July 12: The Angel and Java Jive in Midway
As part of the 2025 Wayfare Festival, join us for a screening of The Angel and Java Jive, films by Barrett and Jessica Burgin. Afterwards, there will be a discussion of the films and LDS filmmaking in general with James Goldberg, Barrett Burgin, Joshua Sabey, and Sarah Perkins
WHEN: JULY 12TH, 7PM
WHERE: THE HOMESTEAD RESORT, MIDWAY
Read James Goldberg’s rollicking review of Java Jive.
August 2: Pilot Program at The Compass in Provo, UT
PILOT PROGRAM is the story of Abigail Husten, a writer and professor whose life is turned upside down when she and her husband Jacob are called to participate in a pilot program restoring polygamy to current LDS practice.
“[PILOT PROGRAM] is a considered, thoughtful look at what polygamy might do to a mostly fulfilled contemporary marriage between equal partners…. This is a play that will leave you talking and pondering long after you leave the theater.” — Ann Poore, Artists of Utah’s 15 Bytes
This performance is a dramatic reading of the play followed by a discussion with playwright Melissa Leilani Larson, director Shelley Graham, Wayfare fiction editor Jeanine Bee and Faith Matters executive director, Zach Davis.
Read an excerpt from the play here, and find reviews of the play here.
“PILOT PROGRAM… is lyrically lovely and achingly uncomfortable, a meditation on polygamy, a fascinating what-if fantasy, and a deeply moving chronicle of three people in point of crisis…. It’s excruciating to watch. It’s also marvelously compassionate.” — Association for Mormon Letters 2015 Drama Award citation
When: Aug 02, 2025, 7:00 PM
Where: The Compass, 250 W Center St Provo, UT
August 6: Full of Days at The Compass in Provo, UT
After a child's fall from a haystack results in a broken rib and a child welfare case, an indigent ranching couple struggles to keep their family and livelihood intact. But there are chaotic forces in the valley—gods and devils, wilderness, and the west wind tunneling through.
Join us at The Compass August 6th at 6pm for a pre-release screening and conversation about the new film Full of Days.
Directed by Sarah Perkins and shot by Josh Sabey (the team behind The Book of Mormon Storybook), the film is inspired by their own family's child welfare case. It is the first filmic retelling of The Book of Job told from a female perspective. Watch the trailer here.
When: Wednesday, August 6th, 6pm
Where: The Compass Gallery, 250 W. Provo Center Street.
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