From Cynthia Erivo as Jesus to Laverne Cox as The Drowsy Chaperone — we’re talking sacred disruption, trans visibility, and what happens when queer people take center stage.
Because casting can be theology, too.
Listen now: open.substack.com/pub/dustinwi...
#MusicalMidrash #QueerTheology
July 12, 1804.
Alexander Hamilton dies.
The world was wide enough.
It always is—if we choose it.
May we be the people who refuse to pull the trigger.
Who walk away.
Who choose life.
#Hamilton #TheWorldWasWideEnough #MusicalMidrash #SacredMemory
In today’s Musical Midrash, J. Kyle & I talk about the new message The Sound of Music is singing to us these days: a story of prophets, exile, and the moral courage to do the hard thing:
What does The Sound of Music mean to you?
#MusicalMidrash #SoundOfMusic #ClimbEveryMountain #ExileAndResistance
Pride Month may be over. But the fight for our lives, our joy, and our futures is not.
We stood. We stand. We will keep standing.
#QueerFaith #SacredResistance #PrideIsPolitical #MusicalMidrash
A textured digital background in warm tones of burnt orange and deep red, framed by subtle golden curtain lines. Muted rainbow arcs curve behind the centered text in cream serif font: “The month ends, but the call continues.” The overall design evokes sacred theatricality and Pride.
Thank you for every glittered prayer, every protest step, every song sung in survival.
Pride isn’t over. The month ends, but the call continues.
May you be blessed with softness, with strength, and with people who call you holy.
#PrideAndProphecy #QueerTheology #MusicalMidrash
Happy Pride from the kid who found God somewhere between a stage light and a closing number.
I was baptized in greasepaint and show tunes long before I was welcome in a pew.
Theatre is sacred. Always has been.
#QueerTheatre #PrideMonth #MusicalMidrash #TheatreIsSacred
Theatre saved me when the church didn’t know what to do with me.
I believe God was in the music, the movement, the community that held me.
That was my sanctuary. Still is.
#PrideMonth #QueerTheatre #MusicalMidrash #TheatreIsSacred
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#MusicalMidrash #SacredStorytelling #TheatreIsSacred #StoriesThatSave #QueerTheology
Just feeling grateful for sacred storytelling this weekend.
#MusicalMidrash #TheatreIsSacred #StoryHeals
A silhouetted figure stands alone on a dimly lit stage, bathed in warm amber light from an overhead spotlight. Centered text in a soft serif font reads: “A prayer is like a wish for the world — a fragile hope spoken aloud, not just to be heard by God, but to change us, to change the air. Like theatre — it dares to imagine something …not yet visible, and in speaking it — begins to make it real.” In the bottom right corner is a faint watermark of Dustin Wilsor’s signature followed by the words “Dustin Wilsor | Musical Midrash.”
#MusicalMidrash #SacredStage #PrayerAsArt #QueerTheology #TheatreAsSanctuary
Just published: Stories That Save Us
A reflection on Kiss of the Spider Woman — queerness, prophecy, fantasy, and survival.
Not all sacred stories feel safe. But they still save.
#MusicalMidrash #SacredStorytelling #KissOfTheSpiderWoman
A photo of Kara Young accepting her Tony Award for Featured Actress in a Play for Purpose at the 2025 Tony Awards behind the title and preview text of my Substack Article: "Theatre is a sacred space. Kara Young said it at the Tonys - and it's why I'm writing again."
I just relaunched Musical Midrash, my Substack on theology, musical theatre, and sacred storytelling.
Come take your seat. The story continues.
open.substack.com/pub/dustinwi...
#TheatreIsSacred #MusicalMidrash #TonyAwards #KaraYoung #SacredStorytelling #TheologyAndArt
