A while back on the blog I commended a wonderful DVD of the musical production Pilgrim that was filmed at Covenant Life Church, featuring the high school talent in the church. The Pilgrim DVD is a two-hour long modern interpretation of Bunyan’s classic The Pilgrims Progress set to music. Pilgrim is a brilliant and theologically rich adaptation. My entire family enjoyed the production and I commend the DVD to you.

Pilgrim was originally developed with the goal of adapting Bunyan’s story to modern culture. Christian Theatre Publications, the folks who wrote and produced the original musical and DVD, have now released a performance package for churches and schools. The package includes a reproducible script, piano score, 30 vocal books, a music CD with full vocals, and an optional accompaniment CD/backing track. The original production DVD is also available. The script can be shortened as needed and can accommodate various cast sizes. I’m told the first step in bringing Pilgrim to your church or school is to apply for a performance license. You can do that here.

It’s worth checking out.

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You can read my original review of the Pilgrim DVD here.

Even better, you can read Justin Taylor‘s review of the Pilgrim DVD here. Writes the überblogger extraordinaire: “I give the whole thing a high recommendation!”

And you can watch the Pilgrim DVD trailer here: