Souvenir: A Fantasia about the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins at Riverside Center for the Performing Arts

Souvenir tells the enchanting and hilarious true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a wealthy society eccentric who suffered under the delusion that she was a great coloratura soprano when she was in fact incapable of producing two consecutive notes in tune. Nevertheless, her annual recitals in the ballroom of the Ritz Carlton hotel brought her extraordinary fame. Her growing mob of fans packed her recitals, stuffing handkerchiefs in their mouths to stifle their laughterwhich Mrs. Jenkins blissfully mistook for cheers. Souvenir, by turn hilarious and poignant, tells her story through the eyes of her accompanist, Cosm McMoon. With each new imagined triumph Florences confidence soars. Faced with her boundless certainty, Cosm comes to revise his attitude, not only towards her singing but to the very meaning of music itself.