The anxieties of aging, death, and the tragedies of love. As each character gets to know the others on the beach, we find out more about them and why they are trying to “find the sun.”
“Finding the Sun” is the story of eight people on a beach who are all there to “find the sun” in their own way. There are two married couples, whose husbands were (and still are) in love with each other, while the wives deal with it in their own ways (which isn’t always pretty). There is also a Mother/Son and a Husband/Wife group that each have their own problems they need to work out.
The play went very smoothly. The one scene play was held in a small auditorium, (Stage Center Theatre) which gave the audience a more personal perspective. There were times during the show that it felt like the actors were talking right to me, and I had to resist answering back. Each character felt real, and you could sympathize with their various difficulties.
The lighting and attire of the actors really helped in creating the illusion that this was a hot summer day at the beach. Each character came in with more lavish chairs (or blankets) to show their status as compared to others. The rich mother and son had the most eloquent chairs, and the most troubled couple had only a simple blanket.
For more information on all the shows at Stage Center, visit the website at www.neiu.edu/~stagectr