• Original Story by Mary Padgelek and Muscial Adaptation by Mary Padgelek and Tom Coleman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY51JaZerJo

The staging of the musical “Hands of the Spirit” is a huge task. In the meantime we NEED YOUR HELP to raise money to begin the project.

This is a true story of friendship and art. In 1978 a seventy-year-old black farm worker in rural Glascock County, Georgia, received what he believed to be a call from God. Though unable to read or write, J. B. Murray began to draw and paint flowing abstractions under what he understood to be the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. 

Over the next ten years, Murray created paintings of ghostly figures and elogated shapes that represented "the people what is living like God don't exist." By the time of his death in 1988, Murray's work had been shown in art galleries all over the world, from Atlanta, Washington DC, New York, and Los Angeles to London and Tokyo.

The show has been presented in four different productions over the past 10 years. Each production has offered us a chance to work on the music and story. Our current goal is two semi-professional productions - one in Georgia and one in Los Angeles. 

IF YOU DECIDE TO CONTRIBUTE: You will be helping to stage an original musical that we hope will have some great significance in the world of theater, art and dance.

WOULD YOU RATHER SEND MONEY IN THE MAIL AS A DONATION IN KIND? You can! Send us your donation and we'll post it on Kickstarter for you. 

Savannah Community Theatre
P.O. Box 6395
Savannah, GA 31404

Make checks payable to The Savannah Community Theatre.

COST: We are looking at expenses of $15,000 above the cost of tickets for both productions.

HELP:  We need you! Please consider being being part of this important project.

Info: 912-247-4644 (Tom Coleman, Director)