Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Golden Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another.

With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording comes to life and The Drowsy Chaperone begins as the man in the chair looks on. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight.

The Riverside Players Community Theatre was established as a community theatre hoping to bring high-quality community theatre to Franklin County and surrounding areas. We have presented plays like The Odd Couple, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged, Almost, Maine, and Leaving Iowa, as well as musicals such as Pippin, Assassins, 9 to 5, All Shook Up, [title of show], and Something's Afoot. We are always looking for people who would like to join us to produce theatre and who would like to see theatre. See our Facebook page and our website theriversideplayers.com for more information.

Tim Buchheit - President and Co-Founder

Tara Steffens - Treasurer and Co-Founder

Clayton Smith - Co-Founder

Sarah Buchheit - Secretary

Brian Edler - Vice-President

Adrienne Gonzalez - Board Member

Rocco Gonzalez - Board Member