Patience (or Bunthorne's Bride)

Why we picked it

Patience, or Bunthorne’s Bride April 24 to May 2, 2026A comic operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan Show times: Wed-Sat at 7:30pm, Sat/Sun at 2:00pmTickets: Adult $25, Student/Senior $21 All of the maidens in the village are besotted with Reginald Bunthorne, a moody and handsome poet, but he has eyes only for the simple milkmaid, Patience. The problem? Bunthorne’s artistic ways are all just an act to attract women to him–he doesn’t even like poetry! Besides, Patience is in love with her childhood sweetheart, who happens to be a real poet named Archibald Grosvenor, but feels she cannot marry him because he is just too perfect. In the meantime, the serious (and decidedly non-poetic) platoon of Heavy Dragoon Guards that were meant to marry the village maidens find themselves dismayed and perplexed by their sudden loss of prospects. One of Gilbert & Sullivan’s most successful shows, Patience is a rollicking satire that pits the straight-lac