"Louie": Play & Dinner Information

Ticket Package Prices:
$36.00 per person

Self Guided Mansion Tour:
Between 4PM to 6PM (Sunday 12-2PM).

BBQ Port-a-Cook Dinner:
6PM (Sunday 2PM)

Performance of "Louie":
7PM (Sunday 3PM)

First there was "Ceely," the murderess of Pleasant Valley. Then there was "Phoebe," the eccentric spinster with secret wisdom. Now Mark Sebastian Jordan's Mansfield Trilogy concludes with "Louie," the story of Louis Bromfield, the world-famous writer who turned his back on fame to get back to his roots at Malabar Farm. "Louie" will come to life on stage at Malabar Farm State Park in October of 2011 in a dinner theater presentation co-produced by Malabar Farm State Park and the Malabar Farm Foundation. The production of Mark Sebastian Jordan's "Louie" will take place on site at Malabar Farm State Park near Lucas in southern Richland County, Ohio on October 7,8,9 & 14,15,16 2011. The performance starts promptly inside of Louis Bromfield's Main Barn just yards away from his 32-room mansion. Audience members are encouraged to come early and explore Malabar Farm by foot or you can purchase the entire package and take a special self-guided tour of Louis Bromfield’s mansion he aptly called "The Big House". Park volunteers will be on hand inside the mansion and will provide the visitor with a historical story line.

"Louie", a play in two acts, will feature period music and veteran actors from North Central Ohio will fill the roles of the cast. Elaborate set designs of Bromfield's mansion will feature Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall's wedding site and will include historical pieces such as Bromfield's 1946 Willy's Jeep. Witness Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall's fairytale wedding and encounter celebrity visits from James Cagney and Ernest Hemingway. But above all, meet the real man behind infamous Malabar Farm, Louis Bromfield.

Package tickets for the performance are $36 which includes a self-guided tour of Louis Bromfield's "Big House" and a large BBQ dinner. Tours can be taken anytime between 4 p.m. and 6p.m (Sunday 12-2pm). Port-a-Cook will cater the BBQ ribs and chicken dinner that will begin at 6pm (Sunday 2 p.m.), with the show at 7:00pm (Sunday 3 p.m.) Free golf cart transportation to and from the parking area will be available for those needing assistance. Tickets for the performance are available by calling Malabar Farm at 419-522-2726.

The performance is sponsored by Schmidt Security Pro, Xantara's Mohican Lodge and Conference Center, Town Money Saver and Richland Bank, written by Mark Sebastian Jordan and produced by the Malabar Farm Foundation.

Additionally, overnight accommodations for individuals, groups, and families are available at the Malabar Farm Hostelling International USA- call 419-892-2055 for reservations.

Malabar Farm is the former home of Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and noted conservationist Louis Bromfield. Bromfield created the farm in the 1940s as a demonstration farm for conservation practices. His home was designated as an Ohio State Park in 1976 - the only working farm in the Ohio State Park system - and is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. Malabar Farm is located 12 mites southeast of Mansfield, Ohio, just one mile west of State Route 603 on Pleasant Valley Road.

For more information about this and other special events offered year-round, contact the Malabar Farm State Park Office at 4050 Bromfield Road, Lucas, OH 44843-9745, or call 419-522-2726. Visit our web page at www.maiabarfarm.org and for specific play and performance updates visit www.MansfieldTrilogy.com .