Une Belle Fleur

This historical fiction play imagines the mystique and courtly drama surrounding the creation of the world’s first authentic ballet, Ballet Comique de la Reine, in the court of Catherine de Medici, Queen of France, circa late 1500’s. Queen Catherine de Medici, in the wake of being falsely accused of instigating the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, seeks to create a positive legacy for her name through a massive artistic project as such the world has never witnessed before. The real instigator of the massacre, Guise, haunts the ballet and has sinister plans for opening night. Aided by a musician from Italy and her otherworldly confidant Nostradamus, Catherine de Medici navigates through the world of Renaissance political intrigue to attempt to show her masterpiece to the world, while saving her country.