I went here with a group to the play Church Baseme...

I went here with a group to the play Church Basement Ladies, you smell Barn. It came with a prix fixe meal, turkey, mashed potatoes, salad, soup, choice of 2 desserts, coffee, lemonade and punch. Roll, corn, cranberry jelly.
The play itself was fine, a Nordic MinnEsotaH play on the Minnesota palate which had music, laughs and was cute. However, the small chairs were set upon a row of escalated tiers that were hollow underneath. There was about 15-17 inches of room for each customer, and little leg room. Many of the guests were elderly and had canes, portable chairs etc. It was difficult for everyone to get situated as when the row was narrow, and invariably most were seated, then a new guest had a seat at the end of the row and everyone had to get up and move or change seats down one.
I had been here before and had sat in another larger venue in the theatre which had stable set in seats. The meal was substandard mainly because my theatre ticket had a price of $25. including fee. But I paid $74 for the bus trip, play and meal altogether. So I was expecting good quality food. It was a rolled turkey breast, canned or jar gravy, cheap dinner roll, canned corn, soup wasn't even hot and the vegetables were too firm. Canned again. They put a powdered lemonade in a big dispenser adorned with real lemon slices to make believe that it was fresh squeezed. Hah! But No Pulp! Dead giveaway. The coffee was in a dispenser on a table, and when I put the paper cup provided under the spout, I could not retract my cup from underneath, or shut the spout off due to edge of cup not clearing room to take cup away!!! So spilled hot coffee on the dark tablecloth, and the cup was so full, it was not room for cream, which was unfrigerated dairy minicups (which means they have chemicals to keep from spoiling). When I got back to the table, after pouring out about 1 and a half inch to get my cream and sugar in, I wasn't too surprised that it was barely warm, had no taste - much like hot water. Another grievance was, you had to get to no less than 4 different areas to get all the stuff. So, salad bar, dressing at soup bar which also looked like cheap chemicalized type in generic plastic bottles!! The desserts were like kids specials- rice krispie bars with chocolate frosting or spice cake with caramel drizzle and again: fake whipped cream with stabilizers! I wouldn't be complaining so much, but I thought I was getting at least a $25 meal, because that still leaves $24 for the bus ride, which I doubt even cost that much due to the bus being filled and it was about 30 miles 2 ways. Anyway, bottom line, go for the play, and eat somewhere else. The glass of wine at intermission was ok for the price, $7 for an ok amount. Suggest Medterranean Cruz restaurant right in front. So the meal I rated about $8-9 and someone pocketed a tidy sum for the program and fees. Could not believe the bulk of the people were happy with the cheap meal for their money.