Captain of the Bible Quiz Team
by Tom Jacobson

Just out of seminary, an idealistic Lutheran minister returns to a country church in Minnesota for Christmas and experiences an epiphany.

Seven sermons in a single service: a tragicomedy with Jell-O.“Good humor, earnestness and lots of heart.

Pastor Sorenson ended up in tears and, judging by the sniffles, so did much of the audience.”

—Los Angeles Times“I would urge all thoughtful theater-goers to visit one of the rotating churches around LA where CAPTAIN OF THE BIBLE QUIZ TEAM is being staged and see Mark Jacobson’s sensitive treatment of a potent spiritual conundrum.”

—CurtainUp“… it can hardly be denied that stage shows and formal Christian worship both revolve around the theatrically purposed performance of a text in front of an audience.

Part of what’s so exciting about CAPTAIN OF THE BIBLE QUIZ TEAM, the soberly engaging new play by Tom Jacobson … is what happens when a playwright of Jacobson’s caliber acknowledges that relationship.

The immersive drama uses both the logic and the liturgy of a Lutheran church service to create a hyper-naturalistic, audience-interactive, single-performer story dramatizing recent headlines.”

—LA Weekly