Joshua Ruebl

Salome's Mouth Joshua Ruebl

This play is about love in the midst of social upheaval. In Judea, Tetrarch Herod Antipas has to lead a society of many cultures and keep the region harmonious for the Roman Empire. Jokanaan, an itinerant Jewish agitator, has been captured by Herod to be used as political blackmail. Herod's stepdaughter Salome has other ideas for Jokanaan. This play is a re-imagining of the story of Salome and John the Baptist. It is about desire and how desire is the enemy of both the state and all ideology.