About the Play
WORLD PREMIERE
A play with music about people dying to live. At Riverdale Manor, a retirement community in the Bronx, seniors contemplate the possibility of dying from a broken heart, if divorce is even worth it at a certain age, and when is the right time to have sex again. A talent show, with the promise of cake for dessert, sets the scene for a series of life-changing vignettes that debate what to do with the time we have left.
Pricing
- Preview • 1st Wed & Thu7:30 pm $20-$53
- Wed thru Sat 7:30 pm $25-$62
- Thu 2:00 pm $25-$62
- Sat & Sun 2:00 pm $30-$68
- Digital on Demand $25
Pay-What-You-Can
- Wed, Jan. 26 7:30 pm
- Sat, Feb. 5 8:00 pm
- Thu, Feb. 10 2:00 pm
- Digital on Demand – Available by calling the Box Office
Discussions
- Page to Stage Tue • Jan 18 • 6 pm • Virtual
- Artistic Perspective Sun • Jan. 30 • 5:30 pm • Virtual
- Curtain Call Discussion Sun • Feb 6 • 5:30 pm • Virtual
Tor Hyams and Lisa St. Lou (Playwrights) Grammy nominated songwriter, Tor Hyams, and Broadway performer, Lisa St. Lou (The Producers) offer a unique blend of comedy and heart through musicals, plays and screenwriting. Original theater works include Stealing Time, where a woman struggles to reconcile her place in a failing marriage (premiered NYMF/2012); The Skylight Room, a collection of stories about lonely people searching for connection, with actor/writer, John Cariani; Howie D: Back in the Day, a family musical about belonging and race, based on the real-life experience of Backstreet Boy, Howie D (world premiere at The Rose Theatre – Omaha, NE January 2020); and Collateral Beauty, an adaptation of the film starring Will Smith (with screenwriter, Allan Loeb). Commissions include a musical adaptation of the legendary television show, Green Acres; Ensemble, a collection of previously unpublished letters by Tennessee Williams; Untitled, a “Golden Age” musical for middle and high school age students; and aTypical Family, a story about a family coping with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Tor & Lisa have adapted Senior Living into a 1/2 hour television show. Additional TV pilots include The Lou, the story of a singer/songwriter forced to return home and face her dysfunctional family in St. Louis; Animal Control, about an elite squad in Beaver County, OK who keep us safe from the animals and the animals safe from us; Clusterf*ck, the story of two forty-something’s who stop at nothing to “write” all the wrongs of life’s banalities; and The Whites, the story of a black family living in a wealthy, white suburb during the Obama years.
Lynn / Alice / Mary / Ellen Cynthia Barnett*
Angelina / Edith / Susan Grace Bauer*
Lily / Carol / Denise Beth Glover*
Morty / Richard / Paddy / Brobson / Lou Steve Vinovich*
Frank / Robert / Joe / Dr. Miller David Wohl*
[*member Actors' Equity Association]
Director Judith Ivy***
Scenic Designer David Goldstein**
Costume Designer Vanessa Leuck**
Lighting Designer SeifAllah Salotto-Cristobol
Sound Designer John Morrison
Stage Manager Meg Lydon*
[*member Actors Equity Association]
[**member United Scenic Artists]
[***member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society]
Judith Ivy
Cynthia Barnett
Grace Bauer
Beth Glover
Steve
David Wohl
- Senior Living is a rare, authentic story about growing old - Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
- Theater review: The heartwarming ‘Senior Living’ emphasizes both words in the title - Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram