'Confessions of a Mormon Boy' Opens July 28th at New End Theatre

CONFESSIONS OF A MORMON BOY written and performed by Steven Fales plays 28 July to 30 August at New End Theatre, 27 New End, Hampstead London NW3 1JD (www.newendtheatre.co.uk).

CONFESSIONS OF A MORMON BOY is Steven Fales' compelling, humorous and inspiring true story about how he - a gay man - went from being a Mormon boy in Utah to a high-priced call boy in New York City. His provocative tale takes the audience through his excommunication from the Mormon church, marriage, having children, divorce, prostitution and drug abuse, as he struggles to reclaim himself, his children and his 'Donny Osmond' smile. The play was written to help end spiritual violence against gays and lesbians in churches, synagogues and mosques.

Fales says 'I wrote the play so that my children would some day be able to understand their gay father" and he adds " I kept thinking that if I were to die, there wasn't anyone I could fully trust to tell my kids who their 'wicked' gay dad really was and how much I loved them." 

CONFESSIONS OF A MORMON BOY received the 2008 Oscar Wilde Award Nomination for Outstanding New Writing in the Theatre at the Dublin International Gay Theatre Festival, a New York Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance and an Overall Excellence Award at the 2004 New York  International Fringe Festival. The book of the play, Confessions of a Mormon Boy was a recent finalist for a Lambda Literary Award.

Steven Fales is a classically trained actor with an MFA in acting from the University of Connecticut. He turned to writing and stand-up when his perfect Mormon world fell apart. Born in Provo, Utah, Fales began performing as a young boy singing solos in church. Credits include leading roles at the Utah Shakespearean Festival, Pioneer Theatre Company, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Sundance Theatre and has worked in film and television. He is currently touring his cabaret show MORMON AMERCIAN PRINCESS and is writing his second book OXY-MORMON MEMOIRS.  

Fales' former mother-in-law is celebrated Mormon poet Carol Lynn Pearson whose autobiography 'Good-bye, I Love You' (Random House 1986), poignantly recounts her relationship with her gay ex-husband who died of AIDS in her home. Steven Fales married their oldest daughter, Emily and together they have two children whom they raise in Salt Lake City, Utah.