Confessions of a Mormon Boy

Confessions of a Mormon Boy, a new autobiographical, one-person play written and performed by Steven Fales and directed by Tony Award-winner Jack Hofsiss, is performed as part of the New York International Fringe Festival.

Told with humor, song, and the Book of Mormon, in his unflinchingly honest comic/dramatic monologue, Steven Fales, a sixth-generation Mormon, plays over 25 characters from his highly distinctive life’s journey as a gay Mormon, a Boy Scout (“Eagle”), missionary to Portugal, BYU graduate, husband, father, and Manhattan escort. Confessions details his failed attempt to overcome his “same-sex attraction” through “reparative therapy,” resulting in his divorce and excommunication from the Mormon Church. Shortly after coming out, Fales left his home, wife and two children in Utah and moved to New York City where he hoped to come to terms with the pain, anger and confusion of his situation. While struggling to make it as an actor, he became a high-end male escort-for-hire (a.k.a. prostitute) in a period he calls his “gay adolescence.” Fales tells what it took to leave the world of prostitution and drugs, re-establish a life of integrity, and reclaim his “Donny Osmond” smile.

Schedule

Friday, August 13 at 8:15 pm
Sunday, August 15 at 3:30 pm
Wednesday, August 18 at 10:15 pm
Thursday, August 19 at 4:00 pm
Saturday, August 21 at 3:15 pm
Monday, August 23 @ 8:00pm
Friday, August 27 at 5:15 pm