{"id":1517,"date":"2013-05-27T22:08:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T03:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=1517"},"modified":"2013-05-27T22:13:48","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T03:13:48","slug":"blackbird-theater-to-perform-play-based-on-rogers-version-in-june-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2013\/05\/27\/blackbird-theater-to-perform-play-based-on-rogers-version-in-june-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackbird Theater to perform play based on Roger\u2019s Version in June 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2013\/05\/Screen-Shot-2013-05-27-at-9.56.34-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1518\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-05-27 at 9.56.34 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2013\/05\/Screen-Shot-2013-05-27-at-9.56.34-PM-130x150.png\" width=\"130\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/article\/20130526\/ENTERTAINMENT05\/305260027\/Blackbird-Theater-closes-season-Oleanna-announces-exciting-new-roster\">The Tennessean<\/a> reported on May 24 that with the blessing of the Updike Estate, Blackbird Theater, of Nashville, Tennessee, will perform a staged adaptation of <em>Roger\u2019s Version<\/em> in June 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The play will be presented in collaboration with the Lipscomb University Department of Theatre and performed in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lipscomb.edu\/uploads\/41279.pdf\">Shamblin Theater<\/a> (below) in Bennett Campus Center on the Lipscomb campus. That&#8217;s fitting, given the theological content of Updike&#8217;s 1986 novel, since Lipscomb is a small private university affiliated with the Churches of Christ . . . with graduate students, as well as undergrads.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Roger&#8217;s Version<\/em>, theology professor Roger Lambert is challenged by an evangelical grad student who thinks he can prove the existence of God using computer science.<\/p>\n<p>Blackbird artistic director Wes Driver (pictured) will write and direct the play.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2013\/05\/Screen-Shot-2013-05-27-at-10.05.54-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1520\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-05-27 at 10.05.54 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2013\/05\/Screen-Shot-2013-05-27-at-10.05.54-PM.png\" width=\"898\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2013\/05\/Screen-Shot-2013-05-27-at-10.05.54-PM.png 898w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2013\/05\/Screen-Shot-2013-05-27-at-10.05.54-PM-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2013\/05\/Screen-Shot-2013-05-27-at-10.05.54-PM-768x616.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2013\/05\/Screen-Shot-2013-05-27-at-10.05.54-PM-374x300.png 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 898px) 100vw, 898px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tennessean reported on May 24 that with the blessing of the Updike Estate, Blackbird Theater, of Nashville, Tennessee, will perform a staged adaptation of Roger\u2019s Version in June 2014. The play will be presented in collaboration with the Lipscomb &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2013\/05\/27\/blackbird-theater-to-perform-play-based-on-rogers-version-in-june-2014\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1517"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1522,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517\/revisions\/1522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}