It is 38 CE in Alexandria, and Salome, a skilled physician with a past she's fought to suppress, struggles to navigate the complex landscape of first-century womanhood and the privilege of being Greek. 

Moving from the Greek countryside to the Roman Forum, from the dusty hills of Nazareth to the wide boulevards of Alexandria, THE GOSPEL OF SALOME is a retelling of Biblical events set against the roiling backdrop of history's first recorded pogrom, an examination of ideology and motherhood, and a poignant argument for love and equality in today's world as well as its own context. Kaethe Schwehn is an English professor at St. Olaf, and may be able to join us for part of the discussion on this night.