SOUTH OTSELIC – The Otselic Valley Drama Club will present the musical comedy “Once Upon a Mattress” at 7:30 p.m. tonight and Saturday in the junior-senior high school.

A comedic take on Hans Christian Anderson’s classic fairy tale, “The Princess and the Pea,” the popular production will feature OV students Brandon Thornton and Crystal Hayner as King Sextimus and Queen Aggravian, respectively; Alan Lewis as Prince Dauntless; Lindsey Bard as Princess #12; Elisabeth Riechard as Lady Larken; and Michael Larkin as Sir Harry.

Rounding out the cast will be Kaity Davis as Winnifred the Woebegone and Aspen Allen as the Nightingale, as well as Amanda Korb, Ryan Day, Grace Lowry, Esther Lyon, Francesca Cortez, Ella Costa, Peter Kalin, Jonathan Lyon, Shelby Hillman, Gabrielle Lyon, Grace and Tim Riechard, McKenzie Mullenax, Jason Olin, Shelby and Devin Stone, Ashley Scanlon, Hayley Donnelly and Corbin Wiklins-Learned.

The tale follows Queen Aggravian, who has taken control of the kingdom due to a curse that prevents King Sextimus the Silent from speaking. Attempting to keep their son, Prince Dauntless, from marrying, the queen has decreed that only a princess who can pass her test – a sleepless night – may wed the prince. Even worse, none within the kingdom may marry until Dauntless does so.