The Old Rochester Regional High School Drama Club’s Spring musical production of “Once Upon a Mattress” will take the stage on March 30, 31 & April 1 at 7 pm and April 2 at 2 pm. This will be the fourth show for Director Maxx Domingos and third show for Assistant Director Sarah Whinnem as they close out their second year with the ORRHS Drama Club. Principal cast members include Emily Wyman as Princess Winnifred the Woebegone, Thomas Berry as Prince Dauntless the Drab, Kathleen Dunn as Queen Aggravain, Calder Eaton as Sir Harry and Chloe Bean as Lady Larken. This play is appropriate for all ages but would best be enjoyed by adults and younger patrons grade 5 and above. Live music for the show will be conducted and accompanied by Musical Director, Mike Barnicle. Sound design by John Farrell.
Please note: The ORR High School is currently a latex-free building. Due to issues with latex elastics, we ask that no flower bouquets be brought inside the school. Thank you for your consideration.
Tickets are for sale at the Marion General Store, Isabelle’s in Mattapoisett, Friends’ Marketplace in Rochester, at the door and online for a small service fee through Eventbrite: orrspringmusical2023.eventbrite.com/ Students & Senior Citizens $12.00, General Admission $15.00. Many moons ago.
Show Summary for “Once upon a Mattress”: in a far-off place, Queen Aggravain decreed no couples could marry until her son Prince Dauntless found a bride. Princesses came from far and wide to win the hand of the prince, but none could pass the impossible tests given to them by the Queen. That is, until the “shy” swamp princess, Winnifred the Woebegone, showed up. Would she be able to pass the Sensitivity Test, marry her prince and help Lady Larken and Sir Harry to the altar before their arrival? Carried on a wave of wonderful songs, by tunes hilarious and raucous, romantic and melodic, this rollicking spin on the classic tale The Princess and the Pea provides some side-splitting shenanigans while an entire village awaits the arrival of their princess. For after all, a princess is a delicate thing.