Scenes of Ascending: A Fable

by Eric Marlin

A woman from a modest Mormon household announces to her family that she has decided to become a god. Husband wants to support her. Son doesn't want to know much more. And Daughter just wants her to shut up and say grace. As Wife begins her ascension, the family slowly unspools. Meanwhile, the whole house is slowly flooding. Scenes of Ascending is a comedic fable about ambition, theology and oceans.

A woman from a modest Mormon household announces to her family that she has decided to become a god. Husband wants to support her. Son doesn't want to know much more. And Daughter just wants her to shut up and say grace. As Wife begins her ascension, the family slowly unspools. Meanwhile, the whole house is slowly flooding. Scenes of Ascending is a comedic fable about ambition, theology and oceans.

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Scenes of Ascending: A Fable

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  • Cheryl Bear: Scenes of Ascending: A Fable

    A powerful story of faith and feminism as a family unravels from a wife's ascension to become a god. Hilarious and well done!

    A powerful story of faith and feminism as a family unravels from a wife's ascension to become a god. Hilarious and well done!

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization PTP/NYC, Year 2014
  • Type Workshop, Organization The Healthy Oyster Collective, Year 2014
  • Type Reading, Organization Rhapsody Collective, Year 2013

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