ABOUT US:

L.I.O.N Players is an outreach ministry of Akron Pregnancy Services, located in Akron, Ohio. The purpose of L.I.O.N Players is two-fold: to encourage teens and college students to live lives of sexual purity and to introduce people to the person of Jesus Christ. Abstinence and sexual purity cannot be presented without explaining why God created us and why He designed marriage between a man and a woman. It is through Christ that people can be made whole and have the strength to remain sexually pure in a world that has twisted sexual relations.

To achieve these goals, L.I.O.N. uses the performing arts (drama, mime, dance, testimonies, and music). The program L.I.O.N. presents is merely a vehicle to connect with the audience, to pray with people, and to introduce them to Jesus. The majority of ministry done by the L.I.O.N. Players is done after the performance, during times of personal interaction with attendees.

L.I.O.N. is an acronym that stands for Life Isn't Only Now, and encourages young people to consider the eternal consequences of their actions here on earth, and to develop spiritually, and live lives of moral integrity in accordance to God's Word, the Bible. The name L.I.O.N. also represents Jesus Christ, the Lion of Judah, who according to Revelations 5:5 has triumphed!

NOIZ is our rehearsal studio and theater space we use. You can click here to see our theater space.

L.I.O.N. Players is a program of Akron Pregnancy Services.

Noiz is a creative theater space located downtown near the University of Akron. L.I.O.N. Players rehearse and perform there.
(please click on the NOIZ logo above to find out more...)

L.I.O.N. Players has an impressive resume of performances locally and internationally. Some highlights include:

Russian Youth Camps, north of St. Petersburg - 2000

Olympic Torch Ceremony, Akron - 2002

Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City - 2002

Kharkov, Ukraine - 2003

Summer Olympics, Athens, Greece - 2004

First Night, Akron - 2002-2006

Uganda, Africa - 2006

and many schools, universities, and churches in the Northeast Ohio area