Brad Sherrill

Biography

Brad Sherrill is an Atlanta-based professional actor and performer who gained recognition beginning in 2003 with his off-Broadway and subsequent national touring performance of "The Gospel of John." [Osgood, Charles. [http://www.acfnewsource.org/religion/gospel_of_John.html] . "CBS Radio News Transcript: The Osgood File." October 1, 2005. Retrieved on November 20, 2007.] Between 2001 and 2007, Sherrill’s one-person live performance of the fourth New Testament gospel (which Sherrill memorized and performs in its 20,000 word entirety) [Reid, Kerry, [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/1212466231.html?dids=1212466231:1212466231&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Feb+8%2C+2007&author=Kerry+Reid%2C+Special+to+the+Tribune&pub=Chicago+Tribune&edition=&startpage=3&desc=%27Gospel+of+John%27+has+a+different+take+on+its+text] . "The Chicago Tribune." February 8, 2007. Retrieved on November 20, 2007.] appeared over 450 times in cathedrals, churches and professional theaters across the United States, Canada and Europe [Murchison,Adrianne, [http://www.ajc.com/search/content/metro/gwinnett/stories/2007/11/08/sherrill1108.html] . "Atlanta Journal Constitution." November 8, 2007. Retrieved on November 20, 2007.] (including a six-week run off-Broadway at New York City’s historic Lamb’s Theatre in 2003.) [Weber, Bruce, [http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9D07E1D91E3BF935A25757C0A9659C8B63] . "The New York Times." April 16, 2003. Retrieved on November 20, 2007.] Other professional theater runs of "The Gospel of John" include Chicago (at the Royal George Theatre, 2007) [Adler, Tony, [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/1208977091.html?dids=1208977091:1208977091&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Feb+2%2C+2007&author=Tony+Adler%2C+Special+to+the+Tribune&pub=Chicago+Tribune&edition=&startpage=8&desc=To+speak+the+Gospel+of+John%2C+first+you+have+to+memorize+it] . "The Chicago Tribune." February 2, 2007. Retrieved on November 20, 2007.] , Washington D.C. (at Theater Alliance, 2002) [Via, Dan, [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/239002141.html?dids=239002141:239002141&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Nov+15%2C+2002&author=Dan+Via&pub=The+Washington+Post&edition=&startpage=T.28&desc=Scripture+as+Script] . "The Washington Post." November 15, 2002. Retrieved on November 20, 2007.] , Toronto (at Brookstone Theatre, 2005) [Now Toronto, [http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2005-03-10/stage_theatrelistings.php] . "Now Toronto: Review/Theater Listing." March 10, 2005. Retrieved on November 20, 2007.] and Atlanta (at Theatre in the Square, 2001 and Aurora Theatre, 2007.) [Murchison,Adrianne, [http://www.ajc.com/search/content/metro/gwinnett/stories/2007/11/08/sherrill1108.html] . "Atlanta Journal Constitution." November 8, 2007. Retrieved on November 20, 2007.]

At "The Gospel of John"'s Washington D.C. premiere in 2002, The Washington Post stated: “It's not just the intensity of Sherrill's performance that…brings the story home. It's also the simple stroke of genius in performing the entire gospel, unadapted, as drama. Passion, longing, envy, greed, ambition, intrigue and betrayal -- it's all here, and it is riveting.” [Whiskeyman, Delores, [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/235947521.html?dids=235947521:235947521&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Nov+12%2C+2002&author=Dolores+Whiskeyman&pub=The+Washington+Post&edition=&startpage=C.01&desc=Divine+Drama] . "The Washington Post." November 12, 2002. Retrieved on November 20, 2007.]

Sherrill was an Atlanta-based professional theater actor for 15 years before developing his one-man performance now seen by thousands worldwide. [Osgood, Charles. [http://www.acfnewsource.org/religion/gospel_of_John.html] . "CBS Radio News Transcript: The Osgood File." October 1, 2005. Retrieved on November 20, 2007.]

References

External links

* [http://www.gospelofjohn.com Official website for "The Gospel of John" and Brad Sherrill.]