Love, evolving
Mark Brian Sonna’s Comedy of Love stars Collin Miller (not pictured), Dion B. Monroe, Mars Vazquez Clubb and Sara Nichole Thompson Actor, playwright Mark-Brian Sonna premiers new play for production company’s 20th anniversary MELISSA WHITLER | NBCU Fellow Melissa@DallasVoice.com After writing almost 40 plays, Mark-Brian Sonna is back with a new story exploring relationships, sexuality and emotional attraction.
Comedy of Love is based in part on Sonna’s own life, as well as real life stories from his friends and former lovers. Comedy of Love follows two couples, one gay and one straight presenting, over a seven-year period.
Despite their differences, both couples deal with the same struggles as emotions and situations fluctuate over time. The characters are amalgamations of real people, and they find humor not in one-liners but in disagreements and passive aggression.
Audiences are sure to connect with the play, which offers a look at how love changes over time in a relationship. This is not Sonna’s first foray into the semi-autobiographical.