Dinner Discussion of “Full Circle” by Charles L. Mee

Charles L. Mee presents a new version of this custody battle: Full Circle, set in 1989, with the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Mee has written 34 plays, using as source material Greek tragedy, Shakespeare, Chekhov, modern art, novels, movies, and even TV soap operas. Many of us saw his quirky Big Love at Woolly Mammoth in 2002 and Wintertime which Round House presented back in 2004.

Mee feels “there is no such thing as an original play” and says the Greeks borrowed liberally from myths and legends and other writers, as did Shakespeare. And because Mee borrows, and rewrites, and updates, from others, he offers us all his plays to read for free online. Full Circle is found at http://www.charlesmee.org/html/fullcircle.html. It has not been published. We will print some copies from the online version for you which will be available at cost at the September 15 meeting.

Footlights will meet for our dinner-discussion of Full Circle on Monday, October 19, at Alfio’s. Our guest speaker will be Miriam Weisfeld, dramaturg for Woolly Mammoth Theater Company. Mary Ann Wren will moderate our discussion. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company will present Full Circle starting October 26.