Parker Theatre’s PERSUASION Admirable If Not Totally Persuasive
SOUTH SALT LAKE — “Persuasion” is one of only six novels that luminary 19th century writer Jane Austen wrote in her life. Published after her death, a new adaptation is…
A Beautifully Rebuilt Persuasion at Snow College
Ephraim-Persuasion, a Jane Austen novel that was actually published after her death in 1817, has been brought to the Snow College Theatre stage by local acclaimed playwright Melissa Leilani Larsen…
Imagining the future: Playwright Melissa Leilani Larson shares thoughts on her process and asks a heady “what if” with Plan-B’s PILOT PROGRAM
SALT LAKE CITY — Melissa Leilani Larson is a playwright and screenwriter based in Utah whose work includes a lauded stage adaptation of Pride and Prejudice at BYU in 2014…
PERSUASION feels like Austen to me
SALT LAKE CITY — I have a very good friend, named Jane, who once told me the story of an Anne Elliot. There was a time when Anne was young…
Jane Austen’s "Persuasion": Adaptation and Lost Love
PROVO — By definition an adaptation in something new created out of the original. Some things will be lost, others gained. Such is the case with Melissa Leilani Larson’s stage…