OV Seniors to Present Annual Melodrama
Tickets go on sale October 22 for the Oswayo Valley High School senior class melodrama “The Despicable Doings at Cornpone Manor” or “Caught in the Widow’s Web.” This dessert theater production will be presented Friday and Saturday, November 9 and 10, 2012 on the Oswayo Valley Elementary School stage. The new show features 16 members of the senior class in the cast. There will be three shows and the production includes an all-you-can-eat dessert buffet and beverages with the cost of the ticket. “The Despicable Doings at Cornpone Manor” or “Caught in the Widow’s Web” is set in pre-War 1940 and written in the melodrama style by Cheri Maxson, a 1988 OVHS graduate, teacher and writer. This is the sixth melodrama that Maxson has written, directed and produced specifically for an Oswayo Valley senior class. The play takes place in the fictional town of Shingleville, circa 1940 – Colonel Kernel, seed corn millionaire and beloved local icon, is engaged to his soon-to-be fifth wife, the Wi...