Welcome to the Branch

<p>Welcome to the Branch is a two-act play that investigates issues of cultural differences in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (or LDS church), more commonly known as the Mormon Church. Set in modern-day, downtown Richmond, Welcome to the Branch follows two very different members of the LDS church as they examine and try to understand both their religion, in the context of its cultural and social history, and their place in it. One is Molly, a Caucasian, middle-class young woman from Utah, in Richmond temporarily for her husband's graduate school; the other is Aina, an African American, single mother living in Mosby Court who has recently joined the LDS church. While Aina struggles for survival and looks for meaning in a church where, historically, she would not have felt welcome, Molly slowly comes to terms with the limitations of her own sheltered background.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Fine Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year dc:date.available

2006

Author dc:creator

• Pope, Turia R.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Laura Browder

• theatre
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
• fiction
• female experience
• religion in theatre
• Arts and Humanities
• Creative Writing

Statement dc:rights

• © The Author

Identifier

https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/917

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarscompass.vcu.edu:etd-1916