on Stage is the most comprehensive and important work on Mormon drama ever published, This volume anthologizes some of Mormonism's best plays from the last several decades, many of them published here for the first time.
Several of these plays have won honors from institutions as varied as the Kennedy Center and the Association for Mormon Letters.
This volume includes historical backgrounds and playwright biographies, as well as an introduction that provides an extensive overview of Mormon drama.
The following plays are included:
Fires of the Mind, Robert Elliott
Huebener, Thomas F.
Rogers
Burdens of Earth, Susan Elizabeth Howe
J, Golden, James Arrington
Matters of the Heart, Thom Duncan
Gadianton, Eric Samuelsen
Hancock County, Tim Slover
Stones, J.
Scott Bronson
Farewell to Eden, Mahonri Stewart
Martyrs' Crossing, Melissa Leilani Larson
I Am Jane, Margaret Blair Young Melissa Leilani Larson is a writer presently based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Produced plays include: SWEETHEART COME premiering at PYGmalion Theatre Co, in May, THE EDIBLE COMPLEX Plan B Theatre commission, PILOT PROGRAM, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Brigham Young University commission, LITTLE HAPPY SECRETS, PERSUASION, MARTYRS CROSSING, A FLICKERING, THE WEAVER OF RAVELOE, LADY IN WAITING, and the upcoming MOUNTAIN LAW.
Films include FREETOWN winner of the Ghana Movie Award for Best Screenplay and the Utah Film Award
for Best Picture and JANE AND EMMA in theaters October.
Mel is the only woman to receive than one Association for Mormon Letters Drama award and the youngest person to win three.
Other honors include: the IRAM B Melissa Leilani Larson is a writer presently based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Produced plays include: SWEETHEART COME premiering at PYGmalion Theatre Co, in May, THE EDIBLE COMPLEX Plan B Theatre commission, PILOT PROGRAM, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Brigham Young University commission, LITTLE HAPPY SECRETS, PERSUASION, MARTYRS' CROSSING, A FLICKERING, THE WEAVER OF RAVELOE, LADY IN WAITING, and the upcoming MOUNTAIN LAW.
Films include FREETOWN winner of the Ghana Movie Award for Best Screenplay and the Utah Film Award for Best Picture and JANE AND EMMA in theaters October.
Mel is the only woman to receive than one Association for Mormon Letters Drama award and the youngest person to win three.
Other honors include: the IRAM Best New Play award a Salt Lake City Weekly Arty Award the Mayhew Playwriting Award winning the Lewis National Playwriting Contest for Women placing as a Trustus Playwrights Festival finalist and being named an ONeill National Playwrights Conference semi finalist.
Mel is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild, serving as the Utah Ambassador/Proxy Regional Rep.
She is also a member of The Lab, Plan B Theatres incubator for new plays, She holds a BA in English from BYU and an MFA from the Iowa Playwrights Workshop, Mel enjoys melty cheese, hedgehogs, puzzles, nice paper, and nicer pens, sitelink.