About Staged Reading: Ripe Frenzy
Ripe Frenzy is set in a small town in upstate New York, where the high school is famous for having done the most productions of Our Town of any school, ever. On opening night of the school’s 40th production, a student open fires with an AR-15. Time is slippery as the play submerges us in the before, during and after of the shooting, using Our Town as a framework to examine what has become our new American norm. Told from the perspective of the mothers of the town, the play questions our own culpability in the perpetuation of mass shootings in our country.
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
Workshop, Ojai Playwrights Conference, 2017
Workshop, PlayPenn & NNPN, 2017
Commission, NNPN Smith Prize for Political Theatre, 2016
Workshop, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Co., 2016
Residency, MacDowell Fellowship, 2016
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Professional, Andy's Summer Playhouse, 2019
Professional, New Repertory Theatre, 2018
Professional, Synchronicity Theatre, 2018
Professional, Greenway Arts Alliance / Greenway Court Theatre, 2018
AWARDS
Winner, Writers Alliance Grant, Dramatists Guild Fund, 2018
Winner, Smith Prize for Political Theatre, NNPN, 2016
ABOUT UNDERGROUND
UNDERGROUND is Avenue Arts Marketplace & Theatre's staged reading company that is committed to reaching out to those that are underserved in our community and other communities, ultimately giving a voice to the voiceless through staged readings of new works. UNDERGROUND is led by Producing Artistic Director, David Lee and Company Manager, Emily Hisey and is comprised of 20 local actors that are determined to tell the stories that individuals around the world need to hear.