Something Rotten at Chaska Valley Family Theatre

Welcome to the Renaissance and the outrageous, crowd-pleasing musical farce, Something Rotten. Created by Grammy Award-winning songwriter Wayne Kirkpatrick, and successful screenwriters Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell, Something Rotten was lauded by audience members and critics alike, receiving several Best Musical nominations and hailed by Time Out New York as "the funniest musical comedy in at least 400 years".

Set in the 1590s, brothers Nick (Tim Gravely) and Nigel (Mike Tober) Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star, "The Bard"—none other than William Shakespeare (Justin Winterhalter). When a quirky soothsayer, Nostradamus (John Siracusa), predicts that the future of theatre will combine singing, dancing, and acting all at once, the brothers embark on a wild quest to create the world’s very first musical.

Meanwhile, Bea (Maddie Dinndorf), Nick’s fiercely independent wife, refuses to sit on the sidelines, disguising herself to take on jobs no woman is allowed to have. Portia (Madie Froehle), a poetry-loving Puritan, finds herself torn between her strict upbringing and her growing love for Nigel.

With show-stopping tap numbers, larger-than-life characters, and plenty of laughs, the Bottom brothers soon realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self—and all that jazz!