All Shook Up

by Joe DiPietro
In association with Chemainus Theatre Festival
It’s the summer of 1955 in a “so-small-you-never-heard-of-it” town, somewhere in the Midwest. Uptight Mayor Matilda has outlawed kissing in public, dancing, and pretty much any kind of fun. But when a black-jacketed motorcyclist with hyperactive hips breezes into town with his trusty guitar, the dull, go-nowhere lives of its citizens will never be the same. Á la Mama Mia, twenty-five Elvis Presley hits serve as the blueprint for a version of Twelfth Night, where mistaken identities finally lead to love.