From: owner-aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com (aml-list-digest) To: aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: aml-list-digest V2 #216 Reply-To: aml-list Sender: owner-aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-aml-list-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk aml-list-digest Tuesday, November 4 2003 Volume 02 : Number 216 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 13:22:05 +0000 From: "Andrew Hall" Subject: [AML] GUNN, "Smart Single GUys" (DN) Sunday, November 2, 2003 2 original works open this week By Ivan M. Lincoln Deseret Morning News "SMART SINGLE GUYS," an original comedy by Tony Gunn, will have its world premiere this week at Brigham Young University. According to director Eric Samuelsen, the play is a "multimedia smorgasbord," interweaving comedy sketches, rap and a couple of songs to relate the story of three male BYU students and their involvement in the complicated world of dating. The playwright and director have worked together before. Last year Gunn directed one of Samuelson's scripts for the Villa Playhouse in Springville. Discounted previews are Wednesday and Thursday, after which it will continue through Nov. 15 on Wednesdays-Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. in the Margetts Theatre. There will also be one matinee, Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. The cast includes Hillary Akin, Hollie Beard, Matthew R. Carlin,= Forrest Foster, Tomm Hiatt, Tim Lewis, Eugene McEntire, Michael Padekin, Shelby Pinney, Renny Richmond, Aaron Watts, Steve Watts and Jed Hirschel Wells. Tickets are $12 for general admission seating and $9 for students or= BYU faculty/staff. For reservations call 801-378-4322. "SAINTS AND STRANGERS," a new musical drama about the Pilgrims' voyage on the Mayflower, is co-produced by the Bountiful Performing Arts Center,= Dale White Productions, the National Mayflower Society and the Bountiful Utah Central Stake of the LDS Church. White, a former Hollywood actor-director- producer and now living in Bountiful, has written and directed the= production, inspired by the book by George F. Willison (published in 1945 by Time-Life Books) and Crispin Gill's "Mayflower Remembered." The cast includes Phill= Wright in the central role of Squanto, a humor loving storyteller who claims to be= "the last Patuxet" and who weaves the production's various elements together. There will be three free performances, at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday in= the Bountiful Regional Center, North Salt Lake. Tickets are not required;= patrons are encouraged to arrive early for better seats. Copyright 2003 Deseret News Publishing Company - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 08:44:56 -0700 From: katie@aros.net Subject: [AML] AML Writers Conference I opted not to go to the AML Writers Conference for a number of family= reasons, but I'm dying to find out what I missed! I'm sure there are lots of other= folks around who weren't able to go, and I imagine that folks who did go would= enjoy discussing the experience, so... what are you waiting for? Pull out your= notes and let us know what you learned! I suppose I should ask more politely. If you can find time in your busy schedules, I and many others would love to discuss the conference with you.= Thank you very much. Have a nice day. - --Katie Parker - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 18:12:50 -0700 From: Barbara Hume Subject: [AML] Retell With Pride At 08:09 AM 10/31/03 -0600, you wrote: >Elizabeth Bennet is determined to ignore the frenzied dating scene in >her college town. But when she meets Jack Wickham, a charming womanizer, >and Darcy, a wealthy businessman, her resolve is put to the test. Will >her first impressions cloud her judgment, or will she uncover their true >intentions? Go see this modern retelling of everyone's favorite Jane >Austen novel! Why would anyone want to see a modern retelling? What could be better than the version with Colin Firth in it? What sense would it make in today's world for a family to be ruined by a daughter's promiscuous behavior? Who cares about frenzied college dating? barbara hume the opinionated, who loves the Regency period, and who loves the way men looked in those high-cut coats, elegant waistcoats, skin-tight pantaloons, intricately tied cravats, and highly polished Hessian boots - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 18:37:59 -0700 From: Barbara Hume Subject: Re: [AML] Christian Unpublished Novel Contest At 01:34 PM 10/29/03 -0700, you wrote: >CWG membership is $149 a year. Too bad about this fee! I'm already paying $75/year for RWA membership, plus several other writers' orgs. Anyone know whether the CWG accepts Mormons as Christians? Some such organizations say we're not. barbara hume - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 18:41:57 -0700 From: Barbara Hume Subject: Re: [AML] Dialogue needs fiction I'm interested, but I haven't read an issue of Dialogue in some time. Where= could I pick up some recent issues? Barbara R. Hume Provo, Utah - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 18:51:02 -0700 From: Barbara Hume Subject: RE: [AML] in favor of vitriol At 02:58 PM 10/29/03 -0700, you wrote: >I frankly wish I had a stronger sense of Mary. I don't even disbelieve >the visions of Bernadette or the Virgin=3D > of Guadalupe. IMHO, Mary (virgin or not) has not received nearly enough= > attention in our art and literature. I don't disbelieve them, either. God speaks to different peoples in their own idioms, and Mormons are not the only people to experience His miracles.= It's the faith that does it! I loved the portrayal of Mary in Scott Bronson's play STONES. It was quite moving. It showed the human side of her, but also her strength. When Jesus paid tribute to her influence on his life, I went completely through one of= the six packages of Kleenex I took to the performance (knowing what Bronson's work always does to me). barbara hume - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 20:33:28 -0500 From: "C.S. Bezas" Subject: RE: [AML] GUNN, "Smart Single GUys" (DN) I would love to hear a review about "Saints and Strangers" (mentioned below). Cindy C.S. Bezas Board of Editors, Advisory Chair LatterDayAuthors.com http://www.latterdayauthors.com -----Original Message----- From: owner-aml-list@lists.xmission.com [mailto:owner-aml-list@lists.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Hall Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 8:22 AM To: aml-list@lists.xmission.com Subject: [AML] GUNN, "Smart Single GUys" (DN) Sunday, November 2, 2003 2 original works open this week By Ivan M. Lincoln Deseret Morning News "SAINTS AND STRANGERS," a new musical drama about the Pilgrims' voyage on the Mayflower, is co-produced by the Bountiful Performing Arts Center, Dale White Productions, the National Mayflower Society and the Bountiful Utah Central Stake of the LDS Church. White, a former Hollywood actor-director-producer and now living in Bountiful, has written and directed the production, inspired by the book by George F. Willison (published in 1945 by Time-Life Books) and Crispin Gill's "Mayflower Remembered." The cast includes Phill Wright in the central role of Squanto, a humor loving storyteller who claims to be "the last Patuxet" and who weaves the production's various elements together. There will be three free performances, at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday in The Bountiful Regional Center, North Salt Lake. Tickets are not required; Patrons are encouraged to arrive early for better seats. Copyright 2003 Deseret News Publishing Company - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature - -- AML-List, a mailing list for the discussion of Mormon literature ------------------------------ End of aml-list-digest V2 #216 ******************************