Michael McKeever’s Suite Surrender is a love note to the classic farces of the 40s. The setting is a luxurious Palm Beach hotel, which is hosting a United Services Organizations (USO) benefit for our troops. USO, in partnership with the Department of Defense, was chartered in 1941; from then until 1945, it is estimated nearly 300,000 shows were performed for over 150 million service members. The headliners for our show at the Palm Beach Royale are two of Hollywood’s biggest and scariest divas, Claudia McFadden and Athena Sinclair. Claudia is America’s Singing Sweetheart, who enters a room like an elegant tornado. Lusty, vivacious Athena is the Star of Stage and Screen. They intensely loathe one another. So what could go wrong? What if the two queens of mean wind up booked into the same suite at the hotel? Unleash the claws and let the fireworks begin.

Ludlow Village Players (LVP) present this fabulous play, full of madcap mayhem and madness, at the Bay Club, 120 Spinnaker Place in Port Ludlow, for two weekends, April 13 – 15 and 20 – 22; Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:00 p.m., and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m. Ticket price is $17, and will go on sale Friday, March 9, at the Bay Club and Suite Surrender At Brown Paper Ticket Your ticket will also give you the chance to win a beautiful gift basket of wine and chocolates when you arrive and check in

Other memorable characters include a frantic hotel manager, two confused bellhops just trying to do their job, Claudia’s exasperated, punching bag personal assistant, Athena’s pretty, efficient, and lovelorn personal assistant, the star-struck society matron who is head of the Palm Beach Ladies for Unity, and an in-your-face gossip reporter hoping to find a scoop. There’s a story everywhere. The cast members, in order of mention, are: Vicki Valley, Becky Eastgard, Gil Skinner, Wynne Stevens, Paul Moreau, Jeffrey Groves, Nicole Frenzl, Ginny Ford, Diane Peterson, and a sweet surprise addition to this roster of fine actors. Get your tickets early, and take a trip back in time to an era when Hollywood turned out entertaining screwball comedies. LVP is an all-volunteer non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. “Like” us on Facebook, visit our website, ludlowvillageplayers.org, or contact Val at 360-437-2861 or rkd@olypen.com for more information.