Once Upon a Mattress
music by Mary Rodgers
lyrics by Marshall Barer
book by Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer and Dean Fuller
Directed by: Jim Himelrick
October 1–23, 2010
Once Upon a Mattress takes place in a fictional medieval kingdom ruled by the devious Queen Aggravaine and the mute King Sextimus the Silent. King Sextimus suffers from a curse that can only be reversed "when the mouse devours the hawk." As the show opens, the populace of the castle complains about an unjust law levied by Queen Aggravaine. The law states that no one may wed until the Prince, Dauntless the Drab, first marries. However, every petitioning princess is sent away after failing an unfair test devised by the Queen. It seems...
Tickets on sale
September 17.
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