RI Premiere

FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS

by Alan Ball

Directed by Allison Crews

(March 10 - April 3)

 

During an ostentatious wedding reception at a Knoxville, Tennessee, estate, five reluctant, identically clad bridesmaids hide out in an upstairs bedroom, each with her own reason to avoid the proceedings below. They are Frances, a painfully sweet but sheltered fundamentalist; Mindy, the cheerful, wise-cracking lesbian sister of the groom; Georgeanne, whose heartbreak over her own failed marriage triggers outrageous behavior; Meredith, the bride’s younger sister, whose precocious rebelliousness masks a dark secret; and Trisha, a jaded beauty whose die-hard cynicism about men is called into question when she meets Tripp, a charming bad-boy usher to whom there is more than meets the eye. As the afternoon wears on, these five very different women joyously discover a common bond in this wickedly funny, irreverent, and touching celebration of the women’s spirit.

 

“An irreverent and funny look at the intricacies of friendship and the power of similar dressing …[a] wonderfully entertaining play…” — NY Post

 

“Five Women Wearing the Same Dress is a fresh-as-a-daisy comedy, funny as can be…” — NY Daily News

 

“Ball has the comic writer’s requisite talent for dialogue that ricochets snappily around the stage.” — TheaterWeek.

 

“Fast and witty… smart and enjoyable… thoroughly engaging… ...Five Women illustrates the evolving ideologies of a female culture still finding comfort in empowerment." — Broadway World

 

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS

by Alan Ball

Directed by Allison Crews

 

ENSEMBLE

Amie Lytle, Mindy

Gabrielle McCauley, Trish

Andrew Medeiros, Tripp

Daria Montaquila, Georgeanne 

Mary Mullane, Frances

Steph Rodger, Meredith

 

​PRODUCTION CREW

Assistant Director, Kelli Noonan

Stage Manager, Devra Levy

Production Manager, Brittany Costello

Set Design/Technical Director, Andrew Iacovelli

Costumes Design/Coordination, Maxine Wheelock

 

PERFORMANCE DATES

Thursday, March 10 at 8pm Preview 

Friday, March 11 at 8pm Preview 

Saturday, March 12 at 8pm PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN Press Preview

Sunday, March 13 at 2pm PRESS Preview

 

Friday, March 18 at 8pm OPENING NIGHT

Saturday, March 19 at 8pm 

Sunday, March 20  at 2pm

 

Friday, March 25 at 8pm

Saturday, March 26  at 8pm

Sunday, March 27 at 2pm

 

Friday, April 1 at 8pm

Saturday, April 2 at 8pm

Sunday, April 3 at 2pm

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