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Robber Bridegroom

By Illinois College TheatreWorks (other events)

5 Dates Through Apr 29, 2018
 
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What happens when you take a trickster (think Uncle Remus' Brer Rabbit or Native American folklore's Coyote) and drop him in the middle of a Snow White story? You might get something that looks like The Robber Bridegroom. Based on Eudora Welty's short story (which, itself, was lossely based on the Grimm's fairy tale), Urhy and Walkdman's bluegrass musical pays homage to the tall tales of the pre-Civil War South. Jamie Lockhard prides himself on being a gentleman robber, stealing with syle as he charms folks out of their treasure, but when he smears blackberry juice on his face, he becomes the "Bandit of the Woods" and takes whatever he pleases by more sinister means. Stealing everything from jewels to kisses, he meets his match in Rosomund Musgrove, a spunky samsel in sidtress. Featuring a murderous stepmother and her hare-brained henchman, a talking bird, and many other delightfully quirky characters, The Robber Bridegroom is fast-paced, folksy fun on the Natchez Trace. 

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