Tremont’s resident professional theatre company, convergence-continuum, continues its 2009 Season at the Liminis theatre with a big summer extravaganza,  Charles Mee’s madcap and provocative BIG LOVE  opening Friday, July 24.

Love, in all its many guises is up for grabs, as fifty brides (all sisters), unwilling to accept their arranged marriages, flee their fifty grooms (their cousins), running away from Greece and seeking refuge in a villa on the coast of Italy in this zany modern re-make of one of the western world's oldest comedies. And, at this coastal Italian villa, home to a decidedly quirky assortment of characters, the fifty grooms catch up with the brides, and mayhem ensues. Grooms arrive by helicopter in their flight suits. Brides repeatedly throw themselves to the ground.  There’s skinny-dipping in the fountain, pop songs, a romantic waltz, a dance in drag, and, finally, unable to escape their forced marriages, 49 of the brides gleefully dispatch 49 of the grooms – and  one bride falls in love. About the same odds as today.

BIG LOVE opens Friday, July 24 and runs Thu-Sat through August 22 at the Liminis, 2438 Scranton Rd. in Cleveland's historic Tremont neighborhood.  All shows are at 8 pm.  Tickets are $15 general admission, $12 students/seniors (65+).  For information and reservations visit www.convergence-continuum.org or call 216-687-0074.