{"id":14482,"date":"2021-08-12T05:50:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T05:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=14482"},"modified":"2025-01-18T15:23:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T15:23:48","slug":"prodigal-son-a-short-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=14482","title":{"rendered":"Prodigal Son \u2022 A Short Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=14495\"><strong>James Goldberg<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After having been groomed throughout his young life by his father in anti-Mormon sentiment, the Son, Daniel,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>meets a girl, Christy, and falls deeply in love. He asks her out on a date \u2014 on Sunday, then on Monday \u2014 he soon realizes she is a Latter-day Saint. But he would rather be with her than not be with her. Daniel has college plans, then is soon baptized. He attends school until he can go on a mission. Very much against anything that his father has wished for him. Through that mission, Dad is not converted, but he loves his son and \u2026 he accepts his Son\u2019s decisions. The Prodigal Son story is somewhat turned on its head so cleverly here. There are two Prodigal Sons in this play \u2014 they are both Daniel. He is a prodigal to his Father, as he does return home after his mission to his accepting and loving Dad. But he is also a Prodigal Son to the Church, a lost son returning to his spiritual home. It was first produced by The New Play Festival and published in their volume \u201cOut of the Mount,\u201d which contains many great plays from their first several seasons.<\/p>\n<p>It is also the winner of the 2008 Association for Mormon Letters prize for Drama.<\/p>\n<p>Artwork by Steve Morrison. Used by permission.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><b>PLAY DETAILS:<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>2m 1f About <\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>30 minutes<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Simple Settings, if desired, an open space will do, with a few small props<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Contemporary Costumes<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>ORDER #3313<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PERUSAL MATERIALS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Prodigal-Son-3313-PERUSAL.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18790\" src=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Perusal-Script-300x94.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"66\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>REHEARSAL MATERIALS AVAILABLE<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Script<\/strong> in PDF format\u00a0 &#8212; Order #<strong>3313a<\/strong> : <em><strong>$20.00<\/strong><\/em> (from which you will be authorized to copy for your production)<br \/>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"paypal\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"H4EAQLDEPWDXU\" \/><br \/>\n<input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>First Performance Amateur\/Educational Royalty<\/strong> &#8212; Order #<strong>3313d<\/strong> : <strong>$35<\/strong><br \/>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"paypal\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"H4EAQLDEPWDXU\" \/><br \/>\n<input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Second Performance Amateur\/Educational Royalty<\/strong> &#8212; Order #<strong>3313e : $30<\/strong><br \/>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"paypal\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"E598D77BZDDUQ\" \/><br \/>\n<input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Professional Royalties<\/strong> will be quoted upon application<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?page_id=6558\"><strong>Performance license application<\/strong><\/a> (in PDF format) to open our Performance License Application. No production rights can be granted until this application is filled out and emailed to us (this happens automatically with this online form once you click send).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PRODUCTIONS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The New Play Project, Provo, Utah <\/strong>&#8212; 2007<\/li>\n<li><strong>PREMIERE: The New Play Project, Provo, Utah\u00a0<\/strong> &#8212; 2006<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>BILLING CREDITS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><b>Prodigal Son<\/b><\/p>\n<p>by<\/p>\n<p>James Goldberg<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: The names of the Playwright(s), Composer, Lyricist, and Bookwriter shall be equal in size, type, coloring, boldness, and prominence. No billing shall appear in type larger or more prominent than the billing to the Authors except for the title of the play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Prodigal Son<\/em> is presented through special arrangement with Premi\u00e9re Theatrical Licensing on behalf of Leicester Bay Theatricals (LBT).\u00a0 All authorized materials are also supplied by LBT www.leicesterbaytheatricals.com\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">From the catalog of<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Zion-Theatricals-Logo-2-Tall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1128 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Zion-Theatricals-Logo-2-Tall-153x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Zion-Theatricals-Logo-2-Tall-153x300.jpg 153w, https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Zion-Theatricals-Logo-2-Tall.jpg 307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 90px) 100vw, 90px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by James Goldberg After having been groomed throughout his young life by his father in anti-Mormon sentiment, the Son, Daniel,\u00a0 meets a<\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a class=\"myButt \" href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=14482\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[715,711,709,316],"tags":[29,110,394,378],"class_list":["post-14482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-theatre","category-college-university-theatre","category-community-theatre","category-religious-titles","tag-bible","tag-contemporary","tag-zt-zion-theatricals","tag-zt-plays"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Prodigal-Son-LOGO.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6fXeh-3LA","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14482"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21783,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14482\/revisions\/21783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}