THREE PLAYS FOR LATTER-DAY SAINTS...AND EVERYONE ELSE
In Three Plays for Latter-day Saints , award-winning playwright Rob. Lauer offers readers what neither objective historians nor devout apologists can -- a profoundly human exploration of Mormonism’s colorful history and spiritual ideals that will entertain all audiences and readers--both Mormons and those who know nothing at all about Mormonism. When Digger -- Rob. Lauer’s groundbreaking Mayhew Award-winning play--premiered at BYU in 1982, it was heralded as a milestone in Mormon Drama for its unprecedented depiction of young Joseph Smith’s involvement with peep stones and folk magic. However, young Emma Hale (“Elect Lady” of faithful Latter-day Saintsand “Mormon Enigma” of historians) is the central character in this moving exploration of youthful folly, faith, hope, passion, and love. First produced in 1989 by The Olde Theatre Company (a non-Mormon theatre in Virginia), The Beehive State is a comedy/drama about the ups, downs, triumphs, and tragedies of daily life in a ...