After twenty years of marriage, Cinderella and Prince Charming have some problems: the Enchanted Kingdom teeters on the brink of bankruptcy. Cinderella's fairy godmother is blackmailing her, the Prince's adviser has one arm and one swan's wing and an unfortunate habit of breaking everything he encounters, and Red Riding Hood has set her cap for the Prince. Though hoping Rumplestilskin can spin gold from straw, the Prince fears he may have to make the Enchanted Kingdom a tourist attraction. Cinderella resolves their difficulties by confronting her godmother and opening the Kingdom to writers who promise them royalties from their stories.

With clever plot twists, fast-paced dialogue and great opportunities for physical humor, you've never seen Rome like this before! While the emperor is away at war with almost all the senators and other men of the city, playful peasant thieves ransack the marketplace, the annoying senators' wives invent silly promotions to raise war-time funds and the princess searches in vain for a husband. If she can't find a suitable match, her father has decreed she must marry the last gladiator standing in the upcoming games. That's the last thing this headstrong, intelligent feminist leader wants! To make matters worse, top-ranking (and draft dodging!) Senator Altilis is breathing down her neck to choose him as the one lucky senator to control affairs at the homefront. If it weren't for the princess, Altilis could decree himself that privileged senator. He deviously schemes to get her out of the empire's affairs by moving the day of the gladiator games up, thus burdening the princess with planning her dreaded wedding. Meanwhile, peasant thieves Gladis, Minimus (his friends call him Mini) and Julia sneak into the royal palace disguised as handmaidens. They are promptly caught in a hilarious scene, almost becoming lion food until the princess gets an idea. If she trains the muscled Gladis to compete in the games, she can avoid marrying Brudis, the brainless brute favored to win. A hysterical scene follows when Mini and Julia's plan to rig the games to save Gladis's life blows up in their faces! Find out who is left standing (and who is sent packing!) in this side-splitting comedy.

The Valley Haven Christmas Show is about aging seniors and the struggles they begin to face with both loneliness and the slow deterioration of their physical and mental abilities to cope. The play is set in a typical nursing home environment where Ethel and the other seniors will have an encounter with a Christmas Choir and some other special visitors that leave a lasting impression as to the true spirit of Christmas.

Pa Belsnickle is a man with six problems — in the form of six unmarried daughters. Juney Lou, his third daughter, wants to marry Homer Upschlager, but Ma Belsnickle has decided Juney Lou can’t get married until Ceelie, a ripe old nineteen, and Bonnie Mae, the bookworm, are married and living happily ever after. She elects Pa to find husbands for them. Pa takes his shotgun off the wall with a very simple method of procuring the necessary husbands. He decides to “wing” ‘em, pick out the buckshot, and have the boys married to his girls before they know what happened. In the midst of Pa’s husband hunting, Ronald Maxwell, a medical student, and his aunt arrive at the Belsnickle’s mountain cabin. They are vacationing in the area and their car broke down. Both Ceelie and Bonnie Mae are instantly attracted to the handsome stranger. Bonnie Mae keeps her adoration secret, however, Ceelie utterly refuses to marry anyone else. That presents a major problem since Ceelie is the dirtiest, homeliest hillbilly girl in the valley. Pa gets his trusted gun, but unfortunately misses Ronald. Two neighbors (male and unmarried) decide that the handsome stranger loose among the valley’s most attractive girls is a threat to their manhood. They decide to fake a feud to scare him away. Ma forbids Pa to take another shot at Ronald so he, ignorant of the other plan, also decides to fake a feud and shoot a husband for Ceelie. The feudin’ finally settles long enough for Ceelie and Bonnie Mae to find happiness and Ronald to escape with fond vacation memories.

Four sedate suburban matrons are suddenly interrupted during their weekly bridge game by a pair of inept bank robbers who are desperate for a hideout. At first, our frenzied hostages try frantically (and hilariously) to communicate their plight to two unexpected visitors. Unfortunately, their zany attempts to be saved are to no avail. However, the robbers are simply pretending to be experienced criminals. And with our stalwart heroines being avid viewers of television soap operas, they realize they have the two thieves right where they want them! In fact, they know more about the crime industry than their bumbling captors. It is the bridge players who triumph... but not before thoroughly counseling the robbers on the evils of wrong. In the end, the robbers turn out to be "nice crooks" on the joyful road of "going straight."

The Church Mouse Players
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