The Convent of Pleasure

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Richfield, MN 55423
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Lady Happy, a wealthy heiress, rejects societal pressure to take a husband by building a cloistered utopia for unmarried women. The ladies are quite pleased to live free from the threat of marriage. The lords are quite perturbed to be kept out of the fun. And poor Madam Mediator has her hands full trying to keep the estate solvent. Will Lady Happy’s “principles of pleasure” be able to withstand the scrutiny of Princess Principle or the rising cost of flowers? 

Whoever said money can’t buy happiness, didn’t have enough money to try. 

This is a rollicking new adaptation by Heather Meyer, creator of Women’s History Month: The Historical Comedybration (with fabulous prizes) and numerous past Fringe shows. The original 1668 play was written by “Mad Madge” aka Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle (or as she called herself: “the thrice noble, illustrious, and excellent princess, the duchess of Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish”), gets a 21st century facelift for a frothy, face-paced, feminist romp.

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