Best known for their stripped down MAKBET, a Roma-infused take on Shakespeare’s Macbeth presented in a shipping container, and their annual holiday extravaganza FOOLS MASS, Dzieci Theatre will present its 10th Anniversary production of A PASSION this Easter. Adapted, directed, and designed by Matt Mitler, performances run April 2-7. Running time is 60 minutes, no intermission. Tickets are $20, available by donation at www.dziecitheatre.org or at the door.

For Easter 2012, Dzieci Theatre was invited to work with a small group of nuns at The Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, CT to create a Passion for their Holy Week. Beginning with the earliest translations of the liturgy and relying heavily on the Aramaic Peshitta, the company integrated Hebraic song and chant, as well as ritual elements of Judaism, and set their revision in the shadow of the Warsaw Ghetto. The result is A PASSION, a dramatic choral liturgy unbound. Whether Christian or Jew or Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist or Zen, A PASSION appeals to the human spirit in everyone and our essential desire for communion.

A PASSION runs:

• Sunday, April 2 (Palm Sunday) at 10:30 AM
Christ Episcopal Church (74 Park Avenue, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028)

• Tuesday, April 4 at 7:00 PM
The Center at West Park (165 West 86th Street, NY, NY 10024)

• Thursday, April 6 at 7:00 PM
The Episcopal Actor’s Guild (1 East 29th St. NY, NY 10016)

• Friday, April 7 at 7:00 PM
Boughton Place (150 Kisor Road, Highland, NY 12528)

A PASSION stars Megan Bones, Ryan Castalia, Jesse Hathaway, Matt Mitler and Ella Peck with additional casting to be announced shortly. The production team includes Choral Director Jesse Hathaway and Assistant Directors Megan Bones and Ryan Castalia.