Event

Parallel Lives

In the opening scene, two Supreme Beings plan the beginning of the world. Once they decide on the color scheme of the races, a little concerned that white people will feel slighted being such a boring color, they create sex and the sexes. From this moment, the audience is whisked through an outrageous universe, where actresses will play men and women struggling through the common rituals of modern life: teenagers on a date, sisters at their grandmothers funeral, a man and a woman in a country western bar. With boundless humor, Parallel Lives reexamines the ongoing quest to find parity and love in a contest handicapped by capricious gods or in this case, goddesses.

Written by Mo Gaffney and Kathy Najimy
Directed by Elizabeth Schrey
Produced by Chris Caffrey

*Sales from concessions will be donated to the Gathering for Women, a refuge for homeless women on the Monterey Peninsula. Every Tuesday they provide women with a caring community, a hot nutritious meal, needed clothing, resource support and emergency assistance, education to promote their health and safety and connections to community services.