Waitress

Book by JESSIE NELSON Music and Lyrics by SARA BAREILLES Based on the motion picture written by Adrienne Shelly Orchestrations by Sara Bareilles and The Waitress Band Music by Arrangement with Sony Music Publishing Originally produced on Broadway by Barry and Fran Weissler • Norton and Elayne Herrick • David I. Berley • Independent Presenters Network • A.C. Orange International • Peter May • Michael Roiff • Ken Schur • Marisa Sechrest • Jann Theatricals • 42nd. club/Square I Theatrics • Benjamin Simpson & Joseph Longthorne/Shira Friedman • Alecia Parkers, Executive Producer Original motion picture produced by Michael Roiff/Night & Day Pictures World Premiere produced by the American Repertory Theatre at Harvard University, August 2, 2015 Diane Paulus, Artistic Director and Diane Borger, Producer Peter Duchan, Script Consultant for A.R.T. Production
Waitress is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
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A fresh-baked, piping hot pie could burn you if you’re careless. And yet, the delicious flavor is so satisfying it may change your life. Just ask Jenna, a waitress whose small-town existence and difficult marriage are a recipe for unhappiness. Her search for escape and happiness lead her to a relationship with little future as it threatens her reputation. Still, Jenna manages to find some sweetness in life throughout this bittersweet journey. The superb music score by Grammy-award-winner Sara Bareilles blends both heartache (“She Used to Be Mine”) and hope (“What Baking Can Do”). This regional premiere based on the 2007 non-musical film of the same name, Waitress: The Musical is poignant. It’s relatable, bitter as a lemon and sweet as a marshmallow pie. Entertainment Weekly called it “a little slice of heaven” and MCT is proud to serve up this extraordinarily popular musical that promises to stir your heart. You’ll most likely want to pick up a pie on the way home.
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Rated PG-13 - Parental Guidance Recommended
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