at faith, pain, forgiveness, hope and love that stays with you. Well done.

    A thought provoking, explorative look at faith, pain, forgiveness, hope and love that stays with you. Well done.

    ”
  • Lane McLeod Jackson: The Amen Trilogy by Cassandra Rose
    “

    Cassandra Rose's The Amen Trilogy strikes at the very heart of the theatrical experience. It weaves the personal and the divine effortlessly. Heartbreak, anger, forgiveness, lust, love, and pain in this play echo across time and space in this beautiful epic. Sorry for the repeated recommendation but my old email disappeared and I didn't want my recs to disappear.

    Cassandra Rose's The Amen Trilogy strikes at the very heart of the theatrical experience. It weaves the personal and the divine effortlessly. Heartbreak, anger, forgiveness, lust, love, and pain in this play echo across time and space in this beautiful epic. Sorry for the repeated recommendation but my old email disappeared and I didn't want my recs to disappear.

    ”
  • Gaby Labotka: The Amen Trilogy by Cassandra Rose
    “

    Cassandra Rose's imagination is as vast as her heart is generous. This queer exploration of hope, truth, love, fate and will, god and the devil, and life and death will leave you overwhelmed by catharsis. Don't let the page count daunt you: this epic flies by and leaves the audience enriched, challenged, and awe-struck.

    Cassandra Rose's imagination is as vast as her heart is generous. This queer exploration of hope, truth, love, fate and will, god and the devil, and life and death will leave you overwhelmed by catharsis. Don't let the page count daunt you: this epic flies by and leaves the audience enriched, challenged, and awe-struck.

    ”
View all 6 recommendations
No more than half of this cast should be white

Development History

  • Reading, Chicago Dramatists, 2019
  • Workshop, Chicago Dramatists, 2018
  • Commission, Chicago Dramatists, 2017

Awards

  • The In-Progress New Play Reading Series
    Unicorn Theatre
    Semi-Finalist
    2020