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CONFESSIONS OF A MORMON BOY Comes To Australia

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The international one-man sensation CONFESSIONS OF A MORMON BOY comes to Australia to perform as part of the 2019 Sydney Mardi Gras Festival and at Chapel off Chapel, Melbourne!

Based on original direction by legendary Tony Award-winner Jack Hofsiss(The Elephant Man) and performed by Outer Critics Circle Award Nominee and controversial LDS outcast Steven Fales, this critically acclaimed 90-minute solo play has educated and entertained audiences across the US and around the world.

Ahead of its time for its "unflinching honesty" (Salt Lake Tribune), Confessions of a Mormon Boy is the inspiring true story about how one troubled young dad first learned to wake up and grow up-and kept learning. An emotional rollercoaster of extremes-from perfect Mormon boy in Utah to perfect rent boy in Manhattan-"Oxy-Mormon" storyteller Steven Fales discovers an imperfect middle ground in this reclamation saga about what it means to finally come home.

Told with humor, song, and The Book of Mormon, this life-affirming, transformational tale about how a sixth-generation Latter Gay Saint attempts to reclaim his two kids and Donny Osmond Smile "will leave you breathless" (San Diego Union-Tribune). "Uncommonly powerful. Staying away would be a mistake" (Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune).

Defying respectability politics, the adult themes in Confessions of a Mormon Boy include spiritual abuse/religious violence in the form of excommunication; Reparative "Conversion" Therapy and the Ex-Gay Movement; HIV/AIDS; mixed-orientation marriages; drug abuse/"chemsex"/crystal methamphetamine; prostitution/sex work/human trafficking; recovery/spirituality; family and legacy; divorce; child custody/support; family law; parenthood and parental alienation; non-traditional families; father/son themes, cult detox, and much more pertaining to Mormon Americana . . . and musical theatre!

Sydney Mardi Gras Season
Giant Dwarf Theatre, 199 Cleveland Street, Redfern, 2016
22 February 2019 8pm
23 February 2019 6:30pm
23 February 2019 8:30pm
1 March 2019 6:30pm & 8:30pm
9 March 2019 8:30pm

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Melbourne Season
The Loft, Chapel Off Chapel, 12 Little Chapel St, Prahran VIC 3181
6 March 2019 7:30pm
7 March 2019 7:30pm
8 March 2019 7:30pm

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Theater Fans' Choice Awards
2026 Theater Fans' Choice Awards - Live Stats
Best New Musical - Top 3
1. The Lost Boys
35.9% of votes
2. Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)
24.5% of votes
3. Schmigadoon!
23.3% of votes

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