hen was in third grade, his teacher, Mrs. Ellis, asked if he would be a shepherd in the Holy City of the Wichitas Passion play ( page 32). As the production’s director of children, she was always looking for recruits. That was 56 years ago. Alan has performed annually ever since. “Everyone here is like family to me,” he says. In 2004, he became the play’s director, continuing the legacy of people like Mrs. Ellis and founder Anthony Wallock, a pastor in Lawton, Oklahoma. Born in Austria, Rev. Wallock was familiar with the renowned Oberammergau, Germany, Passion play. In 1926, he put on
