The Roommate

October 26, 2016 - November 27, 2016

By Jen Silverman

Directed by Johanna Gruenhut

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THE ROOMMATE IS A PRODUCTION NOT TO BE MISSED...[DEB HAZLETT'S] PERFORMANCE, PARTICULARLY HER COMEDIC TIMING, IS PITCH-PERFECT.

- DC METRO THEATRE ARTS

PLAYWRIGHT JEN SILVERMAN BRINGS HUMOR AND A WICKED SENSE OF ANARCHIC FUN TO 'THE INVISIBLE AGE'

- DC THEATRE SCENE

THE COMING-OF-MIDDLE AGE TALE HAS MUCH TO SAY ABOUT WOMEN FEELING CONSTRICTED, MUCH TO SAY ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS FOR THEM TO WIGGLE FREE FROM BINDING TIES AND TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE.

- THE BALTIMORE SUN

THE ROOMMATE IS JUST PLAIN BRILLIANT!...IT IS FILLED WITH HEART, HUMOR, POIGNANCY, LAUGHTER, GRIEF, AND LEARNING TO LIVE LIFE TO ITS FULLEST.

- BROADWAY WORLD

Overview

Baltimore/DC Premiere!

A mash-up of Thelma and Louise meets The Odd Couple, this hilarious, coming-of-age story about two middle-aged women from acclaimed playwright Jen Silverman took the Humana Festival of New American Plays by storm in 2015. When Sharon, a lonely Iowa divorcee, seeks a roommate and a change of pace in her quiet life, she meets Robyn, a mysterious vegan transplant from the Bronx whose secret past threatens to ignite Sharon's small world. Both women’s mismatched personalities and hidden talents erupt to reveal hysterical and inadvertent consequences.

Running Time: 1 hour, 45 minutes (no intermission)

*This production contains onstage smoking of herbal cigarettes.

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