By Allison Roorda
Community Post
The Fallen Timbers Theatre Company will present an original production this weekend in the James F. Dicke Auditorium at New Bremen High school.

The play, entitled The Daughters' Keeper, or Women in Arms, was written by Dan Keyes, director of the New Bremen High School Drama Club.
“The brave captain falls in love with the innkeeper's daughter, who doesn't like soldiers,” explained Keyes. “That's it in a line.”
Despite the romantic summary, Keyes classified the play as a farce. The action takes place in the Ohio Territory in 1795. The brave captain is taking his soldiers on a recruiting mission through the Miami Valley, where he falls in love with the eldest daughter of an innkeeper. The innkeeper, however, refuses to serve soldiers, so in order to court his new love, the captain schemes to get close to the daughter by disguising himself as a bodyguard for the innkeeper's many daughters. Meanwhile, the daughter concoct a plan to run away and join the army, disguised as men, while the captain's soldiers hide themselves in the girls' room.
“So, it's all turned around,” Keyes laughed. “But it all gets sorted out in the end.”
Another interesting characteristic of the play is its setting.
“It's a period that is not usually portrayed in the theatre,” said Keyes. “There are very few scripts written during the Revolutionary War and the period surrounding it.”
Being an enthusiast of the Revolutionary period, Keyes took it upon himself to create a script for his students that they would enjoy playing, not to mention one with enough parts for the 3 to 1 female: male ratio. Keyes has 18 high school students on his cast, as well as a six-person production crew.
“It's not particularly big,” he said.
The Daughters' Keeper, or Women in Arms will play in the Jame F. Dicke Auditorium on Friday, March 7 and Saturday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 at the door.