FIVE WOMEN WEARING THE SAME DRESS

By Alan Ball

Directed by Audrey Lauren Standish (Wax)

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.

Produced by Edgewood College Theatre at The Stream Amphitheater, Edgewood College,

Performances: September 21-25, 2022

Performance Times:
September 21-24 at 7:30 pm
September 25 at 2 pm

Ticket Prices: $10 student and senior and $18 general

Call 608-663-6710 for reservations or more information.