Say “I do” to Island City Stage's South Florida Premiere of At the Wedding by Bryna Turner

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Sep 1
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Get ready to say “I do” to great theatre! Celebrate the highs and lows of love in Island City Stage’s South Florida premiere of At the Wedding by Bryna Turner, running through September 14. Follow Carlo as she shows up to her ex-girlfriend’s wedding - to a man - and suddenly the night becomes a minefield of heartbreak, Champagne and questionable decisions. Tickets are on sale now and each show begins with a complimentary Champagne toast.

Hannah Benitez (Carlo) and Elizabeth Price (Maria)

Steven Guez (Victor) and Timothy Mark Davis (Eli)

Sandi Stock (Leigh) and Hannah Benitez (Carlo)

“As with real weddings. At the Wedding is perfect for summer. It's a biting comedy but also has a lot of heart and hope,” said Andy Rogow, artistic director of Island City Stage and the show’s director. “One of the things I love about this play is that it truly connects with anyone who has had heartbreak in their life or watched an ‘ex’ marry someone else. Audiences will also recognize all of the guests at this wedding - the perfect bridesmaid, the inebriated mother-of-the-bride, the sibling who'd rather be somewhere else and the romantic who wants to propose to his partner during the reception. It's all great fun!”

At the Wedding premiered off-Broadway at Lincoln Center's Claire Tow Theater in 2022. A story of loss, love and redemption, the play focuses on the world's loneliest (and wittiest) single woman, Carlo, as she crashes her ex-girlfriend's wedding to a man. Through a series of flirtations, conversations, and collisions with past lovers, old enemies, new friends and perfect strangers, Carlo strives to understand whether or not heartbreak is a permanent human condition.

New York Theatre Guide called At the Wedding “Bitterly funny... wisecracking and wisdom-sharing about the unbreakable bond between love and pain... there's a fun time to be had at this wedding.” The New York Times shared, "Fresh and trenchant... The lines are funny; Turner has a boxer’s sense of the two-punch rhythm of jokes... Authorial patience is part of what makes At the Wedding so fresh; though there are plenty of one-liners, it is not a yuk-yuk comedy foisting its laughs at you or over-signaling its intentions... Also revivifying is the way Turner reshapes the wedding genre for our time, inviting new characters to the party.”

Hannah Benitez (Carlo) and Sheena O. Murray (Eva)

Hannah Benitez (Carlo) and Hannah Hayley (Carly)

Steven Guez (Victor) and Hannah Benitez (Carlo)

Hannah Hayley (Carly), Sheena O. Murray (Eva) and Steven Guez (Victor)

Island City Stage’s premiere production of At the Wedding is directed by Rogow. An ensemble production, the show stars Hannah Benitez (Carlo), Sandi Stock (Leigh), Hannah Hayley (Carly), Timothy Mark Davis (Eli), Sheena O. Murray (Eva), Elizabeth Price (Maria) and Steven Guez (Victor).

At the Wedding’s Co-producers are Sue Wilder & Russell Vance, Lights and Sound Sponsor is Scott Bennett, Set Sponsors are Trevor & Margie Fried and Talent Sponsor is the DC Allen & Ken Flick No Gay Hate Fund at Our Fund Foundation. Additional funding is provided by the following: The Our Fund Foundation, The Schubert Foundation Inc., the SHS Foundation, The Maval Foundation, the Warten Foundation, OutClique and the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council.

At the Wedding closes out Island City Stage’s 2024-25 season of powerful storytelling focusing on the nature of families with sold out performances of The Fantasticks, Edward Albee’s

A Delicate Balance, Fat Ham by James Ijames and The Dying Gaul by Craig Lucas.

Individual show tickets start at $43. A Mimosa Sunday Brunch sponsored by John Fomook & Charles Lee will take place on August 31 for $60. A special Women’s Night at the Theatre sponsored by Sue Wilder will take place on September 7. The show runs for 75 minutes with no intermission.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.islandcitystage.org, call (954) 928-9800 or email boxoffice@islandcitystage.org. Follow Island City Stage on Facebook at facebook.com/IslandCityStageFL and on Instagram at @islandcitystage1.