Oh Jesus! Or… An Actor, a Cynic and a Savior Walk Into a Bar

Veteran Dallas actor John S. Davies presents his one-man dark comedy, Oh Jesus! Or…an Actor, a Cynic, and a Savior Walk Into a Bar for a one-weekend special engagement at Stomping Ground.

Jesus is back (well, he says he’s Jesus…) and he has daddy issues. The crucifixion/resurrection thing didn’t work out so well the first time. The world is still in chaos, so he’s convinced his Father to let him try again, but this time he’s going to use 21st Century tech to get the word out. Oh, and he needs followers to help him. That would be you. Which would be great, except he keeps getting interrupted by a cynic with a stick up his ass. Davies presents a strange and uproarious meta-journey into the landscape of faith and deception…

Created and performed by John S. Davies
Directed by Matt Lyle

Rated M for Mature/18+. Seating begins 15 minutes prior to the start of the show. Stomping Ground is BYOB.

John S. Davies (PERFORMER)
John S. Davies 30-year career as an actor encompasses films (RoboCop; Magnolia, etc); television (Prison Break; Friday Night Lights, etc) and more than 70 appearances on local stages. He has written and performed two solo shows, most recently winning the audience award at Watertower Theatre’s Out of the Loop Festival. He also works sporadically as a director and as a writer, producing scholarly entertainments for Shakespeare Dallas. He teaches acting at KD Conservatory.

Matt Lyle (DIRECTOR)
Originally from East Texas, Matt Lyle is a writer, actor, and director living in Dallas, Texas and is the Artistic Director and co-founder of Bootstraps Comedy Theater. Matt’s plays have been produced in Dallas, Chicago, New York, Orlando and the University of Michigan. His plays, The Boxer, Hello Human Female and Barbecue Apocalypse all garnered DFW Theater Critics Forum Awards for “Best New Play” and were listed in year-end top ten lists in the Dallas Morning News, Dallas Observer, Dallas Voice, and TheatreJones.com. Barbecue Apocalypse was nominated for an American Theatre Critics Association Steinberg New Play Award and is published by Broadway Publishing Company. From 2011 to 2014 he was the head writer and host of The City Life Supplement, a live variety show/podcast in Chicago that was named a “Top Five Comedy Show in Chicago” by NewCity Magazine. He is currently a commissioned playwright at the Dallas Theater Center and is a member of the Dramatist Guild and the Playwright’s Center.