Tag: Melissa Leilani Larson

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Welcome to the Radical Middle: Belonging and Identity in Melissa Leilani Larson’s Theatre

By Jenny Kokai on May 24, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Melissa Leilani Larson’s new play Mestiza, or Mixed is a work that brings together all of the complicated facets of Larson as a person refracted through her characteristically arresting turns of phrase. It tells the story of Lark, a queer, Asian American filmmaker seeking her big break and […]

Performing Arts | Theater

Not “Big Love”: Plan-B’s “Pilot Program” Proves a Fine Tragicomedy

By Ann Poore on April 9, 2015 • ( Leave a comment )

A husband, his wife – and a sister wife: not such a peculiar scenario in Utah. But LDS Church mandated? Again? That’s the intriguing premise of Plan-B Theatre’s excellent world-premiere play, “Pilot Program.” Set in 2019, the plot centers around a hopelessly childless middle-aged LDS couple who are […]