ah, march 2022. an unusually large number of children are on their way to the passion play theater. crowd scenes are being rehearsed for the 1st time this afternoon and even the little ones are included. oh, many people learn, the anthem leasing at jesus is entry into jerusalem at kindergarten or school. although adults may only take part of the of lived in over am ago for at least 20 years. there are no such restrictions for children and young adults. ah,

he bought eating the sad part for the 1st time when i was in 2nd grade young at the age of 7. but then my nickname was theater ghost. i was always in the theater when i was little unsure like it fascinated me. death battles and this fascination has never stopped us to mute on these if us, and that she will not me of kit obama. gow has probably never experienced to director like christie and sticker in the passion plays 400 year history since he began directing the play in 9090. he's been working tirelessly to improve the level of performance. not even a heart attack just 4 weeks ago could stop him from rehearsing for hours every day with the cast. oh big i had i i didn't.

oh, what do you live? oh oh. oh oh the bottom. the bottom job. oh oh. it's mostly young people gathering around jesus. this was not always the case though major roles generally can be given to people without any acting experience. stickle has lowered the average age of the cast significantly length of lindsay, while in 1990 of the 1st thing i said was up to still um, a 3rd of the leading actors must be under 30 my ever because i thought of the cast

used to be too old to live up, the actor who played peter in 1980 was 80 years older. and i thought is that a young jesus who tried to change the world at the age of $33.00 and chosen if he rolled to be the rock of his church did there, but that just not truly monmouth. in reality, really apostles were young people with has to be young people, hassle to still nathan, i ha, i sticker surprised many people with his casting of judas. the fact that he chose the 22 year old genius gooder from a muslim family. puzzled some christians. in the past all the actors had to be baptized members of the church. but for many years this is no longer been a requirement. however, stickle expect all of his actors to think about the jesus story intensively. was of is to say that there's horror that no difference between the koran and the bible, that the, the messages virtually the same people with the commandments multi,

you shall honor your father and your mother. you shall not killed us. you shall not tell falsehoods. you shall not give false. testimony in the koran also says these things through it and so it's the same the message. i think the message is simple. people have to get a launch and miss love is the most important thing in the world of the with b o. c l, i'm sorry. what was that? it got that i was not laughing. oh, the people of obama go, don't just want to portray christ's pattern as a tragedy. they also want to show why jesus offended so many people that he was sentenced to death. his advocacy for people on the fringes of society. his message of liberation, as expressed above all in the sermon on the mount, are particularly important to christianity sticker. the director discusses these issues passionately with his actors feeder pauper,

especially at the beginning of every sentence is examined carefully. arg scenes are analyzed and then rewritten while longish given sentences are deleted and other sentences are additive gentlemen. that process takes many months. this is and puts us of a feeling monitor. this is andrea haste. a passion play. christiane stickle has picked her to play mary, the mother of jesus for a 2nd time. the dream role for many over i'm a girl, women meters network like, you know, i don't really, i don't want to compare it, but why does every girl want to be a princess? and hardly any of them will become one. maria mary is more attainable and alma alexander rolliger photos of the blessed virgin mary magdalen from previous productions are displayed in the windows of the passion play office. the roles have not only changed visually,

only unmarried women, no older than 35, were allowed to take part in the passion play up until 1990. as a mother of 2 children, 60 year old andrea haste wouldn't have had a chance. a court had to open the rolls to all women. yes, a t c a feel a lot has changed to the cast now has many more women. in fact, there are so many that christian sticklett had to divide them into groups. few otherwise there'd be too many. it simply doesn't work if 80 percent of the spectators at the crucifixion are women with hardly any men come in. i took it. it's in it. though many things are different, the tradition itself remains unchanged. the people of ober amigo had been producing their passion play every 10 years for almost 4 centuries. when plague struck the village in 1633 decimating the population, the residence of obama. gov vowed to perform the story of the passion. if the

carnage stopped, the village continues to honor this pledge, but this tradition has also never done over amok house economy any harm. the pageant is become world famous and triggered a wave of tourism that brought prosperity to the alpine region. even in the 10 years between productions, the passion play continues to shape over armico, photos of the actors and director are displayed in shop windows apps kinda ne monday schenectady because ah, yes i fly via kind of has twice. and son, kristian ensured that he made a good impression both times as the tenure rhythm was broken by special productions . this is peter stickers, 10th passion play. if at all possible, he says he'll be involved again in 2030 thought of

