
DIRECTOR
Shannon O'Brien
Siobhan Henry
as...
Abby Binder
Joanne Johnson
as...
Marilyn Dunne
Bill Loslo
as...
Scotty
Lynette Rotolo
as...
Colleen & Woman in White
Norman Krinsky
as...
Derek & Vampire
Teena Cunningham
as...
Lewis & Clown
Joy Orton
as...
Benjamin
Performances
Oct 27, 28, 29
Nov 3, 4, 5
2023
SYNOPSIS
For 4 years irritable and sarcastic Abby Binder, through sheer force of her rude personality, has kept a room to herself at the Bristol Place Senior Living Facility. When bubbly, bright and unbearably cheerful Marilyn Dunne is placed in her room, Abby tries her usual tricks, but fails to scare her annoying new roommate away.
Marilyn, for her part, loves the challenge of Abby’s bad attitude and refuses to budge. Exercising her taste for competition and her love of pranks, Marilyn makes a bet. If Abby can break Marilyn's endless patience and make her angry, Marilyn will move out. However, if Marilyn can successfully frighten Abby, who claims never to get scared, Marilyn will get the bed by the window.
David Lindsay-Abaire’s Ripcord is an often slapstick, always surprising comedy, an enemies-to-friends story for a pair of excellently well-rounded, mature women.
This play contains language that some may find offensive.<
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REVIEWS
“A show to treasure. David Lindsay-Abaire’s ripping Ripcord is a deeply satisfying and vastly entertaining story of two elderly women thrown together by a comic cosmic force possessed of a wicked sense of humor… With Lindsay-Abaire a shape-shifting writer of always humanist works—nothing ever happens merely for its own sake. There are deeper issues lurking below the comedic surface…that gradually build from belly laughs to something more emotionally nutritious.”
- Deadline.
“David Lindsay-Abaire’s tastily sweet-and-sour RIPCORD is great fun!... Solidly crafted, the play is larded with moments of surprise, both wacky and more substantial. When the play gets serious, it’s genuinely moving. Beyond the high jinks, RIPCORD offers a compelling look at the pleasure of a challenge and the challenge of finding pleasure.”
- Time Out New York.
Single Reserved Seat Tickets $15
Season Tickets $25 for all shows (Winterfest is a free show)
Curtain Times: Fridays & Saturdays – 7 pm & Sunday – 2 pm
Doors open 45 minutes before curtain.
Next in person ticket sales for other shows will be at
Fairway Center, 10600 W Peoria Ave Sun City AZ 85351
Monday through Thursday: Oct 23, 2023 - Nov 2, 2023 from 10 am to 12 noon