The Affording Hope Project and Lafayette Ave Presbyterian Church will present Leaps
and Bounds, a theatrical production, at Lafayette Church on Friday, September 7, at
7pm.
Leaps and Bounds, a one woman show produced and performed by Tevyn East is
touring faith communities and institutions of higher learning across the United States in
2011.
Written in collaboration with Ched Myers, renowned biblical scholar and teacher,
this show is about the interconnection of faith, ecology, and the global economy.
Weaving biblical and personal narrative, dance, song, music, and a touch of economic
theory, Leaps and Bounds wrestles with the driving factors of our ecological crisis while
awakening the imagination to a new way of living with and relating to Earth.
Leaps and Bounds has been shared with more that 100 audiences in 50 cities
across the country. Von Clemans, associate pastor for adult education at Myers Park
Presbyterian in Charlotte, NC says that the show “opens the past to critical reflection, the
present to prophetic challenge, and the future to new possibilities.”
Daughter of two Presbyterian (USA) ministers, East has spent most of her adult
life developing original works of dance theater as well as teaching dance, organizing
workshops and other cultural events in Charlottesville, VA. While she appears on the
stage alone, Leaps and Bounds is the result of a collaboration among many talented
individuals. A full list of collaborators, themes and project resources can be found at
www.affordinghopeproject.org.
With foot stomping songs, playful humor, daring dance sequences and vulnerable
honesty, this show will draw the audience along a compelling journey, and ultimately
articulate a hope that we can all share. Rev Dennis J. Parker, the Campus Minister at
Portland State University, suggests “see this magical performance and find yourself
laughing, humming and crying; and wanting to understand more about how our faith
can inform our vision of the Judeo- Christian story that will move us to action.”