BY IAN SHAW AND JOSEPH NIXON
DIRECTED BY PESHA RUDNICK
MANAGING DIRECTOR
ADELE ADKINS
Welcome to Laguna Playhouse,
When audiences think of “Jaws”, they think of the score, the suspense, and the cinematic legacy that forever changed summer movies. The Shark Is Broken invites us somewhere far more intimate: behind the camera, between takes, and into the very human waiting that shaped one of the most iconic films of all time.
Set aboard a boat adrift off Martha’s Vineyard, this play unfolds in the long pauses—when the shark doesn’t work, the weather won’t cooperate, and three actors are left alone with their fears, ambitions, humor, and vulnerability. What emerges is a surprisingly moving exploration of creative pressure, ego, uncertainty, and the fragile camaraderie that forms when success is far from guaranteed.
For us at Laguna Playhouse, this story resonates deeply. Live theatre, like filmmaking, is a collaborative leap of faith. It is built on trust, patience, and the courage to create amid uncertainty. The Shark Is Broken reminds us that legendary outcomes are often forged not in moments of triumph, but in moments of doubt, persistence, and connection. We are thrilled to share this sharp, funny, and heartfelt production with our audience. It celebrates the messy reality of making art—and the resilience required to see it through. Thank you for joining us, and for continuing to support the behind-the-scenes work that brings stories like this to life on our stage.
Adele Adkins MANAGING DIRECTOR
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CHAIR: Lisa Hale
TREASURER: Harley Bassman
SECRETARY: Jeff Winston
GOVERNANCE & NOMINATIONS: Jared K. Mathis
Heather Anne Chalmers
Torin J. Cunningham, MD
James Hale
Dr. Gary Jenkins
Barbara MacGillivray
Heidi Miller
Kitty Malcolm
Emeritus Trustees
Glenn E. Gray, Joe Hanauer, Otis Healy, Ilona Martin, Melinda Masson
Managing Director Adele Adkins
Adele Adkins Managing Director presents
Ensemble Theatre Company’s Production of
THE SHARK IS BROKEN
BY IAN SHAW AND JOSEPH NIXON
DIRECTED BY PESHA
RUDNICK
STARRING
WILL BLOCK, GILDART JACKSON, ADAM POOLE, MATTHEW WEISS
Scenic Designer Fred Kinney
Lighting Designer
Michael Klaers
Props Designer
Costume Designer Adriana Lámbarri
Composer/Sound Designer
Jazer Sibley-Schwartz
Fight Coordinator
Stage Manager
Projection Designer
Elijah Frankle
Alex Johnston Casting
Sean O’Shea
Mary Michele Miner
Michael Donovan Casting
Michael Donovan, CSA
Richie Ferris, CSA
All actors and stage managers are members of Actors’ Equity Association
OPENING NIGHT March 8, 2026 | MOULTON THEATRE, LAGUNA BEACH
Original West End Production Produced by: Sonia Friedman Productions, Scott Landis, GFour Productions, Larry Magid, Tulchin Bartner Productions, in association with Jane Bergere.
Original Broadway Production Produced by: Sonia Friedman Productions, Scott Landis, GFour Productions, Tulchin Bartner Productions, Eilene Davidson Productions, LD Entertainment, No Guarantees, Jane Bergere, Richard Batchelder. Larry Magid, Theatre Tours International Ltd, Shooting the Breeze, Cue to Cue Productions/James Deroy, Marc Goldman/Richard & Claudia Beeny, Jill Lenhart/Yara Shoemaker Couture, Moellenberg/Hornos, Pinnacle Productions/Bill Hanney, Jesse Singer/Matthew Levy.
2025–2026 INSTITUTIONAL SPONSORS
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THE CAST
Will Block .....................................................
Richard Dreyfuss
Gildart Jackson Robert Shaw
Adam Poole ......................................................
Roy Scheider
Matthew Weiss ..................................................... Understudy
RUN TIME is 95 minutes with no intermission.
