Ringwald Announces 2017-2018 Season

The Ringwald Theatre dips into the musical well for their 11th season; presenting three (!) musical in one season, two from legendary composer Stephen Sondheim in what will become our "Sondheim Spring".

This season also includes the Michigan premier of the stage version of a beloved horror film and the return of a classic gay comedy. And if that's not enough, we capitalized on our successful production of Stupid f-ing Bird from 2014 with the same playwright's take on Uncle Vanya, and Richard Payton will take over our annual Yuletide offering!

All productions are to be performed at The Ringwald Theatre, located at 22742 Woodward Avenue in downtown Ferndale. For more information and to find out about ticket reservations, please call 248-545-5545 or visit us online at: www.TheRingwald.com!

August 25-September 18, 2017
Party
by David Dillon
"One of the most uplifting and affirming representations of gay life on any stage ever." The Advocate A new production of the classic gay comedy! A group of friends gather together to play the Truth or Dare-type game Facts or Fantasies. Clothing is soon shed, along with inhibitions and secrets, in this "hilariously impassioned" and "raucously funny" (The New York Times) play. The long-running Off-Broadway hit now comes to The Ringwald. This is one Party you definitely don't want to miss!

October 6-30, 2017
The Rocky Horror Show
by Richard O'Brien
C'mon. You don't need us to tell you what this one is about.
The classic musical finally gets a Ringwald production.

November 10-December 4, 2017
Life Sucks
by Aaron Posner
From the mind of Aaron Posner, author of our successful 2014 production of Stupid f-ing Bird, comes this brash and revelatory reworking of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya.
A group of old friends, ex-lovers, estranged in-laws, and lifelong enemies gather to grapple with life's thorniest questions-and each other. What could possibly go wrong? Incurably lustful and lonely, hapless and hopeful, these seven souls collide and stumble their way towards a new understanding that life sucks. Or does it? Never has unhappiness been so much fun.

December 14-18, 2017
The SantaLand Diaries & Season's Greetings
by David Sedaris, adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello
The delightful anti-holiday treat makes its annual return to the Ringwald stage for another round of twisted holiday fun! This year, Richard Payton takes over both roles!

January 5-29, 2018
Let the Right One In
adapted for the stage by Jack Thorne
A dark and visceral coming-of-age vampire love story, based on the acclaimed novel and film.
Oskar is a bullied, lonely, teenage boy living with his mother on a housing estate at the edge of town, when a spate of sinister killings rocks the neighborhood. Eli is the young girl who has just moved in next door. She doesn't go to school and never leaves the flat by day. Sensing in each other a kindred spirit, the two become devoted friends. What Oskar doesn't know is that Eli has been a teenager for a very long time.

February 16-March 19, 2018
Merrily We Roll Along
book by George Furth, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
The authors of the landmark Company reunite to turn the traditional showbiz musical on its head in this thrilling and compelling Broadway fable about friendship, compromise, and the high price of success. Stephen Sondheim and George Furth expertly blend the excitement and energy of a backstage musical with a poignant and emotional contemporary story about the importance of staying true to one's ideals. With a brilliant "Broadway-style" score and that deep insight one expects from any Sondheim endeavor, Merrily We Roll Along is a spirited and moving cautionary tale for anyone who has ever pursued a dream.

May 11-June 11, 2018
Company
book by George Furth, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Company is largely regarded as a trailblazer of the dark-comedy, modern-musical genre and the winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Lyrics and Best Book.
On the night of his 35th birthday, confirmed bachelor, Robert, contemplates his unmarried state. Over the course of a series of dinners, drinks and even a wedding, his friends - "those good and crazy people [his] married friends" - explain the pros and cons of taking on a spouse. The habitually single Robert is forced to question his adamant retention of bachelorhood during a hilarious array of interactions.

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