Did you hear the one about the pastor who’s a little too stylin’?
You won’t hear that joke at a comedy club on Wooster Street or a bar on Crown, but you just might hear something along those lines when Sister Cantaloupe makes an appearance at New Haven’s latest gospel comedy show.Local social worker Liz McCrae is bringing Sister Cantaloupe to Dixwell Friday night in a mission that mixes laughter with
serious business.
Liz McCrae’s dad died of esophageal cancer after 36 years at Pratt and Whitney and without much of a chance to enjoy his retirement.McCrae is producing the gospel comedy, now in its second year, to raise money for scholarships in her dad’s honor and memory.In the process she’s raising the profile in New Haven of a comedy form, Christian self-satire, that pokes fun at church life without insulting it.Her second annual gospel comedy show goes up the day after Thanksgiving, Nov. 26, at the Community Outreach Center (COC) at the corner of Goffe and Dixwell. It features local talent along with Sister Cantaloupe, one of gospel comedy’s big names. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $25 to $40 ($10 for children 12 and under).
serious business.
Liz McCrae’s dad died of esophageal cancer after 36 years at Pratt and Whitney and without much of a chance to enjoy his retirement.McCrae is producing the gospel comedy, now in its second year, to raise money for scholarships in her dad’s honor and memory.In the process she’s raising the profile in New Haven of a comedy form, Christian self-satire, that pokes fun at church life without insulting it.Her second annual gospel comedy show goes up the day after Thanksgiving, Nov. 26, at the Community Outreach Center (COC) at the corner of Goffe and Dixwell. It features local talent along with Sister Cantaloupe, one of gospel comedy’s big names. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $25 to $40 ($10 for children 12 and under).
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