OPAL’S Million Dollar Duck

Directed by Mari Bonomi and Bob Walker

Cast:
Linda Stough – Opal
Joy Noel – Rosie
Anita Mergener – Queenie
Jackson Stamm – Desmond

Production Dates: March 13th-15th, 20th-22nd, 27th-28th

THE STORY: Searching for costumes for their next production, Desmond and Queenie, the “stars” of the local summer-stock company, drop by “Opal’s Antique Junque Shop.” While rooting through Opal’s treasures they spot a nondescript oil painting—a still life of a dead mallard duck and an apple—and recalling an item in the morning newspaper about an old master which has disappeared from the local art museum, suddenly realize that this may be the missing canvas, for which the insurance company is offering a sizable reward.

Summoning up all their acting skills, they try to charm Opal into selling the painting for a pittance, but she explains that she plans to give it to her friend, Rosie, as a birthday present, whereupon the plot thickens hilariously.