The 2012 Season

February 10 - March 3, 2012

Mrs. Stancliffe’s Rose Cottage Bed & Breakfast has been successful for many years. Her Guests (nearly all women) return year after year. Her next door neighbor, the elderly, silver-tongued, Bud “Bud the Stud” Davis believes they come to spend time with him in romantic liaisons. The prim and proper Mrs. Stancliffe steadfastly denies this, but really doesn’t do anything to prevent it. She reluctantly accepts the fact that “Bud the Stud” is, in fact, good for business. Her other neighbor and would-be suitor Henry Mitchell is a retired chemist who has developed a blue pill called “Venusia,” after Venus the goddess of love, to increase the libido of menopausal women. The pill has not been tested. Add to the guest list three older women: Victoria Ambrose, a romance novelist whose personal life seems to be lacking in romance; Hillary Hudson a friend of Henry’s who has agreed to test the Venusia: and Charmaine Beauregard, a “Southern Belle” whose libido does not need to be increased! Bud gets his hands on some of the Venusia pills and the fun begins, as attempts to entertain all three women! The women mix up Bud’s Viagra pills with the Venusia, and we soon discover that it has a strange effect on men: it gives them all the symptoms of menopausal women, complete with hot flashes, mood swings, weeping and irritability! When the mayhem settles down, all the women find their lives moving in new and surprising directions.

March 23 - April 21, 2012
The Spitfire Grill

Music & Book by James Valcq
Lyrics & Book by Fred Alley
Based on the film by Lee David Zlotoff

Friday, Mar. 23 – 7:30 pm (Reception in the Gallery at 6 pm)
Saturday, Mar. 24 – 7:30 pm
Sunday, Mar. 25 – 2 pm
Friday, Mar. 30 – 7:30 pm
Saturday, Mar. 31 – 7:30 pm
No performances Easter weekend
Friday, Apr. 13 – 7:30 pm
Saturday, Apr. 14 – 7:30 pm
Friday, Apr. 20 – 7:30 pm
Saturday, Apr. 21 – 7:30 pm

A feisty parolee follows her dreams, based on a page from an old travel book, to a small town in Wisconsin and finds a place for herself working at Hannah's Spitfire Grill. It is for sale but there are no takers for the only eatery in the depressed town, so newcomer Percy suggests to Hannah that she raffle it off. Entry fees are one hundred dollars and the best essay on why you want the grill wins. Soon, mail is arriving by the wheelbarrow full and things are definitely cookin' at the Spitfire Grill.

"An abundance of warmth, spirit and goodwill!...Some of the most engaging and instantly infectious melodies I've heard in an original musical in some time." - USA Today

June 8 - 23, 2012

By Charlie Lovett
Music & Lyrics by Bill Francoeur

Friday, Jun. 8 – 8:30 pm
(Reception in the Gallery at 7 pm)
Saturday, Jun. 9 - 8:30 pm
Sunday, Jun. 10 – 8:30 pm
Thursday, Jun. 14 – 8:30 pm
Friday, Jun. 15 – 8:30 pm
Saturday, Jun. 16 – 8:30 pm
Thursday, Jun. 21 – 8:30 pm
Friday, Jun. 22 – 8:30 pm
Saturday, Jun. 23 – 8:30 pm

It’s the 1950s, hula-hoops are in high demand, and so is Little Red Riding Hood! Wise Prince Jason (winner of the Math Olympics and the Nobel Prize), Strong Prince Justin (who can bench press his own mother) and ordinary Loud Prince Frank all want to woo Red Riding Hood. So the king and queen hire the Fairy Godmother to set three tasks for the princes. Only the prince who can find the missing girl, defeat the dragon and awaken a castle visitor from her slumber earns the right to woo Wed Widing Hood ... that is, Red Riding Hood! Alas, Little Red’s couch-potato parents don’t want to lose their little girl. How else will they get their cookies delivered to Grandmother? So they hire the evil queen to thwart the Fairy Godmother’s contest. Luckily, Little Red Riding Hood's two sisters — Big Green Riding Hood and Medium Purple Riding Hood — help balance out the situation. Complete with the big bad wolf and a sock-hopping ‘50s score, this adventure is guaranteed to end in happily-ever-after laughter for audiences of all ages!

