Synopsis: Alice, a progressive Catholic social media personality, is challenged to live up to her politics and her faith by Jo, a non-binary, orthodox Catholic. Amid the divisive clatter of Catholic Twitter, both begin new journeys that force them to reconsider their core beliefs and the church they hold dear…

Absolution is the Winner of the 2021 Xavier Playwright Grant. Xavier Theatre & Film develops and produces new works in the Catholic arts tradition that seek truth, promote human dignity and glorify God.

Playwright: Emily Claire Schmitt
Director: Ria T. DiLullo
With: Sara Kerr, Samantha Streich, Zennie Trieu, Ashley Kristeen Vega, Miranda Noelle Wilson & Callie Considine reading stage directions.