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Thom Duncan

THOM DUNCAN  

 Nationality:    USA
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Having been born of goodly parents, in the town of Southgate California, he is currently employed as a Technical Writer. Thom has written many LDS-oriented plays (one of which, Matters of the Heart, currently anthologized in Saints on Stage, won an award as Best New Play of the Year in 1985), two technical books about Novell software, and several yet unproduced screenplays. All of his LDS plays are represented by Zion Theatricals. Moroni Smith in Search of the Gold Plates is his second published novel. He is published in every branch of the medium except screenplays. When he does that, he says that he can die happy.

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below is a list of Thom Duncan's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         And Some Cried Fraud!         Let There Be Love         Matters of the Heart         Preposterous Parley P!         Sceptre, A Sword, A Scented Rose, A         Survival of the Fittest         Tymes Of All Eternity, The         Voice of the Lion

And Some Cried Fraud!

Synopsis:
Based, in part, on "The Trial Of The Stick Of Joseph". We enter a courtroom to determine if the Book Of Mormon is true. David Whitmer, Martin Harris, Oliver Cowdery and Charles Anthon are cross-examined and the Book is upheld as truth.

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www.ziontheatricals.com, 2012   -

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Male:  9            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Let There Be Love

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www.ziontheatricals.com, 2014   -

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Matters of the Heart

Synopsis:
A heart-wrenching and inspired look at a Stake President's family who's youngest son returns early from a Full-time LDS Mission. We come to know and love and empathize with each of the characters in the play because each of them could be someone we have known. And that is the power of this play: its believability, its ability to make each of us relate to the situation and characters and come away from a performance moved, changed, entertained and challenged. Best Original Play Award-1985, Utah Valley Theatre Guild.

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1st Produced:
Townesquare Theatre    1985

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www.ziontheatricals.com, 2012   -

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Preposterous Parley P!

Synopsis:
The life and times of Parley P. Pratt from his conversion to his discipleship with Joseph and the Church. Funny and compelling.

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the author himself toured with this productions in hundreds of performances all over the US and Canada over the last 35 years.

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www.ziontheatricals.com, 2012   -

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One-man play

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Sceptre, A Sword, A Scented Rose, A

Synopsis:
This play was selected as a representative of the finest in Mormon dramaturgy at the 1973 Mormon Festival of the Arts at BYU. It is a powerful drama based on the story of Ammon and King Lamoni as recounted in ALMA 17-19. Ammon, a Nephite son of King Mosiah, ventures into the Land Of Ishmael on missionary endeavors. He's captured and brought before the wicked Lamanite vassal King, Lamoni, who is enthralled by this Nephite's courage and strength. Lamoni keeps Ammon as one of his servants, soon promoting him to his private man. Lamoni's conversion to the True Gospel is the climax to this suspenseful play, with eloquent and demanding dialogue and characterization.

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Brigham Young University    1973

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www.ziontheatricals.com, 2012   -

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Male:  14            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Survival of the Fittest

Synopsis:
The story behind the 1911 firing of three BYU professors for teaching Evolution.

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1st Published:
www.ziontheatricals.com, 2014   -

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Male:  19            Female:  3            Other:  extras

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Tymes Of All Eternity, The

Synopsis:
a delightful spin on what happens after this life. We find ed and Mabel Tyme having just arrived in Paradise from Spirit Prison. they were Latter-day Saints on earth where they were sealed together (unhappily, as it turned out) for Time and all eternity. they find themselves in the same room of their mansion and they have a certain amount of time to work it all out. If it doesn't work out their sealing will be canceled.

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Written by C Thom Duncan And C Michael Perry

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Genre:
Musical (LDS)

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Voice of the Lion

Synopsis:
All about Brigham Young himself.

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1st Published:
www.ziontheatricals.com, 2014   -

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Genre:
One-Man play

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Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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