“Good Standing,” written by Matthew Greene, directed by Jerry Rapier and produced by Plan-B Theatre, is a solo play about Curt Brown, a gay Mormon who just married the love of his life. Now he is facing excommunication from the church that he was raised in. Set in the disciplinary hearing that is referred to as a “trial of love” where Curt must face 12 men, six advocating for him, six against, trying to decide whether he should remain a “Mormon in good standing.” Each of these men giving his thoughts on Curt’s actions, while Curt gives his thoughts about these men.
Greene’s writing is funny, smart and touching. Using his familiarity with the Church and terms like “Mormon-splaining” Greene tells an amusing, yet all-too-real story. The characters are familiar to the viewers who are/were members of the Mormon church. Those who aren’t members of the church get a good idea of what the members can be like from this play: stubborn, judgmental, trying to be open-minded, while still completely missing the mark (not unlike the way the LDS church recently decided they accept openly homosexual members, as long as they don’t–God forbid–actually act on those Same Sex-Attraction (SSA) “temptations.”) Read the rest of the story here.
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