THE FOUR GIFTS

By Father Joe Bradley
For the stage by Father Joe Bradley, Antonia Ehlers and Dan Demers

By all rights, Father Joe Bradley should be dead. If past usage of beer, marijuana, and cocaine didn’t do the trick, then certainly heart failure should have. Instead, by the grace of God, he is alive, clean, sober, and a functioning Catholic priest with another man’s heart beating in his chest. But it came at a huge cost. Based on the memoir by Father Joe Bradley, Residence at St Paul’s Parish in San Francisco, the world premiere of this play will be a two-part event. First, in the fall (exact dates to be announced), there will be a staged reading of the current draft of the play with the opportunity for audience feedback; then, in June, Hillbarn Theatre will fully stage the production.