Dramatic Reading, Original Music

Monday, May 5, 2025 7:00pm
Church Sanctuary (donations appreciated!)

(Please note that our elevator is out of service and the performance is on the second floor.)

Rev. Dennis McCarty’s one-person musical about Unitarian Universalist icon Michael Servetus has received rave reviews for its tuneful journey to the radical, shadow side of the Protestant Reformation.

Servetus was a Spanish theologian and physician from the 1500s whose radical beliefs bothered John Calvin, his contemporary and the founder of Christian theology known as Calvinism. Servetus (1511-1553) wrote the brilliant treatise “On the Errors of the Trinity” at the age of 21.  He worshipped a loving God, believed in human beings’ inherent worth and dignity and followed Jesus.  But his writings were offensive to church fathers of the time.  McCarty’s play highlights some of the few pieces of history about Servetus that survive. Servetus was ultimately burned at the sake for heresy.

The 90-minute performance includes 12 original songs ranging from blues to jazz to rock ‘n’ roll—even some unplugged heavy metal.  McCarty draws inspiration from sources such as Judas Priest, B.B. King, and KPop or walking the ancient streets of Hill St. Genevieve near the University of Paris.

McCarty is Minister Emeritus of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbus, Indiana.