Seton Hill offers update of Greek classic

TribLIVE: The wedding-day tradition of “Something old, something new …” appropriately explains the origin of Seton Hill University Theatre and Dance Program's production of “Big Love,” which also happens to involve brides and bridegrooms — 50 of each, to be exact.

The contemporary work by Charles Mee (the “something new”) is a poetic adaptation of ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus' “The Suppliants” (the “something old”). The premise of both plays is that 50 brides flee to a manor in Italy to avoid pre-arranged marriages to their 50 cousins. The play moves the time period of the original Greek play into modern times.