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A New York Lamentation: A Play About Slavery. Six historical figures from New York's slavery era meet to tell their stories. From supporters of slavery to abolitionists to formerly enslaved men and women, each has to reckon with the evil they witnessed and, in some cases, participated in.

Fear, unreliable inspiration, and a lack of empathy are the three main roadblocks in the way of a compelling performance. These roadblocks also happen to be three areas in which a Christian artist should have a unique advantage.Part acting book, part devotional, Acting in Faith succinctly brings together the seemingly disparate worlds of the entertainment industry and Christianity. Take your faith deeper and your career further with this in-depth, biblically based, acting text book. For more on Michael Kary as a performer, writer, director, and teacher, visit michaelkary.com

Can a Jew, a Muslim, and a Christian from vastly different worlds find common ground? Can they see past their mistrust of each other? Based on "Nathan the Wise," G. E. Lessing's 18th century play about the crusades, Nate explores political and religious divisions today and one path toward healing them.

"Passage Into Fear" relates the story of an English dowager, Mrs. Lillian Merriweather, who boards the train insisting she knows of a sinister plot with vast international repercussions. And then is promptly done in. Other characters include an American heiress on a final fling in Venice before returning home to be unhappily married, pugnacious 6-year-old Ukrainian war orphan, a Member of Parliament and his wife, a Romanian gypsies who have wandered the continent most of their life, a sinister Austrian doctor hiding an immense secret, and a ruthless German countess bent on achieving her evil ends no matter who gets in her way. Kate and Ida join forces to uncover the truth behind Mrs. Mer ...