Roundup Play 2006:"THE WILSON CODE"

Past Plays by the Capital Roundup Players

• 1987 - A Night At Trio's

  Just imagine if Franz Kafka, Eugene O'Niel, and Jean Paul Sartre opened a restaurant in Dupont Circle, and all the sober queens came. Don't forget to tip.

• 1988 - Trouble at Wilson High

  Avaricia Du Coin is spurned at the ball. There she was, twirling on the dance floor, all alone, searching for her sweetheart Danny Paluzzi. Meanwhile, all is not well with the students of Wilson High. We all learn that you're as sick as your secrets. And we all learn that when it comes to Avaricia, the girl's got resentments.

• 1989 - Trouble at Wilson High II

• 1990 - Cellblock Secrets

  Avaricia Du Coin, the evil and vicious warden, has some pernicious plans for her flock of felons. They, of course, have other plans, including a fatal beauty makeover for the warden. Leave it to Professor Rogers to solve the dilemma...

• 1991 - The Mummy's Secret

  She's the Queen of De Nial. Queen Avaricia, that is. Dr. Rogers searches for the best cup of coffee in the world, but runs afoul of the Damsel of the Desert when he unwittingly uses "tired", "old", and "bag" in the same sentence in Avaricia's presence. Our largest cast, and most overboard production.

• 1992 - Serenity of the Lambs

  I can smell your country ham, Avaricia! Not exactly Breakfast at Tiffany's. First year at the now famous Vista hotel, just after the bitch set him up.

• 1993 - The Whining Game

  Fabulosity itself rides the serenity train, in the form of the 30 day wonders. We thought it was funny, but the al-anoids didn't, apparently. We took the next year off, with disastrous results for Roundup Attendees.

• 1995 - Wilson High: The Reunion

  The old place hadn't changed a bit. To quote Avaricia, "What a DUMP!". A new nemesis appears: The Transvestite Thirteenth Stepper.

• 1996 - Wilson High: The Last Nerve

  Parking becomes more difficult in Gay-thersburg. The Police definitely have a way of working that last nerve. Mrs. Wankhammer and her lovely son Rodney take on the world.

• 1997 - It's a Hideous Life

  Mary Bailey learns a valuable lesson from her gaggle of grateful sponsees, and from the mysterious angel, Clarence Sale. Just when you think you hear Disney in the background, Broadway Betty arrives to remind everyone that it's time to get working on those 4th steps...

• 1998 - Gayzilla

  Look out, there's a monster coming.

• 1999 - Wilson High: The Final Horror

  Oh, the horrah. Things are not all that they seem at Holy Mary Rehab. Just ask Barbie Butowski. Sister Fallatia saves the day.

• 2000 - Surfside Serenity

  Nothing like a group slip, er, trip to the beach. Coffee, anyone? Please follow the directions of your stewardess...

• 2001 - Serenity Boulevard

  What if Cecil B. DeMille cast Norma Desperate, er, Desmond, in Gone With The Wind? D'ya think she'd drink?

• 2002 - Dear Mary

  Bitter, conniving, controlling gossip columnist, Mary Selfworth, dispenses advice to the lovelorn and the loveless. If only she'd keep the focus on herself and listen to her own advice. Of course, it comes back to bite her in the place where it hurts the most.

• 2003 - The Sick Secrets of Wilson City

  We've been saying it for years. You're only as sick as your secrets. Never has there been a mantra to ring truer than in this madcap farce of misplaced loyalties and, of course, denial... and, oh, yes, don't forget the three little Catholic girls...

• 2004 - A Streetcar Named Denial

  Died and gone to Heaven, you say? Well, God Herself may have a few things to say about it. Serena finally gets a male lead role, as Tennessee Williams, but still manages three dresses in costume changes. Have we managed to offend EVERYBODY yet? Buhler?

• 2005 - Saving Pansy

  Way down upon the Suannee River, that's where the old folks at home remember how they got there, and why, and what to do about it. Pansy relives her rotten horrible life, and thinks that she has the perfect reason to drink. Turns out she's not as terminally unique as she thinks she is. In fact, she's just another run-of-the-mill wash-and-wear bridesmaid, just like the rest of us!

• 2006 - The Wilson Code

  Sister Fallatia leads a fundraising scheme for Wilson High, and sends Babette du Bowery and Nellie Nerdlinger on a quest that upsets the balance of the Universe as we know it. This time we have managed to offend just about everybody.