LOVE IN PIECES
a play in four parts

As the title suggests, the play is "in pieces." It consists of four separate love stories, each portraying a famous couple in a new way. The characters are taken from Shakespeare and from Greek and Roman Mythology, but audiences don't need to know anything about the original works to understand or to be entertained by Love in Pieces. The language and situations are thoroughly modern. Try to imagine Metamorphoses meets Sex and the City meets Fool for Love, if you can!

People never get tired of love stories, and Love In Pieces takes a unique and very funny approach to relationships by showing well-known characters in new situations.  For example, Antony and Cleopatra are having marital problems. Antony's sex drive is stalled until he and his Egyptian Queen get into a little cross-dressing and role-playing. In another scene, Laertes tries to convince Ophelia that Hamlet is a cad. He babbles as she takes a bubble bath and practices holding her breath underwater. Orpheus retrieves Eurydice and becomes mesmerized by the jazz music he hears in Hell. Psyche teaches Cupid how to cut paper snowflakes. The scenes are funny on many different levels, but ultimately very poignant as well.

Playwright Sarah Morton gives a portrayal of love which is completely non-cynical -- a rarity nowadays -- yet completely unsentimental as well, giving us a glimpse at the possibilities of true love.  Ideally, audiences will leave the theater with a better understanding of their own relationships.  The show is only an hour and fifteen minutes long, but every moment resonates very deeply for anyone longing for more out of dating and mating.  And when you get right down to it, aren't we all?