Event: Illinois Wesleyan University’s McPherson Theatre presents: Big Love, a play by Charles Mee
Date: Nov. 19-24, 2002 (Tuesday-Sunday)
Time: 8:00 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday and 2:00 p.m., Sunday
Location: McPherson Theatre, Illinois Wesleyan University, 2 Ames Plaza East, Bloomington
Admission: Individual tickets for Tuesday through Thursday performances are $6 for adults and $5 for senior citizens, and $8 for adults and $7 for senior citizens on Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $1 for students with an IWU or ISU ID. They may be reserved a week in advance by calling the McPherson Theatre box office at 309/556-3232 and may also be purchased at the door.
Background: Big Love, a tragicomedy, is the story of 50 sisters who have been pledged in marriage by their father to 50 of their cousins. The sisters flee on their wedding day and seek refuge in the home of a complete stranger.
The New York Times said, “Playwright Charles L. Mee turns Greek drama on its ear as he boldly re-imagines Aeschylus’ The Suppliant Maidens (one of the oldest extant Greek dramas) to create Big Love, a work filled with surprise, astonishment and adventure.”
Big Love was part of the 1999-2000 Humana Festival in Louisville, Ky., and has played at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago and off-Broadway.
Contact: For more information contact Dominic Cattero, publicity coordinator for the School of Theatre Arts, at 309/556-3442.
