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Get a First Look at Rebecca Naomi Jones and Bobby Steggert in Big Love

Charles Mee’s dark comedy comes to the Pershing Square Signature Center.

Bobby Steggert and Rebecca Naomi Jones leads the cast of Big Love by Charles Mee.
Bobby Steggert and Rebecca Naomi Jones lead the cast of Big Love, by Charles Mee.
(© T. Charles Erickson)

Signature Theatre Company's revival of Charles Mee's Big Love began performances on February 4 in the Irene Diamond Stage at the Pershing Square Signature Center. The romantic comedy, directed by Tina Landau, is scheduled to open on February 23 and runs through May 15.

Rebecca Naomi Jones, Libby Winters, and Stacey Sargeant prepare to get married as Ellen Harvey looks on.
Rebecca Naomi Jones, Libby Winters, and Stacey Sargeant prepare to get married as Ellen Harvey looks on.
(© T. Charles Erickson)

Big Love is Mee's adaptation of The Danaids by Aeschylus, one of the world's oldest plays. The work follows 50 brides as they flee their 50 grooms and seek refuge in an Italian villa. Leading the company are Rebecca Naomi Jones as Lydia, Bobby Steggert as Nikos, Lynn Cohen as Bella, Ellen Harvey as Eleanor, Christopher Innvar as Piero, Nathaniel Stampley as Leo, Emmanuel Brown as Oed, Ryan-James Hatanaka as Constantine, Preston Sadeir as Giuliano, Stavey Sargeant as Thyona, and Libby Winters as Olympia.

Rebecca Naomi Jones shares a slow dance with Nathaniel Stampley.
Rebecca Naomi Jones shares a slow dance with Nathaniel Stampley.
(© T. Charles Erickson)

The design team includes Brett Banakis (scenic design), Anita Yavich (costume design), Scott Zielinski (lighting design), Kevin O’Donnell (sound design), Austin Switser (projection design), and Rick Sordelet (fight direction).

A wedding takes place in Big Love, by Charles Mee, at the Pershing Square Signature Center.
A wedding takes place in Charles Mee's Big Love at the Pershing Square Signature Center.
(© T. Charles Erickson)

While Charles Mee was Signature's 2007-08 playwright in residence, his plays Iphigenia 2.0, Queens Boulevard (the musical), and Paradise Park were produced.

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