Book by Tom Stoppard

Music by Andre Previn

Lyrics by Tom Stoppard

Freely Adapted from Ferenc Molnar’s Play at the Castle

Dates: Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday

October 15, 16, 17

Venue: SPI Convention Center

Style: Farce with Music

Run Time: 2 hours

Show Summary:

Two established playwrights hoping to refresh their careers take their show on the road. Or, rather, on the high seas, along with their two established stars who also happen to be former lovers. The plan is to ride the wake of a brilliant, young composer – who happens to be engaged to the leading lady – who will compose their new musical. But when the writer and the composer stumble across a tryst between the actors, the writers need to pull out all the stops to keep their young musical phenom from going overboard. Stoppard’s sharp and sparkling wit is on full display, punctuated by pratfalls, and led by a cast of characters teetering just on the edge of ridiculous. Even when they’re behaving badly you can’t help but cheer them on. Their hearts, after all, are in the right place – mostly. It’s about as much fun as you can have on a stage.

Important Update: Due to multiple Cast and Crew Members of Rough Crossing testing positive for Covid-19 the October 15th through 17th shows have been cancelled. Online tickets will be refunded, physical tickets can be exchanged for a ticket to a future show at the Art Business Incubator in SPI.