MBU Undergraduate Theatre Fall Mainstage Production

Big Love

Written by Charles Mee and adapted freely by the cast

Based on The Suppliants by Aeschylus

Directed by Molly Seremet

November 6–9, 2025 (Thursday–Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.)

Fletcher Collins Theatre, Deming Hall

In this raucous play with music, 50 brides flee their 50 grooms on their wedding day. The women seek refuge in a villa on the coast of Italy but all is not well. The 50 grooms catch up with the brides and mayhem ensues. The grooms arrive by helicopter in their flight suits and the women wield words (and circular saw blades!) with equal abandon, and love tangles with belonging, agency, and independence  In this world of pop songs, wild dances, and chaotic violence, 49 brides kill 49 grooms … and one marries for love. Join us for this re-making of one of the western world's oldest plays to find out just who finds love in a hopeless place. 

MBU undergraduate students: FREE

Non-MBU Students, MBU Graduate Students, Faculty & Staff, Sr. Citizen: $7

Adult: $12

For ticket reservations, visit the box office form. 

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