All actors and stage managers are represented by Actors’ Equity Association.
Please be considerate to the performers and your fellow audience members by turning off any device that could emit light and/or sound. ANY AUDIO OR VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS PRODUCTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
WILL BLOCK GILDART JACKSON ADAM POOLE
MATTHEW WEISS
THE COMPANY
WILL BLOCK (Richard Dreyfuss) previous credits include Hamlet in Hamlet, Caden in The Thanksgiving Play, and Brian in The Wickhams at ETC. Will’s other regional credits include Algernon Moncrieff in The Importance of Being Earnest, Tom Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie (Santa Cruz Shakespeare), Curley in Of Mice and Men, Fred/ Young Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (Sierra Repertory Theatre), Feste in Twelfth Night, Posthumus in Cymbeline, the Wooer in The Two Noble Kinsmen (Kingsmen Shakespeare), Macqueen in the West Coast Premiere of Murder on the Orient Express (La Mirada, directed by Sheldon Epps), Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (LA Phil, directed by the RSC’s Nancy Meckler), five productions of A Christmas Carol (playing everything from Turkey Boy to Young Scrooge), Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island, and Hally in Master Harold…and the boys (Sacramento Theatre Company). Will’s TV credits include “Monsters: The Lyle and Eric Menendez Story,” “The Game,” and “This is Us.” He currently serves as the Artistic Director of the Porters of Hellsgate Theatre Company in Los Angeles, CA, for whom he has directed critically acclaimed productions of All’s Well that Ends Well, All is True or Henry VIII, and The Two Noble Kinsmen. As an actor for the company: Prince Hal in Henry IV, Parts I and II, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Cymbeline, The Tempest, Pericles. He is also a poet and dramatist, with a free verse translation of Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac currently in development. NEXT UP: Mozart in Amadeus with Santa Cruz Shakespeare and the Santa Cruz Symphony. Will is a proud graduate of UCLA’s School of Theatre, Film, and Television. Much love to Margaret and to Junebug the Hairless Wondercat. www.willblockactordirector.com.
GILDART JACKSON (Robert Shaw) was Gideon on the cult series “Charmed,” Ian Carlyle on “The Bold Type,” Jackson Palmer on “Providence,” Simon Prentiss on “General Hospital” and Giles the Butler/Host of ABC’s “Whodunnit?” Numerous other film and television credits include “You,” “The Big Brass Ring,” “Supernatural,” “Stargate: Atlantis,” “Atlas Shrugged,” “Burn Notice,” “The Young and the Restless,” “Feud,” “CSI”, “NCIS”. He has been on stage in recent productions of The Seagull, My Fair Lady, Private Eyes, Tempest Redux. As a voice actor he plays Flyseyes on “Castlevania”, Major Montana Max on “Hellsing Ultimate,” Alfred Pennyworth in the WB Batman videogame “Gotham Knights” and Jack Doyle in the new Warren Ellis “Department of Midnight” podcast series. Gildart has also narrated over 400 audiobooks. Favorites include Peter Grainger’s “D.C. Smith” series (13 amazing books and counting…), “The Son” by Jo Nesbø, “You Will Not Have My Hate” by Antoine Leiris and Richard Branson’s autobiography “The Virgin Way.” He has won an Audie, been nominated twice more, and received numerous other audiobook awards. During the Covid lockdown Gildart began “Fireside Reading”: live and recorded readings of classics novels in front of the fire. Please check out www. firesidereading.com.
