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Opal’s Million Dollar Duck by John PatrickDirected by Susan Dearing
Farce
2025 Dates: Mar 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16
Finally, we visit a cluttered little store off the beaten track to the sleepy edge of town and an unexpected, far-from-quiet tussle over a fortune.
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 who 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. Desmond and Queenie resort to everything from outrageous flattery to knock-out drops trying to get their hands on the picture. Rosie, however, rejects it on the grounds that it reminds her of her pet duck (which was run over by a truck); and the plotters, much to their glee, march off triumphantly with their prize—unaware that a later edition of the paper carries a new item: The old master has been found, and the canvas that disappeared was a worthless copy that the museum had thrown out with the garbage!
Individual Tickets: $30.00 CAD + $5.49 Fees + Applicable taxes at checkout.
Doors open 30 minutes prior to showtime. All shows take place in the Studio Theatre (black box theatre) upstairs at CAT.
SHOW DATES & TIMES:
Friday, March 7, 2024 @ 7:30 p.m.
https://www.showpass.com/catopalmar7/
Saturday, March 8, 2025 @ 7:30 p.m.
https://www.showpass.com/catopalmar8/
Sunday, March 9, 2025 @ 1:00 p.m. (matinee)
https://www.showpass.com/catopalmar9/
Thursday, March 13, 2025 @ 7:30 p.m.
https://www.showpass.com/catopalmar13/
Friday, March 14, 2025 @ 7:30 p.m.
https://www.showpass.com/catopalmar14/
Saturday, March 15, 2025 @ 7:30 p.m.
https://www.showpass.com/catopalmar15/
Sunday, March 16, 2025 @ 1:00 p.m. (matinee)
https://www.showpass.com/catopalmar16/
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
4214 - 58 Street, Red Deer, AB, Canada, Alberta T4N 2L6
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