Five Women Wearing the Same Dress | |
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Written by | Alan Ball |
Characters | Meredith Georgeanne Trisha Frances Mindy Tripp |
Date premiered | February 13, 1993 |
Place premiered | Manhattan Class Company New York City [1] [2] |
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress is a play written in 1993 by Alan Ball. [3]
The play is a comedy set at the home of the bride in Knoxville, Tennessee during the newly married couple's ostentatious wedding reception. [4] The five bridesmaids have found refuge in the room of Meredith, the sister of the bride. The women come to realize that despite their differences, they have more in common with each other than any of them do with the bride.
Production | Manhattan Class Company Crew |
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Director | Melia Bensussen |
Set Designer | Rob Odorisio |
Lighting Designer | Howard Werner |
Costume Designer | Karen Perry |
Sound Designer | Bruce Ellman |
Production Managers | Laura Kravets Gautier and Ira Mont |
Stage Managers | Hazel Youngs and Katherine Lumb |
Role | Manhattan Class Company Cast [1] |
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Frances | Dina Spybey |
Meredith | Amelia Campbell |
Trisha | Ally Walker |
Georgeanne | Betsy Aidem |
Mindy | Allison Janney |
Tripp | Thomas Gibson |
Understudies | Orlagh Cassidy, Jack Gwaltney, and Linda Marie Larson |