YADKINVILLE, N.C. – The Yadkin Arts Council and Willingham Performing Arts Academy will present the sword-slinging farce “The Lady Demands Satisfaction” by Arthur M. Jolly on the Willingham Theater stage April 9-11 at 7:30 p.m. and April 12 at 3 p.m. While set in the 18th century, this high stakes coming-of-age story blends traditional period tropes with a modern feminist perspective. Featuring witty dialogue, rapid-fire comedy, and serious sword fighting, this silly frothy frolic will leave audiences satisfied.

Synopsis:

When a young maiden who has never touched a sword learns she must defend her inheritance in a duel, she struggles with a milksop suitor, a servant girl posing as a Prussian fencing master, a Prussian fencing master who thinks he is there to marry her, a stodgy lawyer and her domineering aunt – the finest blade anywhere – to save her house and lands. Like all classic farces, everyone gets the ending they deserve in unexpected ways … but will they be satisfied?

About the Playwright:

Arthur M. Jolly was recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences with a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting, and in 2017 won the Hammond House International Literary Prize for a Screenplay. As a playwright, Jolly is a three time Joining Sword and Pen winner, finalist for the Woodward/Newman Drama Award, and has penned over 60 produced plays, with productions across the U.S. and in Canada, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and South America. Next Stage Press works include A Gulag Mouse, Trash, Past Curfew, The Ithaca Ladies Read Medea and a collection of three one acts Thin Lines. Work published elsewhere include Childish Things, The Christmas Princess,  Long Joan Silver, The Four Senses of Love, How Blue is My Crocodile, Rising, Snakes in a Lunchbox, What the Well Dressed Girl is Wearing, and the short play collection Guilty Moments. Jolly is a member of the WGA caucus, The Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights, and The Dramatists Guild. Repped by Brant Rose Agency. More at www.arthurjolly.com

Tickets & Additional Information

What: The Lady Demands Satisfaction

When: April 9-11 at 7:30pm & April 12 at 3pm

Tickets: $25. Tickets can be purchased at www.yadkinarts.org or at the Box Office from 10am-4pm, Monday-Friday. 

Where: Willingham Theater (Yadkin Cultural Arts Center), 226 E. Main St., Yadkinville, NC 27055

About the Yadkin Arts Council

The Yadkin Arts Council is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to transform lives in our community through the arts by offering opportunities to encounter, create, and participate. We believe art is transformational.  Arts open minds, frees imagination, and helps people see the world from different perspectives.

About the Willingham Theater

Opened in December 2012, the Willingham Theater, the centerpiece of the Yadkin Cultural Arts Center,is an architecturally beautiful and wonderfully intimate 193-seat performing arts theater. This state-of-the-art theater space is host to a variety of engaging performances ranging from music, dance, drama, comedy, and film. The Willingham Theater is owned and operated by the Yadkin Arts Council.

This Project was supported by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. .

Courtesy Submission