BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY Takes The RLT Stage

Road Less Traveled Productions (RLTP) is excited to open its third production in its new home, Pulitzer Prize-winning Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis. Between Riverside and Crazy will star RLTP Ensemble members Victoria Pérez, Dave Mitchell, and Lisa Vitrano alongside John Vines, Alejandro Gomez, Melinda Capeles and Gabriel Roberé under the direction of Scott Behrend and assistant director Mary Poindexter. The production team also includes Lou Iannone (set design), Dyan Burlingame (set painter/dresser), John Rickus (light design), Maura Price (costume design), Diane Almeter Jones (props), and Eric Burlingame (sound design).

Synopsis: Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Walter "Pops" Washington, a black NYPD officer, is shot while off-duty by a white cop. Eight years later, he's wheelchair bound, trapped in legal turnaround while trying to sue the city... and somehow, he's become a surrogate father to a handful of hard-luck kids who call his rent-controlled Riverside Drive apartment home. Now the city is playing hardball, and Pops and his kids will be evicted unless he settles his suit. With fast paced, hard-hitting humor and grit, Guirgis leads us into the rich and complex world of Pops as he must choose between justice and survival.

Between Riverside and Crazy opens Friday, March 8 and runs through Sunday March 31, at the Road Less Traveled Theaterat 456 Main Street. Regular performance times are Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7:30PM and Sunday at 2:00PM. Tickets are $38 general admission plus $5 students (Mighty Taco Student Thursday) $22 students (Friday, Saturday, Sunday). Mighty Taco Student Thursday dates: March 7, 14, 21 and 28 ($5 student tickets available for purchase at door only w/valid ID). Tickets can be ordered online at www.roadlesstraveledproductions.org, by calling the RLTP Box Office at (716) 629-3069, or by visiting the Box Office during the 30 minutes prior to any performance. Advance purchase is suggested.

Road Less Traveled Productions is located at 456 Main St., Buffalo, New York. The new theater venue, located near Lafayette Square, offers plenty of amenities including an enhanced theater experience with a full liquor lobby bar, intimate stadium theater seating, and bathrooms all located on the first floor. The new venue is located within area neighborhood restaurants such as Raclette's, Casa di Pizza, Tappo, Big Ditch and more! There is also plenty of area ramp parking and street parking on Mohawk, Lafayette, and Court streets. The Lafayette streetcar stop is also located directly in front of the Road Less Traveled Theater entrance.

Road Less Traveled Productions challenges audiences through provocative storytelling and passionate artistry. The RLTP Ensemble constructs bold and imaginative ways to explore, discuss, and understand timely and timeless issues that connect diverse communities, globally and locally, to the commonality of human experience. Our mission is to develop the canon of contemporary voices through production of new and notable works by regional and national playwrights, creating unforgettable live theatre experiences that bring value to our lives. RLTP, a member of the National New Play Network, Theatre Communications Group, Theatre Alliance of Buffalo and Theatre District is located at 456 Main Street in Downtown Buffalo, NY. For more information about RLTP and to purchase tickets, please visit www.RoadLessTraveledProductions.org or call (716) 629-3069.