"The Mouse That Roared" was preformed on March 18 &19, 2011. Below is an overview of the play.
Tully (guy in green) the the head forester of Grand Fenwick (GF). It is a tiny European country that is 3 x 5 miles big. He is excited he has tourists!
The only export of GF is wine. The grape stomper tells Tully he is wanted in the throne room.
Princess Gloriana rules GF with the help of her unlce Mountjoy (left) and David Bentor (right), a man of the people. Wine makers in California are making an imitation of the GF wine and GF is going to be bankrupt soon. The only way to avoid this is to declare war on the United States so they will rehabilitate GF.
The Sec. of State and her secretary recieve the declaration of war by GF against the US.
The GF page reads the Declaration of War against the United States of America.
Meanwhile in Columbia University in NY City, the Professor and her staff are working on make the Quadium Bomb. It is very dangerous and unstable.
The professor speaks with the head General of the US military and his staff.
The professor then shares the secret formula of Quadium with the Sec. of Stater, President, and General while at Columbia University.
In GF there is a air raid scare when they hear an airplane overhead, but it is the American Airlines flight from Rome to Paris. The US had not done anything about the declaration of war.
Princess Glory send Tully and the GF army to attack the US. The army is armed with longbows and arrows. She gives him her scarf as a favor to keep him safe.
The GF soldiers come into NY City and they happen upon the Q-Bomb at Columbia University. Suddenly GF has a lot of power!
The professor's staff is shocked when they think they see and hear arrows being fired at their heads.
NY City is quite large and the soldiers are in awe of such a huge place.
Tully and his army take the Q-Bomb and the General and his staff as prisoners of war.
NY City tourists walk by and enjoy the sights, but don't think the General's cry for help is serious.
In Washington DC the president and his staff examine some of the damage the GF army has done.
Tully and his men bring the Q-Bomb and the POWs back to their home country, GF.
Meanwhile in GF, the people anxiously wait for the men to return. They are expecting defeat so that the US will rehabilitate them.
But Tully has defeated the US and he even has a bomb that the princess will examine and POWs.
The tourist from the beginning of the play are suddenly famous because they have actually been to GF. They are on an American talk show.
Mountjoy, the princess' uncle, realized that in the princess marries Tully, he will not be so powerful and will be under his control. The two men hatch a plan to marry Tully and Glory. Glory eventually agrees to go into the forest to find Tully and ask him to marry her.
In the forest Glory meets Tully's mom. She asks his mom to help her propose to Tulley. She secretly loves Tully, but does he love her?
He does love her and is so excited about the engagement that he hugs his mother and shakes hands with Glory.
Back in the throne room the president has sent his Sec. of State to sue for peace. After some negotiations, it looks like peace is possible.
The General's staff, as POWs, have made friends with the peasants of GF. They enjoy stomping on grapes with the people of GF and have purple feet!
Tully and Glory announce their engagement. It is a happy day in GF.
The curtain call was a sight to behold and took 3 solid minutes for the cast to come out on stage. Great work!
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