Sweethearts / The Zoo

City of Gaithersburg/Arts Barn, Washington, DC

Two Valentine-themes one-act operettas that are sure to delight the romantic in all of us! Act I is Sweethearts, a comic play billed as a "dramatic contrast" in two short acts that tells a sentimental and ironic story of the differing recollections of a man and a woman about their last meeting together before being separated and reunited after 30 years. Act II, The Zoo, is a farcical story that concerns two pairs of lovers. First, a nobleman, who goes to the zoo to woo the girl who sells snacks there. He tries to impress her by buying and eating all of the food. The other couple is a young chemist who believes that he has poisoned his beloved by mixing up her father's prescription with peppermint that he had meant for her. Recommended for 12+.