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Tag: Theatre

Sunflower
  • by Andrew Hall
  • Posted on June 10, 2018June 11, 2018

This Month in Mormon Literature: June 2018

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  • by Michael Andrew Ellis
  • Posted on May 4, 2018May 4, 2018

This Month in Mormon Literature: May 2018

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  • by Melissa Leilani Larson
  • Posted on April 9, 2015April 16, 2015

Exploring Polygamy through the Living Room Drama

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  • by Melissa Leilani Larson
  • Posted on January 20, 2015March 26, 2015

The Power of Not Preaching

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  • by Mahonri Stewart
  • Posted on December 17, 2013

Abandoning the Field or Fighting the Good Fight: Ethics in Business, the Arts, and Hollywood

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  • by Mahonri Stewart
  • Posted on April 16, 2013

Literary Darwinism: Melissa Leilani Larson and Adapting Characters Into a Dramatic Medium

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  • by Mahonri Stewart
  • Posted on March 12, 2013

“Upon the Stage of a Theatre”: Reflecting on Mormon Drama at the Advent of the Saints on Stage Anthology

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  • by Mahonri Stewart
  • Posted on October 16, 2012

Zion Theatre Company: The Agony, the Ecstasy and the Spirituality in Trying to Push Forward a Religious Theatre Company

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  • Crosby, Richards, “Latter-day Eloquence: Two Centuries of Mormon Oratory” (Reviewed by Kevin Folkman)
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  • Hess, “World Running Down” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)
  • Bergevin, Hall, “Enough Elizabeth’s” (Reviewed by Andrew Hamilton)
  • Nielson, “A Barn Full of Angels: The Spiritual World and Pioneer Journey of Zerah Pulsipher” (Reviewed by Melvin Clarno Johnson)
  • Becerra, et al. “Picturing Christ: Understanding Depictions of Jesus in History and Art” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)
  • Oman, “Living Oracles: Law and the Latter-day Saint Tradition” (Reviewed by Conor Hilton)

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