doris. i'm part of the village girl, and if you belong to the village, you have to take part in the theatre. otherwise you don't belong such gifts to call it the 2. i thought this is an it's priscilla for now to hold the $24.00. k for us, seymour from behind the stairwell is full of momentos, of past productions. peter stickle has been in the play since he was 7 to 4 young christiane can also be seen in the photos back then. no one imagined he'd become one of over amigos. most successful directors was always, but it hasn't all been easy. he has sometimes encountered massive resistance from villagers when trying to make innovations. try the tool, calling the tradition can only survive if it is maintained it. if you stick to it, but you have to keep working on it, otherwise it'll become stale. it'll die. nobody would want to see it any more with his company. christian does. every production differently pissed them off the bus.

you'll understand how this noise insists with thousands of 1000 saying it's martha should with on this blue is this scene is not as idyllic as it looks. the spring sunshine has lured to costume designers outside ironing, cutting, hemming and sewing, are also done in the theaters workshops, making $1800.00 costumes cost a lot of time and money with there's also hammering drilling and lashing on stage to the the cruise, trying to set up a tent to frame the last supper should have an hug, and i had the idea he's been designing stage sets for the passion play since 2000.

the theaters looked the same since 1933 decades earlier, the auditorium gained a roof. it has since been rebuilt again and again, they're still allowed to do before the audience can take their seats here in mid may. ah, the closer it gets to the opening, the smoother the production becomes. just 4 more weeks. jesus willingly accepts his death, although judas urges him to resist. he refuses director christiane stickle has been convinced for years that jesus, his renunciation of violence, was central to his message. another passionate discussion with actors. if you're

the only one of the blue, we can take them in as of the demon of to linkage, longish letter. like if someone slaps you on the left cheek, turn your right to him as well. that doesn't happen. if we can't let herself be hit, then i say if you hit then the other guy had sparkled and then you hit again and it doesn't get any better from any people. this is a disturbing story. good to go to some extent to one where you feel well is this the path we have to take? is even after 40 years of doing the passion play and i still find the story exciting to read them all. i've read jesus or raises a lot of questions for me personally. you say where you personally are feeling wrong of oh, oh oh.

oh babel schuster is playing the part of mary magdalen for the 2nd time. while the disciples hide in fear, mary magdalen doesn't leave jesus. his side was in the upper flare of the apostles . holland on the strength that women demonstrate that mary his mother or mary magdalen, his friend, or closest ally. it shows that women sometimes take on more money. if i do it after the crucifixion, it's the women who make their way to jesus tomb. mary magdalen becomes the 1st witness of the resurrection. oh mary magdalen proclaims the central doctrine of the christian faith for barbara schuster. it makes it that much more incomprehensible that women are still barred from becoming catholic priests. the clara?

yes, i will have balanced them. a black lin, people didn't believe mary magdalen, that the 2 was empty and that he had risen from the dead men had to be sent. it's now 2022 and we're still discussing whether a woman can become a priest. it's all the same. they got stuck in simply their out dated, isn't it for who it? i. mary magdalen expressing her joy at the resurrection is one of the climaxes of the play. the performance always challenges her to reexamine her own faith. the access to the safe that we as principal actors have really changes us. so be it through our pilgrimage to israel all through the discussions we have with christine, who is still very well read. ah, lou lou, a press conference for the 1st time since the coven postponement. sticklers

presenting that passion play to the media. he's accompanied by the mayor of over am ago and by marcus swing, dinged up on hog in iowa. who as composer and stage designer share responsibility for the production journalists asked to go about the place religious impact yoga. if we could have a similar number of people live in the church, we have a similar number of believers as in other towns. i don't think the passion players made us any more pious. lou lou, an unusual picture for over am ago, a decidedly young audience gathers in front of the theater. bad weather can spoil the mood for the 1st time in the place history. christiane sticker has organized performances, especially for young people. the group can now see the 5 hour play at a steep discount and discuss it with the director and cast history concord center. i'm studying art history and know very little about christianity. i'm not even

