A love story doesn’t have to be cloying or predictable—and, when read by the right performer, the enchantment can be powerful.

Producer Sara Zarreh tells the story of Margery Kempe, believed to be the first woman to write an autobiography in the English language, more than five hundred years ago.

That was part of a 40-minute long performance by Stone, who came from near Ashville, North Carolina to be part of Colorado ...