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Category Archives: On-stage
The Writer’s Desk: What if I Don’t Like it?
Last month my latest play, Brothers, ran for three weeks at the Brinton Black Box Theater in the Covey Center for the Arts in Provo, Utah. It went pretty well–only one sell-out crowd of twelve performances (which isn’t really as … Continue reading
On-Stage: On recited poetry and really bad theatre
There’s a musical playing right now at BYU that I’m not going to see. Casey at the Bat it’s called, and already I’m cranky. I’m on the committee that decides these things–I’ve read the script. That’s why I’m boycotting it. … Continue reading
Posted in In Verse, On-stage
Tagged Baseball, Melodrama, Musicals, Narrative verse, Oral recitation
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On-Stage: “What Hast Thou Been?”
A very good friend once told me that there was nothing in the world that he could do that would be more important than his writing. Not too long after that conversation he became a former Mormon. Speaking scientifically, I … Continue reading
Posted in On-stage, The Writer's Desk
Tagged Boyd K. Packer, Consecration, King Lear, motivation to write, Value of art
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On-Stage: How it Happens: An Introduction
I claim to be a writer. As proof, I offer these facts: I have completed several short stories in the science fiction and fantasy genre (two of which have been published); two LDS mainstream novels (neither of which have been … Continue reading
