#GodHatesYou

Laurel has always been the apple of the church’s eye. She’s the first person to volunteer to picket funerals of dead soldiers, knows what to say to strike a nerve in a crowd, and can debate the Bible with the best of them. Despite the constant hate mail and death threats, she knows she’s saving the sinners of the world before the end of days arrives. However, when Laurel joins social media she’s faced for the...
Laurel has always been the apple of the church’s eye. She’s the first person to volunteer to picket funerals of dead soldiers, knows what to say to strike a nerve in a crowd, and can debate the Bible with the best of them. Despite the constant hate mail and death threats, she knows she’s saving the sinners of the world before the end of days arrives. However, when Laurel joins social media she’s faced for the first time with the outside world, and soon everything she believes is called into question. God Hates You asks what it means to grow up in a church dedicated to spreading hate and intolerance, and what happens when the faith you’ve rigorously adhered to your whole life came shattering down around you.

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#GodHatesYou

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  • Cheryl Bear:
    6 May. 2021
    When people use God to meet their own needs to oppress, there's a reckoning that will come form the outside world and you'll have to face the distortion you've been raised to promote. Well done.
  • Premiere Stages at Kean University:
    3 Mar. 2020
    Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize “#GodHatesYou” by Emily Dendinger as a semifinalist for the 2020 Premiere Play Festival. “#GodHatesYou” rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of outside theatre professionals to become one of 26 semifinalists out of 939 submissions. The panel was particularly impressed by how balanced, smart, funny, and unsentimental this play is. The nuanced arguments between friends about belief are engaging and prompt meaningful self-reflection by Laurel. Our congratulations and thanks to Emily.
  • Chanel Gomaa:
    1 Feb. 2020
    "#GodHatesYou" brilliantly utilizes social media and modern politics to tackle ancient arguments had by fanatics of all belief systems. The themes of empathy and honesty make this play shine, as we find ourselves rooting for a character who we initially have zero tolerance for in the play's beginning. Intriguing and thought provoking, Dendinger offers a necessary piece of literature that deserves to be well-known.

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Production History

  • University
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    University of Mississippi
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    2020
  • University
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    University of Central Florida
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    2019

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