Rose Hall at Prohibition River presents the Moonshine Theater Festival.

A two evening theater event featuring the following plays:

Friday : In “The Village Cidiot,” a dyed-in-the-wool Manhattanite loses her big corporate job and retires, reluctantly, to a tiny upstate town.

Will her city skills be any match for rural reality, or will marauding bears, a bad septic, and hostile locals defeat her first?

A hilarious and heartfelt journey about navigating life’s disruptions with humor, compassion, and tick repellent.

“Laugh-out-loud funny…Letellier plays herself with assurance, insight, and bittersweetness … Truly touching.” IMBY.com

“The hilarious and heartbreaking are found in equal measure in THE VILLAGE CIDIOT.”The Millbrook Independent

‘It is a textured performance that draws us into her life. Uproarious and poignant … An entrancing piece of theater.” BerkshireOnStage.com

“Amazing! Beautiful storytelling – so funny, emotional, yet relatable.”Shanna Pagan, Director of Marketing, Rochester Fringe Festival

Doors open at 5:30pm for cocktails & dinner service, show opens at 7pm.Run time one hour.

Lauren Letellier is a writer, performer, and municipal historian of Hillsdale, NY.

Martha Wollner (Director) is a member of NYC’s LAByrinth Theatre Company.

Saturday :

A Love Story: Sonja and Andrey meet in a Moscow cafe. They are both lonely and a bit socially awkward but as each hilariously reveals their true self, a relationship is kindled.

Doors open at 5:30pm for cocktails & dinner service, show opens at 7pm.Run time one hour.

Elise Stone: winner of the International Sipario Award and “one of contemporary theater’s most accomplished performers – NYC TheaterScene

Craig Smith: is “Undoubtedly one of New York’s best comic actors” NYC Timeout, “A downtown legend” -Playgoer.com.“one of our most consistently fine actors” -NYTimes.

Production by Karen Case Cook, winner of the best direction award for Afterplay of the 2025 Phoenix Festival.