ADAM POOLE (Roy Scheider) is overjoyed to be making his Laguna Playhouse debut! A NC native who now resides in Los Angeles, Adam’s previous regional credits include The Shark is Broken (ETC Santa Barbara, NC Stage Company), Peter and the Starcatcher, The 1940’s Radio Hour, Big Fish, Significant Other, Lombardi, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, A Few Good Men, Crimes of the Heart, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Avenue Q (Theatre Raleigh). Million Dollar Quartet (Barter Theatre, Musical Theatre West, 5-Star Theatricals, and Virginia Theatre Festival), Ragtime, Julius Caesar,
Native Son, Jump, She Loves Me, Dot, Tartuffe, Sweeney Todd (PlayMakers Repertory), Grease (North Carolina Theatre), The Glass Menagerie (Bartlett Theater), Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer the Musical (Broadway Series South), The Full Monty, Annie Get Your Gun (Theatre Workshop of Nantucket). Some of his film/tv credits include “FBI,” “The Summer I Turned Pretty,” “The Resident,” “Max Steel,” “Well Wishes,” “TURN: Washington’s Spies,” “The Originals,” “Under the Dome,” “Revolution.” He received his M.F.A. from UNC-Chapel Hill’s Graduate Acting Program. For more info, check out @adammpoole on Instagram or at adammpoole.com
MATTHEW WEISS (Understudy) is originally from Altadena, California (where he was recently a first responder to the Eaton Fire, 2025). Growing up, Matt escorted his magician father to the Magic Castle, Hollywood regularly. When he wasn’t busy in the ‘room of prestidigitation’ he was packing parachutes for his allowance at Perris Valley Skydiving Center, teaching blind kids how to rock climb with the Braille Institute, becoming a California Jr. River Raft Guide and even attending Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey’s Clown College, under the guidance of his uncle (the human cannon ball). Matt attended the L.A. County High School for the Arts, before earning his BFA from Stephen’s College for Women in Columbia, MO. He is a founding member of the Living Room Theatre & Fishtank Performance Studio, Kansas City, MO. He is best known for his portrayal of Andrew Brandt in the Marvel cinematic universe’s “Jessica Jones”. Other notable credits include Hamlet in the Off-Broadway production of Hamlet: A Version, CBS’ “Elementary” & “Shades of Blue”, HBO’s “Girls on the Bus” & “The Plot Against America”, NBC’s “Blacklist” & “Manifest”, ABC’s “For Life” and he starred in the feature film “Goodland”. He has also served as helicopter aerial photojournalist for NBC, CBS, ABC & FOX, acquiring 1,000+ hours of flight-time during his tenure. Erin, I love you. Thank you! Member of Actors Equity & SAG-Aftra. Thanks also to my reps at Key Talent Management.
IAN SHAW (Playwright) trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, having obtained a B.A. in American Studies at Sussex University. Theatre includes War Horse and Common (National Theatre); Widowers’ Houses, The Importance of Being Earnest, Nude with Violin, The Philadelphia Story, and The Brothers Karamazov (Manchester Royal Exchange); Three Sisters (Nuffield and Theatre Royal Bath); Private Lives and Closer (Birmingham Rep); The Rivals (Derby Playhouse and Philadelphia Walnut St); The Tempest (SRT) and Much Ado About Nothing in London’s West End. Television includes “Sharpe,” “Soldier, Soldier,” “Medics,” “Wuthering Heights,” “The Queen,” “Ghost Hour,” “Silent Witness,” “Cambridge Spies” and the Emmy award-winning “Hiroshima.” Film includes “Century,” “Moondance,” “The Boys and Girl from County Clare,” “The Contract” and “Johnny English Reborn.”
JOSEPH NIXON (Co-Writer) is the author (with Brian Mitchell) of the plays Those Magnificent Men (New Perspectives, 2010); Big Daddy vs. Giant Haystacks (The Foundry Group, 2011); Seven Studies in Salesmanship (The Foundry Group, 2013); and the musical The Opinion Makers (Mercury Theatre/Derby Theatre 2013.) He has written material for Joanna Neary, Jo Caulfield, Jerry Sadowitz, and Basil Brush.
