But Evie is only one of dozens of characters in "The Diviners," people of both genders, all ages and many ethnicities, as is only fitting for a story set in early 20th-century New York. The others ...

”The Diviners,” an unusual drama by James Leonard Jr. now playing at Stage Left Theatre, is about a disturbed rural youth and his missionary healer, recalling more famous works such as ”The ...

The Diviners borders, at times, on the precious: Buddy refers to the parts of his body with funny names, and his father, a mechanic, says to him, “You’re making more noise than a half-blowed ...

From the beginning of "The Diviners," when Zion, Ind., farmer Basil Bennett (Mike Culbertson) announces, "The idiot boy is dead," we know something bad is going to happen in the next two hours ...

"The Diviners" is a profound drama set in the 1930s in the fictional town of Zion, Indiana. It tells the story of a young boy named Buddy Layman, who has the gift of finding water but is also ...

Set in rural Indiana in the early 1930s, Jim Leonard Jr.’s 1980 play, “The Diviners,” drips with a period regionalism that is almost folkloric in tone. The play requires careful handling, or ...

Like some of the works of John Steinbeck, “The Diviners” meshes spiritual concerns with the geographical and economic aridity of the Great Depression. In a fine new staging, Mysterium Theater ...

Although "The Diviners" is about loss of faith, the Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Performing and Visual Arts' production makes it as much about relationships. That's because most of ...

“The Diviners” explores community, kindness and tragedy. The show staged by the Wichita Community Theatre stars two teenagers - Leo Larson and Lily Shaw, both 15.

Stratford Festival: A new, idiosyncratic stage adaptation of The Diviners could spark a Margaret Laurence revival J. Kelly Nestruck Published August 29, 2024 Updated August 30, 2024 ...