The fully staged production, funded in part by a grant from The Computer Store, will feature professional costuming and accompaniment by a chamber orchestra of university students, conducted by Graffeo. The young, beautiful Serafina is pledged to be the wife of Don Annibale, an old but wealthy pharmacist. The handsome Enrico is smitten with Serafina and does everything within his power to thwart Don Annibale on his wedding night. Just when the wedding party settles down, Enrico begins interrupting the newlyweds' wedding night. He keeps ringing the bell at Don Annibale's door in different disguises with different medical problems to keep the doctor busy and away from his new bride.
Amelia is a self-centered woman whose sole desire is to go to the ball.
Her husband has found a letter from her lover and confronts her with it. In a fury, her husband looks for a gun and goes out to find her paramour. Meanwhile, Amelia warns her lover, whose solution is for them to run away together. But she says she can't elope because there's a wonderful ball that evening. When her husband finds them, there is a gentlemanly debate that escalates into a struggle, and the lover knocks out Amelia's husband.