The biblical story of Noah will play out in a blues-y way at Asbury United Methodist Church this month.
The Tommy Oaks production of “The Flood Brothers,” a blues musical revue presented by father and son duo Tommy Oaks and John Thomas Oaks, will be presented at 6 p.m. Feb. 21. The evening will also include a buffet dinner starting at 6:30 p.m., to be followed by the engaging one hour show, Asbury United Methodist Church board representative Candy Spiker said.
“I’m anxious to see the show since I haven’t seen it and how well I have enjoyed the other shows that I have seen and I think everyone there will appreciate their talent for having written the music,” Spiker said. “It’s a two man show and so depending on how many characters there are, sometimes they play several characters in telling a story and it’s very entertaining to watch.”
Tickets cost $20 per person and can be purchased at asburycolumbus.org. Ticket sales will end on Feb. 14.
“Visitors are welcome, to the limits of the tickets that we can sell because we are limited in space to some extent, but guests are welcome as well as members (of Asbury),” Spiker said.
Oaks and his son John Thomas Oaks have collaborated on more than 15 stage musicals, many of which have been produced and performed in school tours, civic clubs, community theatres, trade schools, churches and more. Tommy Oaks has a master’s degree in storytelling from East Tennessee State University, while John Thomas Oaks is an alumnus of the BMI/Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and a member of the Dramatists Guild.
The duo were invited to Willow Leaves in Hope about six years ago, where they performed three original musicals. Spiker said she has heard about the duo because they are friends with local residents including Al White, the pastor at the Chapel of the Good Shepard in Hope.
“… the Oaks have done a couple of their performances out there, they did one on the story of Esther and one of the story of Jacob, and it’s very entertaining,” Spiker said. “So I’m involved in planning different things at Asbury United Methodist Church and I suggested that perhaps we get this team to give a presentation at Asbury and some of the others had heard of them as well.”
