The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

Set in a time-bending, seriocomically imagined world between Heaven and Hell, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is a philosophical meditation on the conflict between divine mercy and human free will that takes a close look at the eternal damnation of the Bible’s most notorious sinner. Throughout the play figures ranging from Mother Teresa to Sigmund Freud are called to testify in a trial of “God and the Kingdom of Heaven and Earth versus Judas Iscariot.”

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot features Lela Elam (Carbonell winner for Best Actress ’08, GableStage’s In the Continuum), Kameshia Duncan (Miami New Times Best Actress ’06; Carbonell winner Fred Diekmann Emerging Artist Award; Carbonell nominated for Best Ensemble ’07, Summer Shorts), Bechir Sylvain (Carbonell nominated for Best Ensemble ’07, Summer Shorts), Sheaun McKinney (Miami New Times Best Supporting Actor, Ground Up & Rising’s Jesus Hopped the A Train; Carbonell nominated for GableStage’s A Lesson Before Dying), George Schiavone (Carbonell nominated for Mad Cat’s Terminal Baggage), and is directed by Arturo Fernandez, Ground Up & Rising’s Producing Artistic Director.