(rant)
The chancel is 24“, which is not very tall. There's a wall covering the outer 2/3 of it. There's a massive lectern on one side and an even more massive pulpit on the other side, both of which are immovable. In this room, which is basically flat, there are only three places where you can stand and be seen by the whole congregation: the lectern, the pulpit, and when we have the stage set up for Guitar Houston, that gives us a third spot from which the whole congregation can see you.
I heard that a lot of work went into the props for last year's play. I'm not a short guy and I wasn't sitting that far back and I couldn't see any props. Or legs. Or Charlie unless he was up on something.
Emerson's sanctuary is not a good place to have a play. It never will be.
Westwood has the correct ratios, but it's too small and has no theatrical facilities.
We should make music videos. Video productions. (Can I say 'propaganda'?) Stuff we can share. All under Creative Commons license.