While Waiting in the Wings…

June 2, 2009 • written by Lauren Kostoff  
Filed under Fine Arts, Fine Arts News

“Dear Heavenly Father, we come before you so grateful and humbled to be here performing on this stage….God, we thank you for this amazing opportunity to represent you to so many…I pray that tonight we leave it on the stage! And that in this performance, and in everything we do, all of the glory is for YOU! Amen,” said Senior Jessica Thomas as she led her fellow cast-mates in prayer. This prayer was whispered amongst a quiet circle, firmly holding hands, boldly displaying their dedication and reliance on God, in the wings of the Broward Center for The Performing Arts.

CCA was honored on May 19, by being nominated in seven categories and performing an excerpt from our fall musical Magdalene. And as the cast was about to step onto an incredibly honored and professional stage, Jessica Thomas, who played Magdalene, looked around at our anxious faces, and said, “I feel like we should be doing something!…We should pray!”

And with that our small group waiting in the wings, came together, held hands, and prayed. It didn’t matter that other people were watching and that they might not understand. In that moment, all that mattered was remembering to whom our show really belonged to God. Moments like that, when our faith is displayed in such a simple but incredibly impacting way, serve to be such an amazing witnessing tool to those around us.

At the end of the night, Johnny Jones, who was nominated for Best Male Featured Vocalist, won in that category, for his role as Jesus in Magdalene. The cast walked away from this gala thankful to be amongst the talent represented that evening, and excited to see what God has in store for future theater seasons at CCA.