THE COMPANY
PESHA RUDNICK (Director) is the founding artistic director of Local Theater Company dedicated to the development of new American plays. For Local, Pesha produced, developed and directed over forty new works and received 53 Colorado Theatre Guild nominations and awards. Nationally, Pesha’s directed new plays at the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University, The Kennedy Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Florida Stage, Curious Theater Company and others. In 2021, Pesha relocated to Santa Barbara and joined the UC Santa Barbara Department of Theatre and Dance faculty. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree from New York University. Pesha is passionate about arts advocacy and accessible high-quality arts education for all American students. She serves as a board member at Second Stage Theatre in New York City (Chair; HR committee), LightsUp! Theatre Company in Santa Barbara and Local Theater Company in Colorado. Pesha is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC). Want to know more about Pesha’s passion for live theater? Visit www.pesharudnick.com or watch her TEDx talk on “The Danger of Live Theater.”
FRED KINNEY (Scenic Designer) previously he designed The Lehman Trilogy, Seared, Sleuth, It’s a Wonderful Life, the Radio Play, The City of Conversation, Amadeus, Looped, The 39 Steps, Loot, In the Continuum and Old Wicked Songs at ETC. Other credits include Sight Unseen, Ordinary Days, A Wrinkle in Time, Sunlight, Emperor’s New Clothes and A Year with Frog & Toad (South Coast Repertory); Peter Pan and Wendy (Prince Music Theater); Intimate Apparel (San Diego Repertory Theatre); End Game & Taming of the Shrew (Cutting Ball Theatre, San Francisco); A Picasso (Pittsburgh City Theatre); Serious Money (Yale Repertory Theatre); The Grouch (The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey); Cats Talk Back, Suburban Stories (NYC Fringe Festival); The Good Daughter, The Adjustment, Color of Flesh, Winterizing a Summer House (New Jersey Repertory Company); Anna Christie, Tennessee Playboy, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Tartuffe, Angel Street, Sleuth, Proof, Noises Off, Steel Magnolias, On Golden Pond and Bus Stop (Triad Stage, North Carolina). Mr. Kinney has also worked on television productions such as “Dave Chappelle’s Equanimity & The Bird Revelation,” “Larry the Cable Guy’s Christmas Special” and “Jeopardy!.” He is recipient of the NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Designers and holds an M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama.
ADRIANA LÁMBARRI (Costume Designer) previously designed costumes for the Oánh Nguyên directed production of The Lehman Trilogy last year at ETC. This show is her second collaboration with director Pesha Rudnick, having worked together on the production of Dance Nation for UCSB last spring. Adriana began her career in fashion design, working ten years out of the States and internationally. On a whim and with no experience designing costumes, she found herself helping a friend, who was both acting in and producing the indie film Absentia, directed by horror filmmaker Mike Flanagan. The process of storytelling through costumes proved to be exhilarating and irresistible. She hasn’t looked back since. Her experience in costume design now spans both theatre and film. Her theatre credits include work at South Coast Repertory, The Chance Theater, Center Theatre Group, Deaf West Theatre, The Getty Villa, Antaeus Theatre
Company, Guthrie Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, and A.D. Players Theater to name a few. She was thrilled to be honored with the 2023 OC Theatre Guild’s award for Best Costume Design for her work in Molly Smith Metzler’s play Cry It Out, directed by Elina de Santos at The Chance Theater. Adriana had the unique opportunity to design costumes for the NFL Hall of Fame’s ongoing immersive exhibit “Game For Life” in Canton, Ohio, which features a holographic Joe Namath. Her last feature film, “King Knight,” stars Matthew Gray Gubler, better known from his work in the original television series “Criminal Minds.” Additionally, she occasionally works as a costume illustrator. Clients include Disney, Marvel Studios, Guthrie Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, the Cleveland Opera and Utah Shakespeare Festival. She is a proud member of USA 829. Check out her out at www.adrianalambarri.com, @adriana.lambarri_costumedesign.
MICHAEL KLAERS (Lighting Designer) credits at ETC include Amadeus, The 39 Steps, Gunmetal Blues. Other regional theater credits include Gulfshore Playhouse, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Rubicon Theatre Company, The Guthrie Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Theater, Milwaukee Rep, Pacific Conservatory Theatre.
