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“Facing East” |
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“Facing East” to Be Staged in New York, San Francisco
December 2006
After 11 sold-out performances in Salt Lake City, Facing East
is now set for a four-week off-Broadway run in May and June, and a
San Francisco run in August. Written by LDS author Carol Lynn Pearson,
Facing East explores how the suicide of a gay young man affects his
LDS family.
“Facing East may well be the best thing Carol Lynn Pearson
has ever written, at least for the stage” wrote Ivan M. Lincoln in
the Deseret Morning News. “It raises plenty of questions
and concerns but doesn't offer any pat answers.”
“What the play does well is offer a respectful portrait of Mormons
in struggle,” wrote Ellen Fagg in the Salt Lake Tribune. Fagg calls Pearson's new play “a tightly wound domestic tragedy that raises questions about faith and sexuality. ”
Facing East is tentatively scheduled to play at the 99-seat
Atlantic Stage 2 in New York City for a month-long run during May
and June, followed by an engagement during August at Theatre Rhinoceros
in San Francisco. More information about these runs will be available
in early January at www.planbtheatrecompany.org.
To buy a copy of the playbook, read reviews, and learn more about
Pearson's new book No More Goodbyes, visit www.nomoregoodbyes.com.
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