THEATRE on the RIDGE
THEATRE on the RIDGE
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In Providence, Rhode Island, habitually widowed Atalanta pays a visit to her second-rate lawyer Barry Dragonetti. Intending to settle her latest husband’s affairs, this larger-than-life Greek tightwad quickly becomes a nightmare for her cheesy, self-aggrandizing attorney. Add Barry’s impossible Croatian mother, a dash of current politics and a couple of opportunistic young lovers, and you have in hand a recipe for comic combustion. This feisty romantic comedy comes from John Patrick Shanley, the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Doubt and Outside Mullingar, and the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Moonstruck.
AUDIENCE ADVISORY: Explicit language
a feisty romantic comedy by
JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY
directed by Jerry Miller
The
POrtuguese Kid
Second Stage Showcase Series Production – Limited Run
FEB 27 - MAR 8
love letters
a play by A.R. GURNEY
directed by Judy Clemens
When Andrew Makepeace Ladd III accepts an invitation to Melissa Gardner’s birthday party, and Melissa writes a thank-you note to ask just why he got her “The Lost Princess of Oz”,
a romantic friendship and correspondence destined to last for almost half a century is born. Both from affluent, East Coast families, the friends communicate with each other through angst-ridden boarding school experiences, European adventures, failed marriages, and the ups and downs of careers. A.R. Gurney’s Love Letters is a tender, tragi-comic, and nuanced examination of the shared nostalgia, missed opportunities, and deep closeness of two lifelong, complicated friends.
APRIL 2 - APRIL 19
This production replaces the previously scheduled
The Legend of Georgia McBride
The
shOEMAKER'S
DAUGHTERS
an original comedy written & directed by JERRY MILLER
Inspired by the Charles Laughton film Hobson’s Choice
Its swinging London town in the groovy 60’s and Henry Hobson has more daughters than he knows what to do with. Things don’t quite go as planned when Harry sets out to fix
his three girls up with “suitable” spouses that will free him from the financial burdens of the trio’s upkeep. This romantic comedy is perfect for the whole family.
JUNE 4 - JUNE 21
A I R N E S S
a comedy with music
by CHELSEA MARCANTEL
directed by JERRY MILLER
When Nina enters her first air guitar competition, she thinks winning will be easy. But as she befriends a group of charismatic nerds all committed to becoming the next champion, she discovers that there’s more to this art form than playing pretend; it’s about finding yourself in your favorite songs, and performing with raw joy. Will Nina be able to let go and set herself free onstage? Following her mission to shred or be shredded, AIRNESS is an exuberant reminder that everything we need to rock is already inside us. A comedy about competition, completion, and finding the airness inside yourself.
JUL 21 - AUG 2
Second Stage Showcase Series Production – Limited Run
The WILD WOMEN of WINEDALE
a comedy by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope & Jamie Wooten
This joyful and exuberant comedy from the authors of The Dixie Swim Club focuses on three women at crossroads in their lives. Sisters Fanny and Willa Wild and their sister-in-law, Johnnie Faye are a feisty and fun-loving trio who have supported and cheered one another through life’s highs and lows. Now, as Fanny turns 60, Willa is frustrated with her nursing job, and Johnnie Faye loses her house, they realize they are buried under a mound of keepsakes and possessions nobody wants. With equal doses of hilarity and heart, these women help each other discover that it’s never too late to take another one of life’s paths for a grand new adventure.
directed by Judy Clemens
SEPT 3 - SEPT 20
A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE t0 LOVE & MURDER
Winner of the 2014 Tony Award for Best Musical, Gentleman’s Guide is a roller coaster of a comic operetta, quick changes, and clever wordplay. Set in 1907, Monty Navarro is a penniless clerk who is informed after the death of his mother that he is ninth in line to inherit the earldom of Highhurst. After the imperious ruling Lord dismisses Monty’s claim of being a relative, the eight heirs ahead of young Mr. Navarro begin dying in natural and unnatural ways. Once the murders start happening, the fun begins to figure out the fate of the next D’Ysquith relative Monty sets his sights on, as well as to observe his increasingly desperate attempts to juggle the affection of two beautiful women.
Book by Robert L. Freedman
Music by Steven Lutvak
Lyrics by Robert L. Freedman & Steven Lutvak
Directed by JERRY MILLER
Musical Direction by TAMARA ALLSPAUGH