JAZER SIBLEY-SCHWARTZ (Composer/Sound Designer) is an interdisciplinary artist and composer based in California. His work operates at the intersection of sound, video, and interactive media, described as “rich with structure and rules, but also full of a sort of wrongness that signifies art from a human” (“Clash Magazine”) and “wonderfully glitchy and geometric” (“I CARE IF YOU LISTEN,” American Composers Forum). His audiovisual works have been presented internationally, including collaborations with electronic musician Max Cooper. As a composer, he has worked extensively with choreographers and instrumentalists, with performances at SEAMUS, Max Expo ’74, the Five College New Music Festival, Jacob’s Pillow, Bates Dance Festival, and Ponderosa Dance. His theatre work includes twelve years as a performer and composer with the Royal Frog Ballet, as well as numerous productions as a composer and sound designer for the Five Colleges and UC Santa Barbara. Jazer holds undergraduate degrees in music and physics from Skidmore College and a master’s degree in music composition from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the Media Arts and Technology Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he also teaches courses in audio engineering, sound design, and generative music systems. Find Jazer online @jazergiles and at jazergiles.com
ELIJAH FRANKLE (Projection Designer) is a lighting and projection designer, digital artist, and software developer focused on the intersection of design and technology. He recently graduated from University of California Santa Barbara’s College of Creative Studies with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and two minors in Theater Design and Media Arts. At UC Santa Barbara credits include Indecent (Projection Designer), Kinetic Lab (Projection Designer), Everybody’s Favorite Mothers (Assoc. Lighting Designer), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Asst. Lighting Designer), She Wolf (Assoc.
THE COMPANY continued...
Lighting Designer), DOUBLE2 (Lighting Designer), A Medusa Thread (Asst. Projection Designer), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Asst. Lighting Designer), Spectral Frequencies (Asst. Projection Designer). Other design credits include work with Antaeus Theatre Company (Assoc. Lighting Designer), Santa Barbara Dance Theater (Projection Designer, Assoc. Lighting Designer), California Lutheran University (Lighting & Projection Designer), Ensemble Theatre Company (Asst. Lighting Designer), LA Opera (Lighting Intern), Kirk Douglas Theatre (Lighting Assistant), Orpheus Project (Lighting Assistant). His art has been displayed at CSU Fresno, the UC Santa Barbara Glass Box Gallery, and the Santa Barbara Center for Art, Science, and Technology.”
ALEX JOHNSTON (Props Designer) is a Props Designer, Carpenter, Art Department Fabricator, and Scenic Artist working throughout Southern California on theatre and commercial productions. He regularly works with Mustache Productions, Rubicon Theatre Company, Ensemble Theatre Company, and is the Artist in Residence for Santa Susana High School’s Theatre Department. Some of his recent credits include Props Designer on Rubicon’s Bonnie and Clyde, Art Department on 2nd Try’s But Wait There’s More!, Carpenter and Scenic Artist on Ensemble’s Hamlet, Carpenter and Scenic Artist on Rubicon’s Two Trains Running, Props Designer for Ensemble’s Million Dollar Quartet, and Art Department on the short film Stalling. Alex is also a longtime volunteer at the Ojai Raptor Center, helping to rehabilitate native birds of prey. Ojai Raptor Center’s extensive efforts in wildlife conservation and their methodology for existing within the natural world, as well as Ojai’s surrounding community, continue to be profoundly important and inspiring to him. He would like to give special thanks to Anthony and Mallory for their grace and support during this production. He would also like to thank his dog Ollie, even though he was no help whatsoever.
