When a postulant proves too high-spirited for the religious life, she is dispatched to serve as governess for the seven children of a widowed naval Captain. Her growing rapport with the youngsters, coupled with her generosity of spirit, gradually captures the heart of the stern Captain, and they get married.

Upon returning from their honeymoon they discover that Austria has been invaded by the Nazis, who demand the Captain’s immediate service in their navy. The family’s narrow escape over the mountains to Switzerland on the eve of World War II provides one of the most thrilling and inspirational finales ever presented in the theatre.

The Little Comedy (Act 1)

In nineteenth century Vienna, Alfred von Wilmers and Josephine Benniger are discontent with their lives. He is a wealthy young man, tired of women only wanting him for his money, and she is a woman used to wanting men for their money. Confiding their woes to their respective best friends in letters, they both try various ways to sort out their problems. They each seperately decide to dress down and go walking in the park, hoping for something different. They of course meet each other. She pretends to be a poor girl working in a millinary shop, and he tells her he is a starving poet. They each fall madly in love with the others’ assumed persona. Their romance is puntcuated by two ghostly lovers, Him and Her (who also portray other minor parts). Can love survive the revelation of the truth?

Summer Share (Act 2)

In the present, best friends Monica and Sam with their respective spouses Lenny and Barb have rented a summer share in the Hamptons for vacation. Lenny and Barb, exhausted from the day, go to bed, leaving the friends to talk. The conversation starts with the realization that they are proof platontic relationships between men and women are possible. But the unseen “ghosts” of their spouses aren’t so sure. The talk soon turns to the idea of having affairs, though they both recognize that they love their

spouses very much. The air becomes uncomfortable as the two “platonic” friends realize that they are interested in more than just friendship. They actually leave to indulge their passion, but decide against it and return, much to the relieve of Barb and Lenny’s dream figures. While Monica is scared it has destroyed their friendship, Sam asks her to “Leave me my romantic notions.”

Little Dorothy Gale of Kansas, like so many girls her age, dreams of what lies over the rainbow. One day a twister hits her farm and carries her away over the rainbow to another world. Come join Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, the Cowardly Lion and Toto as they travel the universe of Dorothy’s imagination.