"The Fading Flower" by Mahonri Stewart

For most members of the LDS church, David Hyrum Smith, the youngest
of Joseph and Emma Smith's children—born after Joseph's
martyrdom—is an unknown. Given by nature to painting and poetry, he
was in some ways the most unprepared of the Smith children for the
eventual tug-of-war between various Mormon factions hoping to claim
the Smith legacy in the years after the main body of the saints
moved West.

In "The Fading Flower," his new work for the stage premiering this
month, Latter-day Saint playwright Mahonri Stewart explores a
fascinating part of the Smith family history during the time of
David's courtship and Emma's struggles to protect and hold together
her maturing family. Mahonri and actress Kathryn Laycock Little,
who plays Emma Smith, talk about the play, the characters, and
share excerpts recorded during rehearsal.

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