The Maids

The Firehouse Cultural Center presents this Comedic-Opera by The Red Rose Parlour Theatre.

Starring: 

After an extensive career in dance and circus, Séva Anthony turned to drama in 1993. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and studied Shakespeare with acclaimed instructor, John Barton, at Balliol College in Oxford. Her credits include four seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and in New York at Shakespeare in Riverside Park. Locally, she has performed leading roles at the Banyan Theatre, Historic Asolo and at American Stage. Séva is also a member of the St. Petersburg Opera Chorus and loves to teach drama and dance to seniors.

Caroline Cox has performed from Britain to Bradenton. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Locally she has appeared with the Manatee Players, the Carrollwood Cultural Center and with Grey Hat productions. She has done several commercials. She has also had leading roles in the Lion in Winter, and Copenhagen. She has been with Red Rose for two years.

The Maids

A musical melange of your favorite Broadway hits!

An audience awaits the arrival of a famed matinee idol. While cleaning the performer’s dressing room, two maids discover a stage trunk full of props and costumes. Quickly, it becomes apparent that both are frustrated performers as they begin to fantasize and enact songs and scenes from their favorite productions with the audience. Both enjoy pretending to be ‘paid actors’, but what happens when the “star” shows up to find that his dressing room has been commandeered for this impromptu performance? This hilarious romp is a fun filled escapade from Gilbert and Sullivan to Andrew Lloyd Webber!