Event

BIG LOVE, by Charles L. Mee

The College of Marin Drama Department will present BIG LOVE, by Charles L. Mee in the Studio Theatre on the Kentfield Campus on April 24, 25, May 1, 2, 8 and 9 at 8 pm and May 3 and 10 at 2 pm. The show will be directed by Molly Noble, who directed last season's smash hit, DANCING AT LUGHNASA and who, in addition to her teaching duties at the college of Marin, is also Artistic Director of Porchlight Theatre Company.

Based on Aeschylus' ancient play THE SUPPLIANT, BIG LOVE is Mee's delightfully modernized nod to the timelessness of the story wherein fifty brides flee to a manor in Italy to avoid marrying their fifty cousins. When asked why he wrote the play, Mee said he wanted to go back to what some have thought to be one of the earliest plays and see if the situation is as relevant today as then, and of course it is: "refugees, gender wars and men and women trying to find what will get them through the rubble of dysfunctional relationships, and anger and rage and heartache." BIG LOVE is a sprawling, brawling tale that proves once again that love conquers all!

Tickets for BIG LOVE are $15 general and $10 for students, seniors and College of Marin students, employees and alumni. Tickets for BIG LOVE may be ordered by calling the College of Marin Box Office at 415-485-9385 or Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006.