Eric Samuelsen here. I’m a playwright and a critic, a theatre director and occasional actor, a baseball fan and a Democrat, a Mormon and a Christian, and a retired college professor. I earned a PhD in Theatre History and Criticism from Indiana University, then taught at Brigham Young University for twenty years. I was then diagnosed with polymyositis, an incurable muscular degenerative auto-immune disease, which forced my early medical retirement. I’m the father of four wonderful children, and very happily married for thirty two years. My plays have won multiple awards, and have been produced all over the country. I am also a recent winner of the Smith-Pettit Award, for oustanding lifetime contributions to Mormon Letters. I am resident playwright at Plan B Theatre company in Salt Lake City. And I’m a huge fan of the San Francisco Giants.
Mormon Iconoclast
An eclectic blog about Mormonism, politics, pop culture and baseball
Just discovered your blog and I love it. Have a tumblr?
I’m sorry, I don’t. What’s a tumblr?
Pleasure meeting you Eric. I’m a Liberal Mormon, and I specifically liked your comment “…people who call themselves Christian to re-examine their souls, and their attitudes towards their brothers and sisters.” I feel the same way every Sunday when I attend church.
Just found your blog. Love it. I’m a Hoosier living in Indianapolis and love the Indiana connection. Being a liberal Mormon here in the reddest of red states is difficult at best. But I plug along as the “weirdo” in my ward. Your posts give me strength. Thanks for writing. Oh, and “Go IU!”
Hi Diana, just wanted to say I know exactly what you mean. Is there a website for Mormon liberals. I think there should be. At times I feel very lonely.
There is — mormonliberals.org. Come join the community!
And Mormons for Obama. Great group!
I’ve been reading your blog for a few months now and it’s become one of the few I look forward to each day. I recently moved from the Seattle area to St. George and I’m still hanging tough as one of the new non-conservative in my neighborhood and ward. Keep up the excellent writing.
You and I are politically poles apart, yet your eloquent and witty post on the filibuster is one of the best I’ve ever read. I especially admire your remarks about eccentrics. Yes, let’s do keep the national conversation going! Thank you for your blog!