“Take one part The Odd Couple, one part The Golden Girls, and a sprinkling of Tim
Burton….mix it together with your afternoon meds, and you’ve got Ripcord!”
Director, Alee Reed
A sunny room on an upper floor is prime real estate in the Bristol Place Senior Living
Facility, so when the cantankerous Abby is forced to share her quarters with newly
arrival Marilyn, a seemingly harmless bet between the women quickly escalates into a
dangerous game of one-upmanship.
“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
Performances 20th – 25th April 2026