SEAN O’SHEA (Fight Coordinator) was last seen in the Santa Barbara City College production of Young Frankenstein where he played the monster. He is the Academic Advisor in the Theater and Dance Department at UC Santa Barbara where he also teaches stage combat. In his 40 years in theatre Sean has been an actor, director, producer, fight choreographer. He is the Founder and former Artistic Director of the Santa Barbara Shakespeare Festival having produced 26 of their productions. Locally he’s been seen on stage at SB City College’s Garvin and Jurkowitz, Circle Bar B, Ensemble Theater’s New Vic, the Lobero and Center Stage. In San Diego he’s worked at the Old Globe, Black Friars, North Coast Repertory Theater, and Balboa Theater. Sean worked several seasons with the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, in Boise, ID, and was also part of their traveling repertory group. He studied at San Diego State University and was in the M.F.A. acting program at the University of San Diego in affiliation with the Old Globe.
MARY MICHELE MINER (Production Stage Manager) is pleased to return to the Laguna Playhouse after three previous stints with Kim’s Convenience, Murder On The Links, and The Remarkable Mister Holmes. Credits also include the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson, Geffen, among other Los Angeles theaters. She has worked on Broadway and Off-Broadway, as well as at regional theatres around the country. She taught Stage Managing at Pomona College. Married to actor Paul Perri and mother of Jake and Justine. She is the author of “Their Moon Was Cardboard”, a murder mystery tongue-in-cheek account of a fictitious stage manager. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.
MICHAEL DONOVAN (Casting): is the recipient of 9 Artios awards, presented by the Casting Society of America for Outstanding Achievement in casting. Richie Ferris has 3 Artios awards. The company’s credits include shows produced at the Ahmanson Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum, the Hollywood Bowl, the Wallis Annenberg, Pasadena Playhouse, Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Geffen Playhouse, the Getty Villa, the Soraya, La Jolla Playhouse, the Garry Marshall Theatre, Ebony Repertory Theatre, San Francisco Symphony, Arizona Theatre Company, Arkansas Rep, Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Indiana Rep, the Totem Pole Playhouse, and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Other credits include numerous films, TV shows and commercials. Michael is President of the Board for the Foundation for New American Musicals, and serves on the Board for Camp Bravo.
ADELE ADKINS (Managing Director) is thrilled to join Laguna Playhouse. Adele is an arts leader with over 25 years of experience in nonprofit theater management and programming. She most recently served as Managing Director of Bucks County Playhouse, where she expanded revenue, increased subscriber growth, and spearheaded key initiatives in equity, accessibility, and community engagement. She has booked performances across the full spectrum of venues—from intimate 100-seat theaters to 7,000-seat arenas—presenting everything from classical music and Broadway tours to major country music stars and a wide range of genres in between. Adele has also led the Clark State Performing Arts Center in Ohio and the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. Her early career includes leadership roles at the Collins Center for the Arts and the Maine Center for the Arts. A Juilliard-trained cellist, she brings a lifelong dedication to performance, education, and cultural leadership. Adele is a sought-after consultant for performing arts centers and theaters, known for her expertise in strategic planning and innovative revenue growth strategies.
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Photos, Clockwise from top: 1959, Howard Hap Graham & friend at 319 Ocean. 1981, A Little Night Music. 1947, Betsy Paul (Joan of Lorraine by Maxwell Anderson).
Upcoming Workshop:
MAY 30, 2026
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INSTRUCTORS: Jack Clark & Corinne Provost
AGES 8-11 10a-12p & AGES 12-19 1p-3p
Free for Current Conservatory Students! For information on auditioning for the Acting Conservatory, email Education@lagunaplayhouse.com
Upcoming: Summer Camp 2026
3 SESSIONS | MAY-AUGUST, 2026 AGES 4-11
Pricing and full details online at lagunaplayhouse.com
THE JESSICA HERRON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Laguna Playhouse gratefully acknowledges the generosity of Dana Klein and Jay Herron who established the Jessica Herron Memorial Scholarship Fund in loving memory of their daughter, a former student of the Laguna Playhouse Youth Theatre.
MARCH 23, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Celebrate the Easter Season with Sister as she answers the time worn questions of the season like “Why isn’t Easter the same day every year like Christmas?” and “Will My Bunny Go To Heaven?” Part pageant, and wHOLY hysterical, this latest of the sinfully funny Late Nite Catechism series unearths the origins of all things Easter!
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