The Valencia Character Company will present the musical farce “Lucky Stiff,” with book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty, as the opening production for its 2009-2010 theater season. 

The musical opens on Friday, Oct. 23, with additional performances on Oct. 24, 25, 29, 30, 31 and Nov. 1. Curtain time is at 7:30 p.m. for Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances and at 2:00 p.m. on Sundays.

All performances take place at the Performing Arts Center on Valencia Community College’s East Campus, located at 701 N. Econlockhatchee Trail in Orlando. 

Ticket prices are $10 for general admission and $8 for seniors and Valencia students, staff and alumni. For reservations and further information, please call the Box Office at 407-582-2900. Advanced reservations may also be made at www.redchairproject.com. 

A musical comedy meets murder-mystery, “Lucky Stiff” revolves around a hapless British shoe salesman who inherits $6 million in diamonds from an uncle he never knew he had. There’s just one catch: to collect, he must first take his uncle’s corpse on one last great adventure vacation to Monte Carlo. 

When it turns out that a group of mafia members and a charity are also after the money, mayhem ensues, with all kinds of zany characters getting caught up in the action. Finally though, disguises fall away, the truth is revealed, and maybe even love is born.

Based on the book, “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo,” by Michael Butterworth, “Lucky Stiff” is created by the same collaborative team that wrote “Ragtime,” “Once on the Island” and “Seussical.”

For more information on Valencia’s theater season, go to www.ValenciaCharacterCo.com. 

 

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