The Misconceived Conception of a Baby Named Jesus is a religious satire; a fast-paced comedic re-imagining of the events surrounding the birth of Jesus with sensibilities similar to The Book of Mormon and Monty Python’s Life of Brian.

 

On a warm Galilean night, Mary and Joseph secretly rendezvous in the privacy of a secluded Nazarene garden where they get to know each other well. Very well. Nine months after their union, a series of events unfold that will forever define the meaning of the conception and birth of their child. When Mary’s pious mother sees that her young unwed daughter is pregnant, she enlists the help of a pompous High Priest to devise a plan to characterize the pregnancy as divine, of God’s seed. Mary refuses to go along with her mother’s scheme, insisting that Joseph is the true father. Joseph and Mary battle her parents for control of the birth narrative and the fate of their newborn baby. As word of a miraculous virgin birth spreads through Bethlehem, factions form and allegiances shift among unscrupulous shepherds, rakish Wise Men, members of the Magdalene family, an earnest but malodorous peasant, and an aging cat with a penchant for prophecy.

 

Is the baby named Jesus truly the Son of God or merely a mortal born of earthly parents?