Ripcord

David Lindsay-Abaire's new comedy

Manhattan Theatre Club presents its sixth collaboration with playwright David Lindsay-Abaire in 2015. Entitled Ripcord, the Pulitzer Prize winner's latest work is a comedy revolving around a viscous battle of wits between two elderly women in a care home. In the lead roles of Abby and Marilyn are Emmy winner Holland Taylor (The Practice, Two and a Half Men) and Drama Desk Award winner Marylouise Burke (Fuddy Meers), while Frasier alumni David Hyde Pierce directs.

The Writer

A writer who excels in a dizzying variety of genres and forms, Lindsay-Abaire first came to the world's attention with his 2007 play Rabbit Hole. An honest and surprisingly comic tale of grieving parents, it won its author the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Since then, he's produced numerous comedic and dramatic works as well as the book for Shrek The Musical. This range also stretches to his work in Hollywood, having adapted Rabbit Hole for the screen with Nicole Kidman in the lead role, but also written the screenplay for the children's animated feature Rise of the Guardians.

What is Ripcord About?

Abby lives in one of the most desirable rooms in the Bristol Place Assisted Living Facility, so she isn't best pleased when she finds herself encumbered with a new roommate, Marilyn. In fact, she sets her mind to getting rid of her as soon as possible. A battle for territory begins between the two women, a struggle which escalates with alarming ferocity.