Steven Fales
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Steven Fales (year - ) is a playwright and actor who has gained broad recognition in both the gay community and the LDS community for his one-man play, Confessions of a Mormon Boy.
Fales was born in Utah and grew up as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly known as Mormons. As is common in the LDS community, he served a two-year full-time mission for the Church in Portugal from (year - year).
While he had been aware of his own homosexuality for some time, after his mission, Fales sought help from his church leaders to overcome it. He spent (how much) time working with reparative therapists, including Joseph Nicolosi, and was eventually convinced that marrying a woman would bring about final success in changing from homosexual to heterosexual.
Fales married Emily Pearson on (date) in the (which) Temple. Their marriage is quite ironic, since Emily had watched her own parents divorce because her father was gay; this story is told in Carol Lynn Pearson's book, "Goodbye, I Love You." Together, Steven and Emily had two children.
(Someplace in here there's a MFA from BYU.)
By (year), Steven could no longer hide or control his homosexuality and had to admit to Emily that his sexuality had really not changed. Their marriage ended (when).
In (year), Fales began writing his one-man play, Confessions of a Mormon Boy. Its first reading was at the Sunstone Symposium in Salt Lake City in (month/year). This version included imagery of Fales dressed as a prisoner, coincident with the Mormon concept of Spirit Prison.
Confessions has changed much from its original form. As of 2006, it has appeared in a dozen cities, including a lengthy run Off-Broadway.
