by Charles Mee -- directed by Clyde Simon
at The Liminis
Fifty brides flee their fifty grooms and seek refuge in a villa on the coast of Italy in this modern re-making of one of the western world's oldest plays, The Danaids by Aeschylus. And, in this villa on the Italian coast, the fifty grooms catch up with the brides, and mayhem ensues: the grooms arriving by helicopter in their flight suits, women throwing themselves over and over again to the ground, pop songs and romantic dances, and, finally, unable to escape their forced marriages, 49 of the brides murder 49 of the grooms-and one bride falls in love. About the same odds as today.
REVIEWS:
The Plain Dealer by Tony Brown
"... Thyona (actress Lauren Smith, left), Olympia (Laurel Johnson) and Lydia (Liz Conway) are just three Greek girls looking for a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T -- and a little fun -- in "Big Love"..."
Scene Magazine by Christine Howey
"When it comes topissed-off married chicks, there is more fury in the blushing, hatchet-wielding ladies of Big Love than in a whole season of Bridezillas... the passive, princess-y Olympia (Laurel Johnson) etches a distinctive character..."
Roy Berko
"...Laurel Johnson looks like she just escaped from a Barbie doll wrapping and plays the air headed Olympia with perfect ease..."
