As unusual as it may seem, "Martin Luther: The Musical" is based entirely on exhaustively researched facts and true anecdotes from the 16th century. We would love to claim the creative faculty to imagine a main character using farts as a primary metaphor, a salesman forgiving the violation of the Virgin Mary, or the Pope calling for someone to jump out of a cake, but alas, it seems history has a better sense of the unfathomably bizarre than two 21st century midwesterners ever could. In fact, as a general rule with this musical, the more outrageous the scene, line, or anecdote, the more likely that it is based upon reality.

Martin Luther: the Musical does not needlessly trivialize or demonize the Catholic Church, Lutherans, or any other party to the Protestant Reformation. It aims, rather, to show the life of Luther as a historical fact, all warts worn proudly by all involved parties. The musical is a surreal exposition of fact, an interpretation of the historical record that uses humor to focus our attention on who Luther was, why he defied the Church. The musical makes us reconsider our assumptions about the merits and demerits of Luther's actions, the prime-movers of the Protestant Reformation, and how these assumptions shape our modern worldview...and then have a good laugh about it together.

Beloved by everyone from college students to Luther scholars to Minnesota state representatives, Martin Luther: the Musical is a truly unique creation in the world musical theater in its historical depth and accessibility to people of all levels of education and religious experience.