Reading- MRS. JOE SMITH: FIRST LADY OF MORMONDOM

Reading- MRS. JOE SMITH: FIRST LADY OF MORMONDOM A reading of a new, one-woman play exploring the mind and heart of Emma Smith on the eve before the Saints leave Nauvoo, Illinois, for Utah. Award winning actress and active Latter-day Saint, Kimberly Mellen brings to life one of the most fascinating American women of the 19th Century, illuminating Emma’s love for her prophet-husband Joseph Smith, the Saints, and the Restored Gospel, and her own feelings about polygamy and her children’s place in history. The play was co-written by award-winning playwright and actor Steven Fales.

KIMBERLY MELLEN, STEVEN FALES