The audience didn’t spook him, Anthony Baker said, but the possibility of blowing his lines did.
The Riverside Baptist pastor is one of nine area pastors or parachurch ministers who had or have cameo roles in the Chattanooga Theatre Centre’s holiday play, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.”
The comedy, which focuses on the hoodlum Herdman children learning about and joining in the annual church pageant, continues today and Tuesday through Friday.
The pastors portray the Rev. Hopkins in one scene in which he must confront Grace Bradley, the woman directing the pageant, about an incident that occurred at church.
Director Chuck Tuttle said the cameos are a perfect way to cast the pastor role.