Receive These Things - A Musical Based on the Book of Mormon

Story Synopsis

   In vision, the prophet Mormon sees 5 latter-day characters who struggle with challenges to their faith. He selects various scriptures, from the plates at hand, to strengthen them.
   The production begins with an ensemble, dressed in Book of Mormon era clothing, mining ore to make gold plates. Prophets, including Mormon, Moroni, Lehi and Sariah, Nephi, Ammon, Alma and Amulek are introduced during the opening song, called “Mormon’s Theme.”
   Following the opening number, 5 vignettes, depicting latter-day challenges to faith, are portrayed. Each of the latter-day characters finds strength from a Book of Mormon character:

•    1. An older couple considers serving a mission. The husband is enthusiastic, but the wife isn’t sure she has the courage. She contemplates what it must have been like for Sariah to leave her home behind, forever.
•    2. Parents of a wayward child want the Lord to change their son by sending an angel. Lehi teaches them that seeing an angel does not always convert wayward children.
•    3. A young woman is tempted to dress immodestly and date a young man with lower standards. Her mother’s teachings, and Ammon’s experiences at the waters of Sebus, give her strength and courage to make the right choice in the end.
•    4. A brother, who has recently lost his job, experiences conflict when he is confronted with having to pay for damages to a luxury car. He remembers Nephi’s broken bow and asks the Lord, and his own father, to strengthen his faith.
•    5. A sister grieves for the loss of her child. Alma, Amulek, the women and children who were consumed in the fire, and some Relief Society sisters, bring comfort.

The final scene in the play features Mormon giving the plates to Moroni, who buries them, as the Book of Mormon ensemble sings the words to Moroni 10:4-5 and encourages the audience to “receive these things.”

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