rIPCORD

THE STORY: A sunny room on an upper floor is prime real estate in the Bristol Place Senior Living Facility.

When the cantankerous Abby is forced to share her quarters with new-arrival Marilyn, 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.

“Tastily sweet-and-sour, Ripcord is great fun!" – Time Out New York

“A deeply satisfying and vastly entertaining story of two elderly women through together by a comic cosmic force.” – Deadline

“No shortage of funny lines and inspired moments of physical comedy.” – The Hollywood Reporter

“The author of comedy-dramas that toy with sitcom expectations but then veer elsewhere, [David Lindsay-Abaire] is obviously riffing, in Ripcord, on television templates like The Golden Girls. [It’s a] play that flirts with surrealism... suggesting the possibility that, even in old age, people can make choices that may produce a gentler landing.” – New York Magazine

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Ripcord is presented through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service (www.dramatists.com)