Babylon Is An Action Verb

Three men in a small group. A church they didn’t build. A pastor they’ve never questioned. A God they’ve never heard from directly.

The chairs get set up every Sunday and torn down every Sunday. The worship is loud and the theology is tight and the coffee is very… hot. Then, after a troubling event, the structure that made everything make sense is suddenly gone. What’s left in the room is three men, three very different kinds of faith, and a silence that might be holy or might just be empty.

Babylon Is An Action Verb is a dark comedy about evangelical church culture, male friendship, and the distance between believing in God and hearing back. The characters are specific, sympathetic, and funny, and the world they live in will be instantly recognizable to anyone who’s ever set up a folding chair on a Sunday morning. A new play by C. G. Brown.

Following its premiere at the Atlanta Fringe Festival 2026, the play returns for the Essential Theatre Festival at 7 Stages.