“There is no pit so deep that God's love is not deeper still.” Corrie ten Boom, a middle-aged, Dutch watchmaker, said this, and she knew what she was talking about. The Hiding Place play by Bradley Winkler adapted from the book by John & Elizabeth Sherrill, is the ten Booms’ story, starting when they began hiding Jews fleeing from the Nazis, continuing through the family’s incarceration in a concentration camp, and concluding with Corrie's post war activities. Told against the backdrop of World War II, an example of the atrocities of which man is capable, Corrie's story shines as a beacon of hope. Her story is not a denial of pain and suffering nor is it a series of religious platitudes. The Hiding Place records the choices of an average family who, out of their love for God, determined they must act. This ordinary family accomplished extraordinary things, taking seriously the idea that evil flourishes when good men do nothing. Join Corban Theatre as we stage this moving story of love, courage, forgiveness, and hope.

Corban Theatre strives to worship God by presenting stories that justly depict God, truth, the human condition, healthy and unhealthy relationships, and good and evil. The Bible does not shy away from showing reality as it is rather than how we might want it to be, and neither do we shy away from telling stories that depict struggle, sin, and controversy, but we do so with an eye toward the redemptive power of Christ to transform our lives and to heal the world.

We recognize that imagination and creativity are two characteristics we see in God from the Creation account forward. As image bearers, we all have an instinctive desire and compulsion to create, to appreciate beauty, to tell stories. We endeavor to be faithful stewards of our God-given creativity as we serve the playwrights, the play text, the directors, our fellow actors and our audience. We honor the imagination as a vehicle for communicating truth. We honor the medium of art. In beautifully unusual ways, it illuminates, enhances and broadens our understanding of God’s character and values.

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