Stephen Douglas Hayes

The Singing and Dancing Company: Engineer to Entrepeneur Stephen Douglas Hayes

Austin and Arabella Antic first meet in the spring of 1951, backstage in the theater at Pennsylvania State University during the first dress rehearsal for a production of South Pacific. They marry, raise children, and continue to nourish their love of theater...until one night when Austin decides to reinvent himself-transforming his identity from boring engineer to theater entrepreneur. The Singing and Dancing Company follows Austin and Arabella as they join with others to form a theatrical troupe. They have nothing going for them but desire...until Austin manages to earn an enormous sum of money by selling short on the stock exchange. Extraordinary events follow in this entertaining new novel that embraces all things theater, and examines the confused souls of those trying to figure out their own role in life.