Simpson College Productions is presenting the premiere of The Old Maid and the Thief, a comic one-act opera. Simpson Productions has two showings of the one-act opera today at 7:30, followed by a matinee at 2 pm tomorrow.
Originally commissioned for radio in 1939, The Old Maid and the Thief is a tale of gossip, deception, and the facades maintained in the name of propriety. Set in a quiet American town, the opera follows the lives of Miss Todd and her housemaid Letitia as they take in a charming wanderer, only to find themselves entangled in increasingly outrageous moral compromises.
The production is at the Barnum Studio Theatre inside the Blank Performing Arts Center. Tickets are available at the door or by contacting the Simpson College Theatre Box Office at 515-961-1601 or bpacboxoffice@simpson.edu or online at: