Parallel Lives at Piccolo Theatre

In SNL-style all-female comedy show Parallel Lives, two Supreme Beings plan the beginning of the world with the relish of two slightly sadistic suburban wives decorating a living room. Once they've decided on the color scheme of the races -- concerned that white people will feel slighted being such a boring color -- they create the sexes. Written by the comedic geniuses behind The Kathy & Mo Show, Kathy Najimy (King of the Hill) and Mo Gaffney (Absolutely Fabulous), this production whisks you through an outrageous universe where five actresses play 50 men and women struggling through the common rituals of modern life. Parallel Lives reexamines the ongoing quest to find parity and love in a contest handicapped by capricious gods ... or in this case, goddesses. Go back to where it all begin when this celebrated comedy comes to the Piccolo Theatre in Evanston.