The Rose Theatre announces its upcoming production of Tim Kelly’s Trapped in a Villain’s Web or Weave Me a Loan on December 11-13 at 120 West Third Street in Maryville. All three performances are scheduled for 7:00 P.M. and will feature dessert served during intermission (including sugar-free and gluten-free selections).
This play is set during the 1890's in Brooklyn, New York, and features 14 adult actors. And what would a true melodrama be without two (or maybe three) villains? The main characters in the story are Fifi Du Bayou and Beau Weavil, who run a fake “Made-in-Paris” hat shop. With the aid of Scar’s snarling nephew, they also run a sweatshop, employing local orphans. To complicate matters, Beau Weevil has lost all the hat shop’s profits at the racetrack!
Enter Cora Cornseed from Dead Man’s Bend, Arizona. Long ago, Beau saved an old desert prospector, Cora’s father, from dying of thirst by giving him mosquito larvae-infected water. Before the prospector died, he arranged to send his sweet daughter, Victoria, to be protected and educated by the villain whom he mistakenly believed to be a good man. Trailing Victoria to the big city is her true love, Johnny Sage, “The Arizona Kid.” He believes in three things–law and order are two–but he can’t remember the third!
Beau and Fifi discover Victoria is filthy rich and the villain is to manage her business affairs. But, when Beau runs into trouble with gambling debts, and Victoria (one of their employees) turns out to be an heiress–let the laughter begin! Seating is limited to 56 for each of the three performances. Reserved tickets are available after November 20 and may be purchased online for $12 each (plus a small service fee)
Each ticket includes the cost of the show and dessert. This melodrama is suitable for all ages. Enjoy a story where actors share terrible puns for the audience. Where good triumphs over evil. And where laughter is the only way to escape the villains’ web.
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