“MAGDALENE: The Mary Magdalene Story “

Saturday, November 7th, 8pm – Musical by Katie Ketchum
Ebenezer/herchurch
678 Portola Dr. San Francisco, CA.
$20. At the door.  Complimentary Tickets for all Registered Conference Participants

After a successful run at the Sacramento Theatre Company last year, Katie Ketchum will be performing her one woman play with music-- “MAGDALENE; The Mary Magdalene Story” at the Marys, Madonnas, Goddess-with-us Conference/Festival at herchurch.

Magdalene” features Mary Magdalene in her many roles throughout herstory.  The play revolves around a modernized version of the Gospel of Mary of Magdala found in Egypt 100 years ago. “Magdalene” also includes a bevy of traditional biblical characters, and some not so traditional characters, including the Jewish follower, an Egyptian goddess initiate, the prostitute, and present day rapper, all passionately played by Ketchum.

Albert Goodwyn of The San Francisco Bay Times said, “Mary Magdalene is intense in both its onstage activity and its intellectual content and it's thoroughly enjoyable on a visceral level.”   and   Jim Carnes of the Sacramento Bee said, “Ketchum is a fetching performer. Ketchum sings well, has written some witty ditties in the gospel and rockabilly veins, and plays a mean Jerry Lee Lewis-style piano.”

Lighting and costumes are by Elisha ONeil.

Katie Ketchum  studied composition with Dr. Samuel Dolin at the Royal Conservatory of Music and piano with Columbia Recording artist Weldon Kilburn in Toronto, Canada.  She has a Masters Degree in Performing Arts and is a certified Music For Young Children teacher.  In her teens she won many piano and voice competitions sponsored by Her Majesty the Queen of England in Canada. She is a National Endowment for the Arts recipient for her one woman show on the life of Mary Cassatt the American painter and will be presenting an evening with the Romantic pianist Clara Schumann in the summer of 2010.    Ketchum founded a music school 26 years ago that is now part of the Sebastopol Center for the Arts.