On both sides of the Atlantic, plans are coming together for the English-language premiere of “In God’s Own Country,” Oct. 12-15 and 18-21 at the Meroney Theater, 213 St. Main St.
The play is a collaboration between St. John’s Lutheran Church and Piedmont Players Theater, and a key part of Rowan County’s 500th celebration of the Reformation. Actors from Landesbuhnen Sachsen in Germany, a theater company managed by Salisbury native Jane Brown Taubert, will appear in the play, making it a truly a trans-Atlantic effort.
The play chronicles the beginning of Lutheranism in America — led by Henry Muhlenberg — but it’s much more than that, says Reid Leonard, PPT’s resident director. “It’s a story about the beginning of America, the establishment of religion and culture in a new country, in God’s own country. It’s not Catholics versus Protestants. It’s not anti-anything. This story even predates the American Revolution.”
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