can I help you yes brother palm I'd like to
speak to you for a moment what's your
name boy Seymour William J Seymour well Seymour
this classroom is off-limits to
you I just had that one I will answer your
questions as soon as you step out
of the classroom
excuse me for a moment Seymour the law does not
allow folks into the classroom and I won't
allow it either but brother Palm I just had to
ask an important question about the
highest room is off-limits to you why brother
palm why must the classroom be
off-limits to me is it because I'm what you
consider a nigger I didn't say that
you didn't have to say it you're just a
law-abiding citizen who never breaks any
rules and you allow white men to make up these
rules you just a white man is
treating me just like them is this the reason
you call me out of class you
it's all right everything is under control
going back to your step come on
back you see no brother that's not the reason
at all I called you out because I
wanted to receive the Holy Ghost that you
talked about if your class prayed
over me the way that they prayed over your
former student sister Osmond I
couldn't I didn't make these segregation laws
Seymour I don't know what to do
about it no you are a man of God you know what
to do if some of our white
brethren have prejudices and discriminating we
can't do that
receiving from God should not be based on what
color you are brother barn I
don't want to discuss it anymore
Seymour I've been asked to take a revival in
Los Angeles but I can't go
just now but if you're interested I'll
recommend you to the folk that ask I
was certain like that brother farm good you see
me later and we'll try to set
things up and I'll try to answer some of your
questions for you thank you brother
farm the Azusa Street revival a doc you
drama about William J Seymour the man and his
mission the most dramatic on
stage presentation depicting the Pentecostal
movement ever performed
live at the Ebony Showcase Theatre the hit
musical will warm your hearts the
performances will make you want to dance shout
or just hold somebody's hand don't
miss this musical now playing Thursday through
Saturday at 8 p.m. Sunday matinee
at 3 p.m. Sunday evening performance at 8 p.m.
written and directed by Andre
David Brooks musical director Lonnie Morgan the
Ebony Showcase Theatre for
ticket information call 294-454-0 Azusa Street
revival the point that you're
bringing out in the place is it's an excellent
play it's an excellent it's a
gospel musical that ministry to you and it not
only but it educates you all
right and entertains you so it's not like all
the rest a lot of them are just
dealing with things that are happening today
you're dealing with drug addicts
and prostitution or things of that sort but you
went back in time and showed us
how things are that were word back then but how
they're actually that way even
today all right praise God is whenever it's out
again I encourage you go out
and see the Azusa Street revival you will not
be wasting your time or your
money praise God there was the other articles
that were written about your
your play and I'm just amazed that so many came
out to see it and they had
nothing but good things to say about it yes all
right one of them said that it
you know it ranks amongst one of the best in
theater all right
scoop magazine said that this play does not
demand your belief but rather ask
that you understand is play in the universal
belief in God yes praise God
LA Weekly it says that and this is a about the
both bureau Brooks knows how
to work a crowd all right audience members
stomped clapped and answered
back yeah that's good when you can come to a
play you don't have to you know be
so sophisticated that you can't say go ahead
and say all right and really get
into it and enjoy it a lot to minister to you
and you can just be happy and
entertained because a married heart is as good
as medicine that's what I really like
now we're gonna go to another clip at this time
and it would be the porch
scene all right tell us a little bit about this
set it up for the Bonnie
Bray house which is the place where they were
before they went to Azusa that's
where they used to have services the services
got so large they have to move
it outside of the house onto the porch so
people came from everywhere and what
happened is the porch caved in keeping in mind
that in at this time in history
architecture most houses had porches because
they were styled from from the
southern you know styles of houses and those
porches were basically planks you
know with how nothing under them you know so if
too much weight got on it it
would collapse it would actually you know just
break down yeah you know and
this is this is what this scene from portraying
we might also add that art
class is the person that he's the person that
contacted me about writing the
play and that the house where they what the
porch scene is the Bonnie Bray
house if if it yet stands today it's a
California historical landmark it is
originally been incorporated as one the Bonnie
Bray Street house and it's it is
it is now we took the cast by there and we had
a wonderful time it's a lot of
memories the piano is still there a lot of gold
artifacts all right so at this
time we're gonna go to that clip the porch
scene and you watch this and you
understand what he was setting up for you and
you understand about the play
watch it we'll be right back
would you like will you please take a seat and
be quiet not disrupt our
revival church let us pray that this demonic
spirit be cast out of this man
you may hypnotize these people you don't fool
me don't fight me please you may
I don't believe in your God son you don't speak
black for me against the
Lord take him out of here the Lord rebukes you
in the name of Jesus
I thank God for visitors and we have a guest my
dear friend and brother elder
Charles Harrison Mason before we close our meeting
something about telling God yeah when you tell
him yes all you're saying is I
surrender I'll do you will yeah I'll give up to
you oh I want you to know I
thank God for being here thank God for this
body based street mission I tell
you when we got word of it back in Memphis
Tennessee I got in a hurry
yeah I want you to know I got on that train and
I got all out here before I
got here I tell you I have a new determination
it was just a little problem with the weight on
the porch honey this was not
earthquake that I told you so let's just shake
the duck from our heels go on
praise God for being with us again on a show
praise God we want you to go out
and we want you to buy their album tell it
praise God we'll minister to you and
go out to see the Azusa Street revival and
watch the closing credits because
we're gonna have a collage from a collection of
different things that went
on during the play again watch the gospel light
showcase God bless
oh you turn your books with me to the 21st song
Jenny I'll take over from
here who's going to stop me
no one will cause this mission to be racially
segregated we have a work to do
for God