Local Illini Playwright: Becoming Calvin

Alumna Ann Timmons will be featuring her play on Capitol Hill in September

Becoming Calvin  is a tantalizing and provocative new play of political intrigue, religious rebellion, and the unlikely leader — John Calvin — who shaped the modern world.  The events of Calvin's life, which catapulted him from the ivy towers of Renaissance France to the highest pulpit in Geneva, remain surprisingly relevant: modern audiences will recognize the human drama behind shifting allegiances and challenges to authority. Tantalizing and thought-provoking, Becoming Calvin explores the lives of characters living at the crossroads of history, caught up in the complex relationships between royalty and Rome, leaders of the Church and leaders of state.
 
The play was commissioned by The Reformed Institute of Metropolitan Washington (http://www.reformedinstitute.org/index.html) in 2009 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Calvin's birth.
 

Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church
 4th St. & Independence Ave., SW Washington, D.C.

Opening Night: Friday, September, 14 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, September, 15 at 2:00 and 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 16 at 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, September 20 at 8:00 p.m. 
Friday, September, 21 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, September, 22 at 2:00 and 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 23 at 4:30 p.m.

Tickets $20/evening; $15/matinee
Group tickets (more than 10) will be discounted 15%  ($17/evening; $12.75/matinee), if purchased in advance.

For more info or to order tickets, e-mail BecomingCalvin@gmail.com