Souvenir

By Stephen Temperley

REGIONAL PREMIERE

This intimate, warm-hearted comedy recounts the real-life cult success of society matron Florence Foster Jenkins, whose wildly popular charity concerts in the 1930s and '40s culminated in a sold-out recital at Carnegie Hall. The catch? She couldn't sing a note. Utterly, unbelievably tone-deaf, Jenkins was blissfully unaware that her devoted fans were stifling laughs, not cheers. Her loyal accompanist describes their adventures with wit and tenderness, illuminating the deep passion that inspired Jenkins’s unusual career.