In 2004 Shauna Lammiman was looking for
something meaningful that her family could participate in together. “I came
across the Canadian Badlands Passion Play and discovered that volunteer actors
of all ages were involved and that other families were participating in the
cast. I knew it was a perfect fit for us and that summer we found ourselves in
Drumheller to begin one of the great adventures of our lives.”
Families like the Lammimans experience the Canadian Badlands Passion Play in a special way, from the long hours rehearsing together on a huge outdoor set to the evenings in the campground where the cast gathers every night. The Canadian Badlands Passion Play, and the people who are part of it, become a second family; uncles, aunts, brothers, sisters, and cousins not by blood but by an incredible experience.
The Passion Play family became even more
important when the Lammiman family adopted two more children. “Our extended
family at the Passion play helped us build a foundation for children
who were just starting to
learn what being part of a family really meant. The other volunteer actors
aren’t just sharing the story – they’re living it out. It’s an
intensely positive experience. Love, attention, faith . . . these have been
great gifts that have been shared with our family as a whole.”
The play can bond a family together in ways
they never imagined. What started as a free family activity turned into
additional season somewhere between spring and summer for the Lammimans, their
love of acting has grown incrementally. When they’re not rehearsing for the
Passion Play the family now runs a film-making business that recently produced a feature length film partly on the grounds of the
Passion Play site– all because a mother was willing to step out and find a
place for her family to grow together.
Shauna and Greg Lammiman and their children
Dallas, Dustin, Travis, Shalayne, Lisa and Adam have all acted in the play.
Shauna and Greg Lammiman and their children Dallas, Dustin, Travis, Shalayne, Lisa and Adam have all acted in the Play
