An Act of Piracy
Flatlands Theatre Company presents An Act of Piracy By Patrick Derksen.
Sun, Nov 10, 2024 3:00 PM CST. Doors at 2:30 PM
An Act of Piracy is set in an era when women were not allowed to act and men played female roles. Lord Cranbury’s traveling company of scallywag actors just can’t seem to get their big break! If only he knew that five members of his troupe are actually women...playing men...who play female roles! But that’s not why their traveling show is failing. From suffering with stage fright to forgetting lines to going completely off script - Lord Cranbury finally realizes the troupe’s in need of radical revitalizing. Why not buy a ship and sett sail with his thespian crew to prepare for a play about pirates? But the ocean is no place for landlubbers: Captain Reagan O’Flynn doesn’t take kindly to other buccaneers in her territory. And the French naval commander, Capitaine Haute-Valois, just happens to be hunting for pirates to bring to justice. But worst of all is the mysterious Murdock, who takes no prisoners in his quest to conquer the high seas. Can the rag-tag group of pedestrian players find their sea-legs in time to avoid Davy Jones’s locker?