For several years a suburban Metro area church has staged a Halloween "Hell House," a sort of morality play presented as a haunted house. Hell House has attracted a lot of attention, so creator Rev. Keenan Roberts has turned into a budding entrepreneur, selling the script for $200. He's had about 550 (!!) takers so far, which makes for a pretty good little cottage industry.
He was surprised to find out who one of the purchasers was, though:
Hell House, the controversial morality play first staged at a suburban church for Halloween, is set to be spoofed in a new stage production in Los Angeles starting Aug. 28.
With Bill Maher playing Satan and Andy Richter as Jesus, the play will use the original play's script and special effects "to lampoon (Christian) fundamentalist beliefs about hell", producer Maggie Rowe said Monday.
That's casting? Maher, sure, but Richter? I'd be mad if I were Roberts.
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Posted by Walter at August 17, 2004 02:56 PM