ADIRONDACK STAGE RATS PRESENT "RIPCORD" by David Lindsay-Abaire

A staged reading by the Adirondack Stage Rats
Featuring Natalie Coddington, Peter Corley, Dylan Duffy, Beth Glover, & Tara Palin
Directed by Leslie Dame

"Ripcord", by David Lindsay-Abaire, introduces us to adversarial roommates at the Bristol Place assisted living facility: cranky, misanthropic Abby Binder and pathologically cheerful, optimistic Marilyn Dunne. Until now Abby has successfully run off every previous roommate, but Marilyn is deeply determined to stay. All diplomatic means of resolution exhausted, the women finally make an outlandish bet. Abby claims she fears nothing. Marilyn takes pride in never being angry. And so the deal is struck: if Abby can enrage Marilyn, Marilyn must vacate the room; but if Marilyn manages to strike fear into Abby, Marilyn stays AND claims Abby’s more desirable, sunny side of the room. While the bet might sound inconsequential to us, Abby and Marilyn take it deadly seriously.

As the women resort to increasingly outrageous pranks to win (and the laughs build) cracks appear in Abby’s and Marilyn’s emotional armor revealing their vulnerabilities and secrets. David Lindsay-Abaire has crafted a delightful and touching, unforgettable play in "Ripcord".