July 6 - 21, 2012
Hank Williams: Lost Highway
By Randal Myler & Mark Harelik

Friday, Jul. 6 – 8:30 pm (Reception in the Gallery at 7 pm)
Saturday, Jul. 7 - 8:30 pm
Sunday, Jul. 8 – 8:30 pm
Thursday, Jul. 12 – 8:30 pm
Friday, Jul. 13 – 8:30 pm
Saturday, Jul. 14 – 8:30 pm
Thursday, Jul. 19 – 8:30 pm
Friday, Jul. 20 – 8:30 pm
Saturday, Jul. 21 – 8:30 pm

Hank Williams: Lost Highway is the spectacular musical biography of the legendary singer-songwriter frequently mentioned alongside Louis Armstrong, Robert Johnson, Duke Ellington, Elvis and Bob Dylan as one of the great innovators of American popular music. The play follows Williams' rise from his beginnings on the Louisiana Hayride to his triumphs on the Grand Ole Opry to his eventual self-destruction at twenty-nine. Along the way, we are treated to indelible songs like "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," "Move It on Over" and "Hey, Good Lookin'," which are given fresh and profound resonance set in the context of Williams' life.

Lost Highway transports its audience, and communicates the inspiring message of the beauty and richness of Williams' songs…forceful, clear-eyed, moving, impressive." —Rolling Stone.

September 28 – October 20, 2012

Friday, Sept. 28 – 7:30 pm (Reception in the Gallery at 6 pm)
Saturday, Sept. 29 – 7:30 pm
Sunday, Sept. 30 – 2 pm
Friday, Oct. 5 – 7:30 pm
Saturday, Oct. 6 – 7:30 pm
Friday, Oct. 12 – 7:30 pm
Saturday, Oct. 13 – 7:30 pm
Friday, Oct. 19 – 7:30 pm
Saturday, Oct. 20 – 7:30 pm

November 15 - December 8, 2012
Dashing Through the Snow
By Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope & Jamie Wooten

Friday, Nov. 16 – 7:30 pm (Reception in the Gallery at 6 pm)
Saturday, Nov. 17 – 7:30 pm
Sunday, Nov. 18 – 2 pm
Friday, Nov. 23 – 7:30 pm
Saturday, Nov. 24 – 7:30 pm
Friday, Nov. 30 – 7:30 pm
Saturday, Dec. 1 – 7:30 pm
Friday, Dec. 7 – 7:30 pm
Saturday, Dec. 8 – 7:30 pm

It's four days before Christmas in the tiny town of Tinsel, Texas, and a colorful parade of eccentric guests arrive at the Snowflake Inn and deck the halls with holiday hilarity. Trina, the harried yet upbeat innkeeper has more than she can handle coping with these nuttier-than-a-fruitcake lodgers. Hoyt and his sister, Donna Jo, make the mistake of trying to end a thirty-year feud between their curmudgeonly aunts with sidesplitting results. Ainsley and Lenora, self-involved actors from a budget touring production of A Christmas Carol, descend on the Inn to fulfill a promise, leaving comedic chaos in their wake. Add to this Yuletide mayhem an ill-advised romantic rendezvous between Mrs. Claus and one of Santa's elves, a demanding guest who refuses to leave, not to mention a tipsy housekeeper, and it's clear it will take more than a kiss under the mistletoe to keep Trina's spirits merry and bright. But a spur-of-the-moment Christmas Eve wedding that brings together the fabulous Futrelle sisters and their best friend, Raynerd, takes a surprising and delightful turn that leads to a laugh-'til-your-sides-ache climax, changing all their lives forever.