Facing East June 9, 2009

Carol Lynn Pearson's eloquent and multifaceted play about the challenging intersections of faith and family, diversity and love. Ruth and Alex McCormick are an upstanding Mormon couple reeling from the suicide of their excommunicated homosexual son. When they encounter their son's partner, Marcus, for the first time, the three must try to come to terms with their own inner demons and the love they lost.

INTERNATIONAL CITY THEATRE, Long Beach Performing Arts Center, 300 Ocean Blvd. Long Beach, CA 90802. June 9 through July 5. Dark July 4. $29-$42. (562) 436-4610. www.InternationalCityTheatre.org

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