90th HEAVEN BOUND

220 Auburn Avenue Northeast,Atlanta GA 30303

11 November, 2022

Description

An article in Time magazine dated August 10, 1931, stated the following, 'This is the import of almost every Negro spiritual; it is the import of a morality play called Heaven Bound which has made its appearance in Atlanta, performed by the choirs of Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. The first wide public to hear about Heaven Bound was the theatrical world. Theatre Guild Magazine for August called it "the first great American folk drama" and said: "It should and probably will make Georgia an American Oberammergau."Recalling the power of The Green Pastures, a Negro religion play written by a white man (Time, March 10, 1930), observers hastened to inspect a genuine all-Negro product of the same kind, produced for religious instead of commercial purposes. Last week in Atlanta was given the 31st performance of Heaven Bound. Its conflict is the effort of the Devil to catch pilgrims on their way to Heaven. Heaven Bound was performed publicly for the first time at the Atlanta City Auditorium in October 1930.' Big Bethel AME Church Senior Pastor, Rev. John Foster, Ph.D., invites you to come and celebrate the 90th production of the longest-running play in North America. Bring the entire family to this wonderful morality play and enjoy an evening of spiritual songs and devilish shenanigans.