James Arrington

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James Arrington
Born (1952-09-12) September 12, 1952 (age 71)
EducationMasters, Brigham Young University American Conservatory Theater
Website https://www.jamesarringtonproductions.com/about

James Arrington (born 12 September 1952) is an American stage actor, director, playwright and scholar. His plays are about the people and culture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

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Early life and education

At the age of 18, he served a two-year mission in Brazil for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Arrington studied at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and has a master's degree from Brigham Young University.

In 2017, he and his wife Colleen left Utah to serve a mission together in Nashville, Tennessee. Arrington is the son of LDS historian Leonard J. Arrington. [1]

Career

Arrington served twice as the Department Chair for the Department of Theatrical Arts for Stage and Screen and was a film and acting instructor at Utah Valley University.

Arrington's plays include one-man shows on LDS Church leaders Brigham Young, J. Golden Kimball, and Wilford Woodruff. Here's Brother Brigham, which Arrington wrote and performs, is a two-hour, two-act play in which Brigham Young reads letters, reminisces about his past, and has conversations with other people. [2] By 2001, Arrington had performed the play almost 700 times. [3]

He has written and produced a large number of plays around the fictional Farley family. One to four actors play up to 20 different members of the Farley family. [4] The play is also performed by other actors, including a U.S. Army performance company in Iraq and Afghanistan. [5] The play has spawned a book entitled, Aunt Pearl's Family Reunion Book: Personal Pointers on "How to 'Farley-Up Your Family Reunion" Reunion Book.

Arrington has also lent his voice talents to animated film productions, including The Swan Princess series as Queen Uberta's first footman, Sir Chamberlain. He also was one of the lead voice talents in the animated film "Samuel the Boy Prophet" and several other Bible-themed animated features produced by Richard Rich. He also voiced the character Frodo Baggins in the 1979 radio dramatization of The Lord of the Rings by The Mind's Eye radio company.

Arrington was awarded the 2019 Smith-Pettit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mormon Letters. [6]

Works

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References

  1. ↑ "James Arrington". Utah Valley University. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2011.
  2. ↑ Tilton, Lynn (January 1977). "Brother Brigham on Stage". New Era. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  3. ↑ Arave, Lynn (June 1, 2001). "Brother Brigham still revered at 200". Deseret News. Salt Lake City. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  4. ↑ "'Farley Family Reunion' still has touch". Deseret News. June 5, 2003. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Army theater group to perform in Iraq, Afghanistan". Army News Service. November 17, 2003.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  6. ↑ "2019 AML Award Winners" by Andrew Hall. Dawning of a Brighter Day. Association for Mormon Letters. 2 May 2020. Accessed 2 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Ingram, Aleah (2017-07-21). "Brigham Young is BACK, Just in Time for Pioneer Day". LDS Daily. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
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