Name: The Beacon reviews eight sold-out performances of Wives of an American King, February 2005
Start: 2005-02
End: 2005-02
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2005-02
Kind: Performance
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: artshistoryheritagereligioncommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Anne-Marie Oomen’s Wives of an American King received eight sold-out performances at Traverse City’s Old Town Playhouse in February 2005. The Beacon review describes its focus on the domestic and moral tensions of James Jesse Strang’s expanded family and praises the cast and direction.

Evidence limits

This is a local review and does not replace the production’s script, official production records, or independent historical assessment.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 2005, "The King and his Wives."
Reviews eight sold-out Traverse City performances of Wives of an American King and its portrayal of James Jesse Strang, his wives, power, and historical ambiguity. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, March 2005, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the review.
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Beaver Island Archive, “The Beacon reviews eight sold-out performances of Wives of an American King, February 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wives-of-an-american-king-review-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2005, "The King and his Wives." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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