Much as we might want life to run smoothly, predictably, everything neatly in place where we want it, that’s just not how it comes at us. None of us needs to have explained to us disappointment, sadness, loss, or brokenness. Sooner or later, we’ve all been there. So, our Plan B is often to try to make it work by sheer effort, by figuring out which buttons to push to get the prize we want, by finding just the right method of “fixing this,” sometimes by simply lasting long enough for the penny to eventually drop and “all shall be well.” 

The good citizens of tiny Sweetwater, Kansas have certainly been waiting and suffering and waiting and foreclosing and waiting… for rain to break the strangling drought. And, behind closed doors and hushed cell phone conversations, each one hides a grief, a shame, a fear every bit as crushing as the dry weather. Desperation, whether quiet or loud, public or private, leads to desperately pinned hopes.

Enter Jonas Nightingale and his traveling bus crusade promising – well, pretty much whatever it is you want! No matter that, to Jonas, his sister Sam and the whole troupe, these downtrodden Kansans are little more than easy marks for their grift. As Jonas reminds his sister, “This town’s a convenience store: breeze in, stock up and go!” And if no miracle arrives, it’s their lack of faith—the perfect con.

Leap of Faith goes after some profound and tough questions:

Does faith “work” if the object of your belief is a liar?

How do you make sense of when prayers were answered and when they weren’t? Or is all of that just an illusion?

Could one person’s small step of trust be as big as another person’s giant leap into the unknown?

Why are miracles so very sporadic?

Do you earn God’s miraculous gifts by praying in the right way? With enough people? With adequate intensity?

If not, then why do we keep praying?

Cercone and Leight, Menken and Slater have served up a compelling story with memorable tunes, vivid characters, and surprising plot twists in this show. By show’s end, the doorway of possibility is wide open. 

What will be your next step?

Jerry King, Director

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