Meadville Community Theatre’s next show is Fool for Love. It will be performed April 29-May 8, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:00pm.
Sam Shepard’s romantic tragedy will have you feeling the highs and lows of a tumultuous love affair.
The scene is a stark motel room at the edge of the Mojave Desert. May, a disheveled young woman, sits dejectedly on a rumpled bed. Eddie, a rough-spoken rodeo performer, crouches in a corner fiddling with his riding gear. When he attempts to console May, who is distressed by Eddie’s frequent absences and love affairs, she seems, at first, to soften. But then she suddenly attacks him. Recriminations pour out. The action becomes at times physically violent, and the desperate nature of their relationship becomes apparent. They cannot get along with, or without, one another, yet neither can subdue their burning passion.
The poignancy of their situation (a twist you’ll have to see) is pointed out by the play’s two other characters. Martin, a hapless young man who stops by to take May to the movies. He becomes the butt of Eddie’s funniest yet most humiliating jokes. And a ghostly old man who sits, sipping whiskey and commenting wryly on what he observes. Eventually May and Eddie tire of their struggle and embrace. But it is evident that the respite is temporary and that their love, the curse of the past which haunts them, will remain forever damned and hopeless.
Critical Acclaim
Winner of the Obie Award and a critical and popular success. This masterfully constructed work brings searing intensity and rare theatrical excitement to its probing, yet sharply humorous study of love, hate and the dying myths of the Old West.
“…Sam Shepard’s purest and most beautiful play.” —NY Daily News.
“It is as mysterious and unsettling—now you see it, now you don’t—as spare and, incidentally, as funny as anything he has ever done.” —The New Yorker.
“FOOL FOR LOVE is certainly one of the best plays of our time. FOOL FOR LOVE may very well be one of the great plays of the late twentieth century.” —BackStage.
“…a powerful addition to Shepard’s impressive output.” —Variety.
Interested in seeing Fool for Love? Tickets are on sale now: purchase here or reserve by phone at 814-333-1773. Remember to bring your mask; masks are still required while inside the building.