I DO! I DO!, the classic musical about married life, 
opens on Sunday afternoon, July 14

A large, old-fashioned bed, a man, and a woman. From this simple setting and two-person cast emerges an honest, sometimes angst-filled, humorous history of a 50-year marriage, including all of its exhilarating highs and infuriating lows. In the Festival 56 musical comedy production I Do! I Do!  July 14-26 at the Prairie Arts Center, audiences will watch Agnes and Michael prepare for their wedding and their wedding night. As time passes, the couple has a son and then a daughter, Michael’s career as a writer blooms along with his ego, and mid-life tensions develop between them. Both consider ending their marriage, but instead renew their love for one another. Eventually they become empty nesters, and they prepare to leave their long-time home for a small apartment. They look back and reminisce on a fulfilling life and beautiful family.

I Do! I Do! was first The Fourposter, a 1951 award-winning play written by Jan de Hartog. After a successful Broadway run with stars Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn, the play was made into a film starring Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer, and then made into the 1966 musical I Do! I Do! starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston. Festival 56's production of I Do! I Do! is sponsored by Hornbaker Gardens and The Barn.

The Prairie Arts Center is located at 24 Park Avenue East in Princeton and is fully accessible with public parking nearby. To purchase tickets, visit www.festival56.com, call 815-879-5656, email boxoffice@festival56.com, or stop by the theater. The box office is open Monday-Saturday 12:00-5:00 p.m. and one hour before performances. Tickets are $29, $26 (seniors 65+), and $14 (students). Concessions will be available. For further information, please contact the box office at 815-879-5656.