Casey Audrain has long wanted to stage “The Diviners” at PM&L Theatre — and now she has her chance to direct a play she said she’s loved since she first saw it in the 1980s. It’s not a comedy or a ...

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Author Rick Moody has somewhat of a cult following, and after reading his latest novel “”The Diviners,”” it’s easy to see why. His writing style is very distinct, characterized by short sentences and ...

Dr. Sharon Bebout-Carr is drawn to stories about how people function as part of a community, particularly a community under stress. She has written three plays that examine communities. "Walking on ...

From the beginning of "The Diviners," when Zion, Ind., farmer Basil Bennett (Mike Culbertson) announces, "The idiot boy is dead," we know something bad is going to happen in the next two hours. "The ...

Although "The Diviners" is about loss of faith, the Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Performing and Visual Arts' production makes it as much about relationships. That's because most of the ...

Set in a small, mythical Indiana town in the 1930s, this modern-day parable tells the story of a mentally challenged boy who’s early childhood trauma left him with an extreme fear of water and a gift: ...

In the corner, a girl sobs. A man lies center stage, shoulders heaving, utterly beaten. A horde of townspeople stand in the back, stricken and horrified. Suddenly, the tense silence is broken by a ...

Almost nobody follows literary feuds these days, but those who do still remember Dale Peck’s declaration three years ago in the “New Republic” that Rick Moody “is the worst writer of his generation.” ...