{"product_id":"a-roof-overhead-and-other-mahonri-stewart-9780988323377","title":"A Roof Overhead and Other Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFive Plays About the Search for Spirituality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNational-award-winning playwright Mahonri Stewart continues to explore the contours of spirituality in an increasingly complicated world. This volume includes: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- \u003ci\u003eA Roof Overhead\u003c\/i\u003e-The Fielding family's Mormon values conflict with their tenant's atheistic beliefs. Can mutual tolerance be found, or will tragedy ruin their chances for finding common ground? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- \u003ci\u003eFriends of God\u003c\/i\u003e-This play dramatizes the history of Joseph Smith's martyrdom and the controversies and dangers that led up to it. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- \"White Mountain\" and \"The Prince's House\"-These two short plays explore the light and dark sides of the spiritual world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- \u003ci\u003eYeshua\u003c\/i\u003e-The New Testament Gospels are explored in new and beautiful ways.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Stewart's skill at dialogue and characterization, mingled with just the right amount of humor, drama, and pathos, anchors us to the play-we become more than mere observers. . . . What [\u003ci\u003eA Roof Overhead\u003c\/i\u003e] says to Mormons is, 'We are not alone in the world. We need to learn to get along with others of different or, sometimes, no faith.'\"\u003cbr\u003e -Excerpt from the AML Award Citation for Drama, 2012\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I'm getting more and more impatient to see great Mormon literature before I die! Thanks to Mahonri Stewart, we're coming closer. . . . I loved his \u003ci\u003eA Roof Overhead\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . Hooray for quality! It's coming!\"\u003cbr\u003e -Marilyn Brown, Association for Mormon Letters\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Mahonri Stewart's \u003ci\u003eYeshua\u003c\/i\u003e tells the familiar story of Jesus, but unlike so many retellings of the Savior's life, it does not play like a highlights reel of the Gospels. At its heart, \u003ci\u003eYeshua\u003c\/i\u003e is about our need for deeply personal relationships-not only with the divine, but with all of humanity.\"\u003cbr\u003e -Scott Hales, literary critic and award-winning cartoonist of \u003ci\u003eGarden of Enid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mahonri Stewart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0988323370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780988323377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zarahemla Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.89d","brand":"Mahonri Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48438080405759,"sku":"9780988323377","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b78294cf-ed18-4080-bcae-e6963af6687b.jpg?v=1777168673","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-roof-overhead-and-other-mahonri-stewart-9780988323377","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}