I Am DELIVERED'T (formerly, A Queer Black Rom-Com For Eastertide) by Jonathan Norton

Good Friday. The New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church's Seven Last Words service is in full swing. But outside on the church parking lot another resurrection story is taking shape. Sis, the Vice President of Usher Board Number One and her protégé Pickles, find themselves in a battle royale of romantic quagmires. This joyful new comedy introduces theater audiences to the world of Church Usher Board...
Good Friday. The New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church's Seven Last Words service is in full swing. But outside on the church parking lot another resurrection story is taking shape. Sis, the Vice President of Usher Board Number One and her protégé Pickles, find themselves in a battle royale of romantic quagmires. This joyful new comedy introduces theater audiences to the world of Church Usher Board culture and celebrates same gender loving church folks, and the power and joy of being your authentic self. These are the announcements. Let us govern ourselves accordingly.
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I Am DELIVERED'T (formerly, A Queer Black Rom-Com For Eastertide)

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  • Adrienne Dawes:
    25 Jun. 2023
    “ I got to see a reading in NW Arkansas ahead of the play’s premiere and I am so so grateful for an introduction to this playwright and to this play in particular. It’s a funny, and touching intergenerational story of found family created both within the church and just outside in the church parking lot. We have JOKES but we also have such a beautiful portrait of love ♥️ We’re going to see this play produced all over the country (and beyond). I know it. I’m a witch. ”
  • National New Play Network:
    19 Jul. 2022
    “ Selections of A Queer Black Rom-Com For Eastertide by Jonathan Norton were featured in NNPN's 2022 National Showcase of New Plays, and we are pleased to recommend it. ”
  • Stephanie Alison Walker:
    14 Jun. 2022
    “ I want to see this play so very much! I had the privilege of hearing Jonathan Norton read excerpts of his own work at the NNPN Showcase 2022 and I was not alone in wanting more more more! I love these characters, this premise and this world that I know so little about- Usher Boards. Norton's talent for character and dialogue delivers a feast and I will for sure be overeating without shame. Nourishing storytelling at its best! ”

2 black women - 50's to early 60's
2 black men - early to mid 20's

Development History

  • Commission
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    Dallas Theater Center
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    2022