The Providence Sunday Journal Magazine published three of the four original monologues in the show. "Meeting Martin," Burch's favorite of these, has become her signature piece, and appears on the National Storytelling Network's audio anthology, A Storytelling Treasury -Tales Told at the 20th Anniversary National Storytelling Festival.

Burch says of the story: "In 1988, I was commissioned by St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Providence, Rhode Island, to tell St. Martin's story on his Feast Day, November 11th. While I was doing my research on the legend of St. Martin of Tours, I took a cross town city bus and encountered several homeless people also making their way through the snow. That evening, I wrote the story, transposing it from the 5th century to modern-day Providence. It came to me in the voice of a homeless person, and that's the way I tell it. Whatever else it may be, this monologue is very much a love story to a place."

After the show's debut , the Sierra Madre News (CA) wrote: "Much has been said about the power of a good story well-told. With Milbre Burch to tell them, we can cease the discussion and just listen and let them settle into our hearts. One exquisite story after another." After its booking at the Ackland Art Museum of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, museum educator Beth Shaw-McGuire called it: "An engaging and thoughtful performance." And Los Angeles-based writer/ director Louise Steinman called it: "A tour de force of storytelling."

The material in each act of Saints and Other Sinners consists of the following pieces:

ACT ONE
"Abe Zaccheus" by Milbre Burch. (based on the Gospel according to St. Luke, 19: 1-10)

"The Rabbi Spoke in Stories" by Milbre Burch. (based on the Gospel according to St. Matthew, 13: 31-32; 19: 13-15)

"St. Aloys, the Blacksmith" adapted from British Folktales by Katharine Briggs.

"Odilia and Aldaric" adapted from Giant and the Ford by Ursula Synge. (based on the legend of St. Odilia, patron saint of the Blind)

ACT TWO
"St. Clare Blesses the Bread" from The Little Flowers of St. Francis.

"Wilbern's Story" by Milbre Burch.

The Giant at the Ford adapted from the book by Ursula Synge. (based on the legend of St. Christopher, patron saint of travelers)

"How Come Christmas" adapted from the story by Roark Bradford.

"Meeting Martin" by Milbre Burch. (based on the legend of St. Martin of Tours)

Running time is 90 minutes. There is one 10-minute intermission.

Milbre Burch's live recording of Saints and Other Sinners features the selections above, and was a NAIRD/ AFIM INDIE Award Finalist in 1991.