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When Latter-day Saint David Nolan heard about the billions his church squirrels away for a “rainy day,” he wasn’t pleased.
But he didn’t leave the faith. He didn’t stop believing. He didn’t stop attending services. He didn’t stop paying tithing.
Instead, he wrote a musical.
“The Good Shepherds” — a satirical show about the church’s wealth — will debut March 21-23 at Peery’s Egyptian Theater in Ogden. (Tickets start at $19, plus a $5 processing fee, and are available online at bit.ly/3p4F38I.)
Despite the topic, Nolan is adamant that he’s not bitter at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which has been accused of amassing deep dollars intended for, but not spent on, charity.
“The value [of the church] still outweighs the negative,” he said. “Let’s have a social conversation about the value of a human life versus the value of [billions] in stocks just sitting there.”
He also said Latter-day Saints should have no problem attending “The Good Shepherds.” It’s not like “The Book of Mormon” musical, he said, the raunchy Tony-winning Broadway hit that mercilessly mocks many of the faith’s beliefs and practices.
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