Catholic and Protestant (A Family Feud) by
Two hospitalized middle-aged white men —- Troy Smith, an Evangelical Christian, and Stephen Flowermill, who is Roman Catholic —- get into an oft-heated discussion about the differences between Protestantism and Catholicism. Their LGBTQ+ (transgender female) nurse is a part of the three-character story. Troy and Stephen argue a lot, laugh together a little, agree on some things, and they even sing small pieces...
Two hospitalized middle-aged white men —- Troy Smith, an Evangelical Christian, and Stephen Flowermill, who is Roman Catholic —- get into an oft-heated discussion about the differences between Protestantism and Catholicism. Their LGBTQ+ (transgender female) nurse is a part of the three-character story. Troy and Stephen argue a lot, laugh together a little, agree on some things, and they even sing small pieces of a few hymns and one complete hymn with all of the cast members at the end –- all of which can be sung either A Capella or with an instrument. This is, nevertheless, not a musical. Above all, the characters recognize similarities between Catholicism and Protestantism, discuss solutions to the Catholic Church’s pedophile-priest infestation, discuss the role of women in the clergy, and debate the preparedness of the LGBT community for entry into the Kingdom of Heaven. A dialogue that begins confrontational, with Stephen and Troy trading theological missile attacks from their hospital beds, winds up unifying and uplifting.