Andrew Pope helps stage "Big Love" at Baldwin Wallace University

2016 May 12

Andrew Pope of Cleveland Heights was part of a talented cast and crew from Baldwin Wallace University that staged Charles Mee's "Big Love" during the spring 2016 semester. A surrealistic journey of song, dance, and movement, "Big Love" inevitably shows that love trumps all.

Directed by Anjanette Hall in BW's intimate William Allman Theatre, the play put a unique, modern twist to the Greek play, "The Suppliants" and explored the issues of gender politics, love, and domestic violence. Pope, a graduate of Lutheran High School East majoring in theatre acting and directing, played the part of Nikos in the production.

"Big Love" is one of an extensive number of performance experiences providing real-world opportunities for students of the Baldwin Wallace theatre and dance program. There are two main stage productions and a series of one-acts each semester. Productions include musicals, operas, plays and a dance concert. The BW theatre and dance program's 2016-2017 production season begins in September. Performance details will be available in August at http://www.bw.edu/events/theatre-dance/index.