Gateway Players Theatre, Inc. is an all-volunteer community theater providing quality live theatre performances and workshops to Southbridge, Sturbridge, and Charlton, Massachusetts and surrounding areas. This program is supported by a grant from the Southbridge Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Gateway Players Theatre in Southbridge, MA presents “The Clumsy Custard Horror Show”, written by William Gleason. This is the fourth show of our 50th Anniversary Season. Performance dates are October 4, 10, and 11 at 7:30pm and October 5 and 12 at 2pm. The performances are held at Fellowship Hall of Elm Street Congregational Church, 61 Elm Street in Southbridge, MA. Entrance is on Park Street (around the corner). Parking is available on Elm Street, or in the parking deck behind the Southbridge Town Hall. Directed by Mikey Dearn and Produced by Stephanie Ruggiere. Presented by permission through special arrangement with Dramatic Publishing.
The October 4th performance will be a Dessert Theatre. Tickets are $25 and will include a variety of desserts and beverages served prior to the performance and during intermission. Tickets for the other performances are $18 for adults and $15 for seniors and youth under 18. Tickets may be reserved by calling Gateway at 508-764-4531. Online credit card ticket sales are available at https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/gateway-players/clumsy-custard
Synopsis: The Clumsy Custard Horror Show is a comedy where the audience gets into the act. King Dumb is ready for his daughter to select a husband and all the Knights of the Realm are anxious to claim her hand. But the sweet Princess Prince has fallen for a gentle yet courageous lad she assumes to be a pauper. Not so! Little does she know that this scruffy stranger is Swashbuck Valpariso, bearer of the magic sword and Master of Fast Feet. It’s a Princess Bride kind of tale with a Rocky Horror feel.
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Most performances are held at Elm Street Congregational Church. 61 Elm Street in Southbridge.
Audience members may park in three locations.
1. On street parking is available on Elm Street.
2. The parking deck behind the Southbridge Town Hall. 41 Elm Street.
3. The parking lot located at 38 Strand Place. Next to the Fire Station.
Gateway Players Theatre, Inc. is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to the support and encouragement of the arts and the development of talent and creativity, endeavoring to offer the community a program of diversified theatrical fare while providing its members, both adult and youth, with opportunities for participation and training in the theatre arts.
