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The age-old story of love versus power is the focus of the upcoming Brock production Big Love<\/em>.<\/p>\n Photo: Karyn McCallum<\/p><\/div>\n The play tells the story of 50 brides (all sisters) who flee arranged marriages to 50 grooms (their cousins) who pursue them across Italy. A contemporary look at Aeschylus\u2019s Greek tragedy The Suppliant Women,<\/em> the play will be performed by the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts on Feb. 11 to 13.<\/p>\n In Big Love<\/em>, three of the runaway brides seek asylum in an Italian family\u2019s villa. Their hosts are unable to negotiate the moral predicament and allow the forced marriages, so the brides make a pact to kill their husbands on their wedding night.<\/p>\n \u201cI am drawn to the play because it has the scale of a Greek tragedy, but it is dressed in the global culture of today,\u201d said Gyllian Raby, director and associate professor in Dramatic Arts. \u201c(Playwright Charles) Mee invites a wild post-modern performativity, but his story is so deeply sourced in western culture that it is very accessible.\u201d<\/p>\n Karyn McCallum designed the set. The choreography is from Gemini-nominated director Allen Kaeja.<\/p>\n Performers are from the Dramatic Arts undergraduate performance concentration. They include Rebecca Durance-Hine, Jacqueline Costa, Sadie Isaak, Rob MacMenamin, Corey Mehlenbacher, Trevor Ketcheson, Jen Bender, Chris Boyle, Michael Pearson, Eric Frank, Dylan Mawson and Kasey Dunn.<\/p>\n Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for seniors and students.<\/p>\n Performances:<\/strong>![\"bigloveweb2\"](\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/bigloveweb2.jpg\" "\\"bigloveweb2\\"")
\nThursday, Feb. 11 \u2013 7:30 p.m.
\nFriday, Feb. 12 \u2013 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
\nSaturday, Feb. 13 \u2013 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n