Welcome!
Hi! I'm Matthew
Moran
(the faux red head above), Founder & Artisitic Director of
OAS,
and I'd like to welcome you and thank you for visiting Only a Stranger!
Only a
Stranger Productions - Professional Christian Theatre
was founded
as an outreach to the
community and a haven to the saints offering professional Christian
entertainment to encourage, enlighten and inspire. Our vision
is
to jump off the more beaten path of Christian drama, and boldly go
where no Christian Theatre company has gone before...and live to tell
about it. We hope you will join us on the journey!
Strange
Name
When an
actor portrays a character in a play, suddenly he becomes another
person. He becomes a stranger. Yet, as
"strange" as this
character may be, somehow we as an audience are intrigued to know more.
A stranger unlocks another door; a door that could lead us anywhere.
When
David was afraid
that others might learn of his identity he protected himself by
becoming a stranger. "He acted
like a madman" and so effectively that the king thought him to be
insane and expelled him from his presence (1 Samuel 21:10-15). Jesus,
the Master of all, was also the Master Thespian of men. Who else could
appear to his own mourners and be considered "only a
stranger"? (Lk.24:18 KJV) Yet, in that same passage of
Luke 24:13-35, we learn that "Jesus acted"
(v.28) like a stranger so that he could
draw out the hearts of his followers to test and build their faith.
In the same Spirit, we
at Only a Stranger Productions hope to
emulate the great Master and the "man after his own heart" and create
productions that transport people through space and time to a place
where their hearts can be opened and revealed before the Lord. Though
we may only be "aliens and strangers on earth" (Heb 11:13), we are all
God's children, known and loved by him. So, go ahead... BE a
stranger in this world, but be a friend to God. Please,
come and be our guest as we journey closer to Him!
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