Rebecca Naomi Jones, Bobby Steggert & More Set for Signature Theatre's Big Love Off-Broadway

The cast is now set for Signature Theatre’s production of Big Love, a modern adaptation of Aeschylus’ The Danaids written by Charles Mee. Tina Landau will direct a company that includes Rebecca Naomi Jones (American Idiot, Murder Ballad) as Lydia and Tony nominee Bobby Steggert (Mothers and Sons, Big Fish) as Nikos. Performances will begin on February 3 at the Irene Diamond Stage at the Pershing Square Signature Center, where it will run through March 15. Opening night is set for February 23.

Additional cast members include Emmanuel Brown (Kung Fu) as Oed, Lynn Cohen (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) as Bella, Ellen Harvey (The Phantom of the Opera) as Eleanor, Ryan-James Hatanaka (King Lear) as Constantine, Christopher Innvar (The Snow Geese) as Piero, Preston Sadleir (Top Five) as Giuliano, Stacey Sargeant (Our Lady of Kibeho) as Thyona, Nathaniel Stampley (Porgy and Bess) as Leo and Libby Winters (American Idiot) as Olympia.

In Big Love, fifty brides flee their fifty grooms and seek refuge in an Italian villa. Mayhem ensues, complete with flight suit-clad grooms, women throwing themselves to the ground and occasional pop songs.

The production will feature scenic design by Brett Banakis, costume design by Anita Yavich, lighting design by Scott Zielinski, sound design by Kevin O’Donnell and projection design by Austin Switser.