The full cast also includes Rachel Dratch (Love’s Labour’s Lost, "SNL"), Glenn Fitzgerald ("The Sixth Sense"), Daoud Heidami (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo) and Nate Miller (Peter and the Starcatcher).
MTC's staging of Ripcord, helmed by Tony and Emmy winner David Hyde Pierce, is scheduled to officially open Oct. 20 at New York City Center – Stage I. Performances were scheduled to begin Sept. 29 but were delayed due to the need for additional technical rehearsals.
Lindsay-Abaire is the award-winning author of Rabbit Hole, Fuddy Meers and Good People. His newest comedy, Ripcord, is described as both "inappropriate" and "hilarious," as it follows two elderly women in a no-holds-barred battle of wills - to the death.
"A sunny room on an upper floor is prime real estate in the Bristol Place Assisted Living Facility," state press notes. "So when the cantankerous Abby (Taylor) is forced to share her quarters with new-arrival Marilyn (Burke), she has no choice but to get rid of the infuriatingly chipper woman by any means necessary. A seemingly harmless bet between the old women quickly escalates into a dangerous game of one-upmanship that reveals not just the tenacity of these worthy opponents, but also deeper truths that each would rather remain hidden." The creative team includes Alexander Dodge (scenic design), Peter Kaczorowski (lighting design), Jennifer von Mayrhauser (costume design), John Gromada (original music and sound design) and Thomas Schall (fight director)
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