The Singles Ward is a 2002 LDS cinema comedy film directed by Kurt Hale and written by Kurt Hale and John E. Moyer based on his own life as a stand up comedian and single member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Like The R.M., and other films which followed it, The Singles Ward's target audience is members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and citizens of Utah. As such, references to and parodies of the Mormon and Utah subcultures pervade the film and are unlikely to be completely understood by non-Mormons. The Singles Ward was followed in 2007 by The... Singles 2nd Ward. After faithfully serving a full time mission for his church and marrying, Jonathan Jordan finds himself recently divorced and once again a member of the LDS single adult world— a world whose ultimate goal is Eternal Marriage. Disenchanted, Jordan stops going to church. He even creates a stand up routine lampooning the Mormon way of life. His resistance to the church continues until he falls for Cammie Giles, a member of the local singles ward. Suddenly, Jordan finds going to church more appealing.
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| Release date: | 2002 |
| Directed by: | Kurt Hale, Kurt Hale |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 102 Minutes |
| Producer: | Dave Hunter |
| Music by: | Cody Hale |
| Screenplay by: | Kurt Hale, John Moyer |
| Estimated budget: | $500,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |