Local Acts Wow In Stage Play: “When Eden Blooms Again

“When Eden Blooms Again” is not merely a play subsisting on a family torn apart that is brought together again. When the husband loses his job and finally hears his wife tell him their daughter is in need of a father who not only provides financially, but ought to be there spiritually as well, he experiences a change of heart. In turn, the wife also changes her attitude towards her daughter and apologizes for her actions.

The challenges faced by each character in the play pinpoints the need for a deeper and more fulfilling spiritual experience in the world we live in. Lynch’s directorial approach to her written play lies in the value of meditating and praying to God, similar to what she experienced before she wrote the play.

In the end, the family decides to return to church and turn their lives fully over to God. The audience’s interaction with the cast provided an interesting and deeply fulfilling experience. When the family “goes” to church, the cast members join the audience and sits back as the preacher leads the congregation in an inspirational praise and worship service. At the end of the worship service, panels are drawn apart to reveal a dozen angels that mime to the worshipful hymnal, ‘We Shall Behold Him.’ The thematic song symbolizes that despite the trials we face here on earth, we shall overcome. Lynch describes the blooming of Eden once again by stating: “All these issues, parents and children fighting, husband and wife not relating well to each other, sibling rivalry, heartaches, barriers and our sinful nature will be laid in the open…but in the end if we run this race with patience (the way God wants us to do it) we will all be there to see with our eyes His soon coming and the Restoration of Eden.”

The play came to an end, but the worship did not. The Elder of Berean Adventist Church stepped forward and asked the audience to join hands to worship once again in song. “When Eden Blooms Again” is a play that will be shown again.