Mutual Consent: A Reading

As part of its Affinity Series initiative, the CSULB Theatre Arts department is proud to announce a reading of Mutual Consent, written by Nancy Bell and Peter Grandbois. The public reading, which will be presented on September 3rd at 7 pm in the Theatre Arts building on the CSULB campus, is an opportunity to hear the play that will be fully produced next Spring by California Repertory Company, from February 12th through the 21st in the CSULB Studio Theatre. The new play Mutual Consent, a vignette-style drama, examines how multiple couples navigate love, marriage, commitment, and the pressures of real life in this study of modern-day relationships. Mutual Consent is an intriguing blend of absurdity and lyricism that explores the beauties and discontents of love in middle age. The reading will feature Theatre Arts graduate students Mark Gomes, Lea Floden, and David Weber, who will reprise their roles from the reading for the Spring production, alongside faculty member and community favorite Sarah Underwood. Playwright Nancy Bell, and the production?s director, Anne D?Zmura, will be present for the reading, and will engage the audience in a post-reading moderated talkback. This talkback will offer the audience a chance to gain insight into the playwright?s and director?s intentions, provide feedback, and get a taste for what will become an exciting and fully-executed production. This event gives participants the unique opportunity to experience the play at both the beginning and end of its production process, and to gain a deeper understanding of the ways in which scripts can change and grow during development.