Living Last Supper 2006

April 12 & 13, 2006

What a fantastic way to start off the Easter Celebration!  For the third year, The Lakeway Church presented Ernest K. Emurian's Living Last Supper Wednesday and Thursday, April 12 and 13.  Our presentation of this drama is now a beloved tradition in the Lake Travis area.   . 

The play takes place in the Upper Room; the set is based on Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting of The Last Supper.  Emurian said of his script:  “I studied da Vinci and his inspiring picture and then proceeded to write the soliloquies for the Twelve Apostles as they might have expressed themselves immediately after hearing the Master say, ‘One of you will betray me,’ whereupon each man had cried out, ‘Lord, is it I?’  This was the moment Leonardo said he wished to capture in his picture.” 

The drama had its premier presentation Portsmouth, Virginia, on Palm Sunday night, 1954.  In July 1969, The Last Supper was presented for 6,000 people in the Music Hall of Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, as the closing worship service of the National Quadrennial Conference of Methodist Men.  Since its publication, the play has been presented by many different groups in all sections of the nation, and has been a source of inspiration to the many thousands who have seen it in person as well as over numerous television stations during Holy Week.

Once again, Lakeway’s own playwright, Sue Wright, directed the thirteen men portraying Jesus and His twelve disciples as they take the audience back in time to the night before Jesus’ crucifixion when He shared the “last supper” with them. 

The cast of the 2006 production was as follows:

                        Andrew   Frank Crone

                        Bartholomew    Roderick Sanford

                        James the Major   Bill Whisenant

                        James the Minor    Max Henry

                        Jesus    Rick Busby

                        John   Kevin Kendrick

                        Judas    Billl Rhue

                        Matthew    Jim Grose

                        Peter    Bill Dickson

                        Philip    Neal Hardin

                        Simon    Jerry Hietpas

                        Thaddeus    Dabney Cauley

                        Thomas    Mark Wiggins

  The music this year was provided by Steve McCarthy, with his Taize ensemble of winds and strings.

Many churches throughout the country have been searching for this script.  It was very difficult for us to find that first year!  It is our understanding that the author, Ernest K. Emurian specifically did NOT copyright the script so that it could be performed often and easily shared.  What a ministry he created!   If you would like a copy of the script, please contact Nancy Keetch at nancy@lakewaychurch.net.   I have sent the script all over the US and even to Europe this year!  It is truly a powerful addition to the Easter Season!

2006

 

Scenes from last his year's production.  Click on each photo to enlarge.