May, played by Joy Kilpatrick, and Eddie, played by Jason Lythgoe, rehearse their tumultuous relationship in the play “Fool for Love” at the Durango Arts Center on Wednesday.
May, played by Joy Kilpatrick, tries to stop Martin, center, played by Geoff Johnson, from striking Eddie, played by Jason Lythgoe, as they rehearse their roles in the play “Fool for Love” at the Durango Arts Center on Wednesday.
Old Man, played by Jot Stephens, rehearses the play “Fool for Love” at the Durango Arts Center on Wednesday.
May, played by Joy Kilpatrick, and Eddie, played by Jason Lythgoe, rehearse their tumultuous relationship in the play “Fool for Love” at the Durango Arts Center on Wednesday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
May, played by Joy Kilpatrick, and Eddie, played by Jason Lythgoe, rehearse their tumultuous relationship in the play “Fool for Love” at the Durango Arts Center on Wednesday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
May, played by Joy Kilpatrick, and Eddie, played by Jason Lythgoe, rehearse their tumultuous relationship in the play “Fool for Love” at the Durango Arts Center on Wednesday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
May, played by Joy Kilpatrick, and Eddie, played by Jason Lythgoe, rehearse their tumultuous relationship in the play “Fool for Love” at the Durango Arts Center on Wednesday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
May, played by Joy Kilpatrick, Martin, center, played by Geoff Johnson and Eddie, played by Jason Lythgoe, rehearse their roles in the play “Fool for Love” at the Durango Arts Center on Wednesday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
May, played by Joy Kilpatrick, tries to stop Martin, center, played by Geoff Johnson, from striking Eddie, played by Jason Lythgoe, as they rehearse their roles in the play “Fool for Love” at the Durango Arts Center on Wednesday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
May, played by Joy Kilpatrick, and Martin, played by Geoff Johnson, rehearse their roles in the play “Fool for Love” at the Durango Arts Center on Wednesday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
May, played by Joy Kilpatrick, struggles with her relationship with Eddie, played by Jason Lythgoe, during rehearsal of the play “Fool for Love” at the Durango Arts Center on Wednesday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
May, played by Joy Kilpatrick, struggles with her relationship with Eddie, played by Jason Lythgoe, during rehearsal of the play “Fool for Love” at the Durango Arts Center on Wednesday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
May, played by Joy Kilpatrick, struggles with her relationship with Eddie, played by Jason Lythgoe, during rehearsal of the play “Fool for Love” at the Durango Arts Center on Wednesday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Eddie, played by Jason Lythgoe, struggles with his relationship with May, played by Joy Kilpatrick, during rehearsal of the play “Fool for Love” at the Durango Arts Center on Wednesday.
May, played by Joy Kilpatrick, and Eddie, played by Jason Lythgoe, rehearse their tumultuous relationship in the play “Fool for Love” at the Durango Arts Center on Wednesday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
May, played by Joy Kilpatrick, Eddie, played by Jason Lythgoe, Martin, left, played by Geoff Johnson, and Old Man, played by Jot Stephens, rehearse their roles in the play “Fool for Love” at the Durango Arts Center on Wednesday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Old Man, played by Jot Stephens, rehearses the play “Fool for Love” at the Durango Arts Center on Wednesday. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Sam Shepard’s sexually-charged play, “Fool for Love’ will be opening Friday night in the Durango Arts Center Theatre. It’s a tale of love, hate and the dying myths of the Old West told in a motel room on the edge of the Mojave Desert.
May and Eddie are former lovers who encounter each other again when Eddie tracks May down to the old motel and threatens to drag her back to the life she ran away from.
If you go
Sam Shepard’s “Fool for Love” will open at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Durango Arts Center Theatre, 802 East Second Ave.
The play will also run at 7:30 p.m. Saturday; 7:30 p.m. Sept. 7-9; and 2 p.m. Sunday and Sept. 11.
Tickets are $16 for DAC members, $20 general admission.
This show is for mature audiences.
For more information, visit http://durangoarts.org/fool-for-love/.
