In a recent essay for the Guardian , Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor describe a tendency called “end times fascism,” wherein Christian fundamentalist Rapture narratives and the tortures of late-stage capitalism fuse to create an “ideology of . . . monstrous supremacist survivalism.” Nonhierarchical theater group Abyssal Zone Collective’s second devised piece, Holy, Holy, Holy , stages these dangerous tendencies, planting a flag in the sand for a new company on the Chicago theater scene. Ingeniously staged in a side room at Edgewater Presbyterian Church, Holy, Holy, Holy depicts rituals to hasten the coming of Christ and the end of us all, performed by five isolated young women, led by the charismatic Prophet Micah.

A true ensemble piece, the play takes an Altmanesque look into the li

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