quite sure who's who in the story. that's why i wanted to see it. until one word is out that it can get quite cold during the performance. the passion play theater has 4 and a half 1000 seat. visitors from all over the world come to the special perform says, for quite a few. the passion play is a religious experience. this is a cup, comma on the earth for me, a favor my study. on the people campus on my global foster and it might strengthen my faith to see how jesus suffered and what he did for us on our thoughts from yeah. as, as some gutter. and molly, he's the son of god and unique. it's a unique story. we are redeemed through death. that's why i find it so impress isn't important and it does have a the

template scene begins with the tumbled. jesus isn't blonde today. he has a black curls. the main roles are double cast and the actors alternate. today it's rockers will go who drives the traitors out of the temple? for yeah, i ah different to read the bible or i mean be read at church and seen it's a life and stage. i hope that it can really bring to life the story of the question

. ah, i i on the road to go gotta jesus meters, mother. even though it's a story of suffering, the message of easter, the resurrection always resonates in an undertone. is miss dick kindly vine, alicia, i don't just want to portray a tearful virgin. mary thought she's allowed to cry sometimes be sad, but basically i'd like to portray a woman who has great confidence in her faith in her path and in god got after 3 years of intense preparation, opening night is final year. representatives of religious communities,

actors and television personalities, politicians and other celebrities gather at the theater. outside formation. since people are turning away from the church, it's important to have events that connect us with christianity doesn't have to be church with youngsters as i ha, ha ha ha. even if the last supper is arranged like a renaissance painting, stuco seize his christ in a broad religious context. when jesus says a hebrew prayer, and where's the keeper like his disciples, there was no doubt that he feels fully jewish. ah, no. the intermission comes after 2 and a half hours. shortly after appearing in the last supper. jesus can be found in

lederhosen, engrossed in conversation with the lutheran regional bishop. act afraid of my it isn't intimidated by the celebrity audience. continued. none of us mock me. i'd only make myself nervous thinking about who sitting out front of me. the worst thing for me is that my grandma and mother are watching today. my. that's what gives me the most stage. right. i'm a sophie with the actor even for a bishop. it's unusual to be photographed with jesus versus i know it, it's an incredibly moving production that you can tell how the actors are giving it everything they've got. and the story is presented so vividly immersed, the sole artist is like 5 to feel it. fine it is for like the 5 exciting is probably the wrong word for a story when you know how it ends up, but they make it exciting. his mom, that's impressive. does is from the and or is this is fatima. it's the 4th time i've seen it and it's the most moving. i've experienced it early, excuse me,

and feel the deep religiousness. and that's something that also touches me. he said, oh, the 2nd act of the passion reaches it's dramatic climax in the crucifixion. o director stuco was met with great resistance 10 years ago when he wanted to stage the crucifixion in the evening rather than the afternoon. oh well jesus of nazareth breeds his last. mary magdalen hugs. the cross almost tenderly. he added he didn't leave it in. no man, no, she wants to feel him again to touch him here. she's looking for jesus isn't the

intimacy with him? when he has given his last cry caught his cry to god, she goes straight to the cross and tries to touch him, which he called, reaching up with her arms and she almost tries to climb the cross just to reach him to feel close to him. this and to show him that she's death, i got it. not being in love that a deep connection is ah, following the gospel narrative, the criminals executed on either side of jesus are finished off by the soldiers. however, when they come to jesus, the centurion sees that he's already dead. in spite of all the artistic license, the production remains faithful to the gospel. that's because for much of the audience, the passion play isn't simply theater. the theologian thought people in the theater hall, whom it is a lot and justice theatrical performance or a play. that's why we have to be careful. bob

host schuster knows from her own family, how much the passion play can become a religious experience fit for them. it was almost like going to church to perform here was something sacred. and it would be like that for then now, like church here. ah. when the people of oberon regarding jesus down from the cross for the last time in october, and then commemorate the resurrection, the whole village will celebrate. o aah! private life which had to take a back seat for a year. we'll re emerge. but by 2028. at the latest,

the people of oprah, alma gow will be preparing again for the next passion play just so long. the wal mart. as long as the people of obama go argue about itself, as long as they feel strongly about it, i think it will survive on currently, i don't have any sense that it's reached, it's expiration date up. it's all only died when we no longer give it enough luffy, the mac. can you can to come up with blue. ah ah ah, with

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