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THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO takes place in Atlanta, Georgia, in December of 1939. GONE WITH THE WIND is having its world premiere and Hitler is invading Poland, but Atlanta's elitist German Jews are much more concerned with who is going to Ballyhoo, the social event of the season.

Renowned as Shakespeare's most boisterous comedy, The Taming of the Shrew is the tale of two young men, the hopeful Lucentio and the worldly Petruchio, and the two sisters they meet in Padua. Lucentio falls in love with Bianca, the apparently ideal younger daughter of the wealthy Baptista Minola. But before they can marry, Bianca's formidable elder sister, Katherine, must be wed. Petruchio, interested only in the huge dowry, arranges to marry Katherine -against her will- and enters into a battle of the sexes that has endured as one of Shakespeare's most enjoyable works.

A nun, Sister Mary Ignatius, explaining to the audience the basic tenets of Catholicism. An accountant named George Spelvin, who is mistaken for an actor's understudy and forced to perform in a play for which he doesn't know any of the lines.

Night, cold, a bus stop in Kingston, New York. A woman waits. A boy comes up.

What do you do when "The Almighty" drops in for a casual breakfast? When Harry and Beatrice Katzman are faced with this, the commonplace and the totally unexpected come together in a flurry of humour and excitement. This intriguing and entertaining theatrical experience is guaranteed to leave your audience feeling exhilarated.