Lucius Robinson, Rajeev Rajendran and LaMark Wright as The Grooms.
Photo by Jason Fagg

Manbites Dog Theater's
and Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern's co-production of
FISTFUL OF LOVE
from the plays of Charles L. Mee
Adapted and directed by Jay O'Berski
May 15-31, 2008
at Manbites Dog Theater in Durham

REVIEWS:
A musical long-form poem about eroticism, love, loneliness, trust, and commitment. It walks; it talks (and talks some more); its sings; it dances; it gets in and out of the hot tub… it portrays the mythic and timeless struggle between men and women as a bloody war in which a few battles may end in happy détente. It is very, very funny. It also features a beautiful, delicate, melancholy performance by Tom Marriott that remains etched on the heart after the amusements have faded.
-- Kate Dobbs Ariail, CVNC.org, Full review


In a wedding season marked by swooning sighs of "I do," Fistful of Love fights back with a belligerent "I won't"… A contemporary multimedia adaptation of Aeschylus' ancient Greek drama "The Suppliants," Fistful takes altar aversion to bloody extremes. But it also offers enough confections of its own to turn the tragedy into a romantic comedy.
-- Orla Swift, News & Observer, Full review


"Bridezilla" meets Sadie Hawkins Day.
-- Byron Woods, Independent Weekly
Full review in current issue
Online version available Thursday

Comments from audience members:
Matt says: I normally don't like plays, but this one's great!! Seriously, I've never seen a play I've loved, until now... it's full of great cast, performance, songs, humor, deep philosophical musings about love/sex/relationships, and some skin!. And a short movie, to boot. The music is great and hilarious at the same time. This is community theater at it's best and, imho, blows away any big budget show I've ever seen... I helped make the film [used in the show], but we had no idea what the play was all about, and it blew us away. So proud to have contributed to it in a small way.

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More about the show

Music Video from the show

Video Interview with the cast

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LOCATION: Manbites Dog Theater, 703 Foster Street in Durham.
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Manbites Dog Theater’s 2007-2008 season is made possible in part through gifts to the Durham Arts Council United Arts Fund, and by grants from the NC Arts Council, an agency supported by the state of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts. This production is supported by a grant from The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation.

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