Description:

Long ago, in a faraway Kingdom, lived a delicate and dainty princess who just wanted to get good nights sleep. "Once Upon a Mattress," is a classic retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Princess and the Pea." In the faraway land, a long long time ago, there was a silent King Sextimus, a boisterous Queen Agravain and a Momma's boy, Prince Dauntless the Drab. Momma will only let her little boy marry a Princess of true royal blood. So she devises tests of all sorts to prove that each and every princess isn't royal enough to wed her precious Dauntless. Queen Agravain commands that no other may wed until the time Dauntless takes his bride. Sir Harry strikes out to find a royal princess for Dauntless so he in turn can marry the lovely Lady Larkin. Harry returns with "Fred," Princess Winifred of the Woebegon. She will endure a moat, an all night dance-a-thon, and a sleepless night on a bed of 20 mattresses. Will she be able to pass the test? Tickets for this production may be purchase after May 18, 2009. Performances at 6 p.m. July 9; 7:30 p.m. July 10; 6 p.m. July 11; 2 p.m. July 12; 7:30 p.m. July 15-18; 2 p.m. July 19. Call the box office at 815-457-2626.

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Call 815-457-2626, or visit http://countrytheatre.org

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