Jesus Christ Superstar

music by Andrew Lloyd Webber // lyrics by Tim Rice

Inspired by the York Mystery Plays, Maggie Rogers, and the natural beauty of Maine, this production moved throughout Ghostlight Theater Camp — from a campfire singalong to the makeshift Golgotha at the top of the hill. The audience followed the guitar-playing company as the story progressed and the sun set — we equipped the entire crowd with flashlights, passing through every space on camp (the Last Supper in the dining tent; watching the Pharisees through the windows of the rehearsal studios; Jesus’ arrest by the garbage cans). With stripped-down, acoustic arrangements and kinetic, action-based choreography blurring the line between performer and audience, the production was a ritual as much as a musical, keeping the spirit of the pre-show rendition of “Imagine” by the fire alive through the whole journey.