OFF-BROADWAY SMASH BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND JUNE 3 – JULY 18

PROVIDENCE – G Four Productions, producers of the off-Broadway smash hit Menopause The Musical®, is pleased to announce that Tiffanie Bridges (Professional Woman), Jeanne Croft (Iowa Housewife), Margot Moreland (Earth Mother), and Stacy Schwartz (Soap Star) have signed on to appear in its special engagement at Trinity Repertory Company from June 3 – July 18. Also touring with the production will be Alex Ryer, who is the understudy for Earth Mother and Iowa Housewife.

Inspired by a hot flash and a bottle of wine, Menopause The Musical® will be at the Lederer Theater Center, home of Trinity Repertory Company, for a special engagement from June 3 – July 18. Single tickets are now on sale, and discounted prices for groups of 10 or more are also available.

The show, which has become an international phenomenon was written by Jeanie Linders and is produced by South Florida-based GFour Productions. Menopause The Musical® has been seen by nearly 11 million people in 14 countries since it debuted in a 76-seat perfume-shop-turned-theater in Orlando, Florida in 2001. 

Billed as “The Hilarious Celebration of Women and The Change®,” the original, off-Broadway musical begins with four women, “Professional Woman,” “Soap Star,” “Iowa Housewife” and “Earth Mother,” at a Bloomingdale’s lingerie sale with nothing in common but a black lace bra –and hot flashes, night sweats, memory loss, chocolate binges, not enough sex, too much sex and day-to-day challenges with parents, children and partners. 

 They share their ups and downs through a collection of classic baby boomer songs from the 60s, 70s and 80s.  Disco hit “Stayin’ Alive” becomes “Stayin’ Awake,” Motown favorite “My Guy” is transformed into “My Thighs,” "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" switches to "In the Guest Room or on the Sofa, My Husband Sleeps at night,” and “Puff The Magic Dragon” becomes the anthem to exercise, “Puff, My God I’m Draggin’.”
 

Menopause The Musical® will take to the stage of the Chace Theater at Trinity Rep June 3 – July 18. The show has a 2 PM curtain time for all matinees and a 7:30 PM curtain time for all evening performances. Single tickets are priced at $45 and can be purchased by calling 401-351-4242, visiting the Trinity Rep box office at 201 Washington St. in Providence, or online at www.trinityrep.com. Groups of 10 or more can purchase tickets for $40 per person, and can book now by calling 401-351-4242. Groups of 50 or more qualify for a ticket price of $38.

Tiffanie Bridges (Professional Woman) is a Chicago-born singer who started out in a small Pentecostal church choir at the age of 13. Over the years, Tiffanie has traveled the United States and Europe, opening for renowned mainstream gospel artists. She also performs with her neo-soul/jazz band, Nu Soul Theory. She has performed in shows with the American Cabaret Theatre in Indianapolis, where she resides with her husband and five children. Tiffanie recently released her debut gospel project, I’m Ready, available on her website at www.tiffaniebridges.com.

Jeanne Croft (Iowa Housewife) has played the role of Iowa Housewife for audiences all over the country beginning in Chicago and now here in Providence. National tours include: Menopause The Musical®, Out Loud!, Les Miserables, The World Goes ‘Round and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Music of the Night. Regional credits include Follies (Drury Lane Oakbrook), Closer Than Ever (Boars Head Theatre), Fiddler on the Roof (Light Opera Works). Jeanne is from Chicago and besides theater, she has performed in numerous concerts and cabaret shows, including the critically-acclaimed Stoned Soul Picnic, The Music of Laura Nyro.

Margot Moreland (Earth Mother) has appeared most recently in the critically acclaimed Florida productions of Fat Pig, Les Miserables and the world premiere of Bombshells. She has received the Carbonell award for her performances in Ruthless!, Tomfoolery, Heartbeats, and Annie. Other favorites include Midlife: The Crisis Musical, Forum, Gypsy, She Loves Me, Fiddler on the Roof, I love you…Now Change, Shear Madness (all over the country), Dirty Blonde, Closer Than Ever, and Watercoolers. She has been adjunct faculty at University of Miami and Rollins College, and holds a position on the Council of Actors’ Equity Association.

 
Stacy Schwartz (Soap Star) comes to Providence directly from the Menopause The Musical® winter tour which played to 25 cities from Michigan to Florida. She has also toured with the show in Louisville, Bethesda, and throughout the Midwest. Stacy is a Carbonell Award-winning actress who performed on most stages in the South Florida area before a recent move to Washington, DC. Regional credits include: The Great American Trailer Park Musical; White Christmas; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; The Full Monty; Closer Than Ever; Ruthless; Johnny Guitar; November; Smell of the Kill; and Adding Machine: A Musical (Carbonell Award). Off Broadway credits include: That’s Life! (Theatre East) and Zorro (Lambs Theatre). She is a member of the Actors’ Equity Association.

 
Alex Ryer (Understudy – Earth Mother/Iowa Housewife) Awards: Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress in a musical, Denver Drama Critics Circle; Denver Post Ovation Award for Best New Work, Pure Piaf. Original works: Pure Piaf; Bad Girls of Broadway (Mae West, Sophie Tucker, Fanny Brice);  Is That All There Is? (Peggy Lee). National: Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey); On The Twentieth Century (Lily Garland);. Regional: The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Jeannie Garstecki); Souvenir (Florence Foster Jenkins); Bat Boy (Meredith); I Love a Piano (Sadie); Annie (Hannigan); Chess (Florence); Into The Woods (Witch); Man of La Mancha (Aldonza); Phantom of the Opera (Carlotta); Swingtime Canteen (Marion).