Video: Stephanie Torns, Soara-Joye Ross, Caitlin Houlihan Are ‘Opening Up’ in Cape Playhouse Waitress
Cape Playhouse Artistic Director Eric Rosen directs the Sara Bareilles musical.
Stephanie Torns in the national tour of Waitress
Pamela Hanson
The Cape Playhouse production of the Tony-nominated musical Waitress plays the Massachusetts venue through August 24. Artistic Director Eric Rosen directs the hit
musical, which features a score by Tony nominee Sara Bareilles and a
book by Jessie Nelson based on the film of the same name.
The company is headed by Stephanie Torns (Waitress) as Jenna, Caitlin Houlahan (Waitress, Girl from the North Country) as Dawn, Soara-Joye Ross (Crashing, Hadestown) as Becky, and John Riddle (Frozen, Titanique)
as Dr. Pomatter with Robert Ariza as Earl, Nick Cearley as Ogie, Erik
Lochtefeld as Cal, and John Shuman as Joe plus ensemble numbers Drew Becker, Jack Rasmussen, Olivia London, Cassie Donegan, Autumn Eliza Sheffy, and Renee Shohet.
Watch a portion of “Opening Up”—featuring Torns, Ross, and Houlihan—in the Cape Playhouse Instagram video below.
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The production also has musical direction by Ryan
Shirar, scenic design by Jack Magaw, costume design by Devario D.
Simmons, lighting design by Kathleen Zhou, sound design by Andre Pluess,
wig design by Matt Armentrout, production stage management by Arthur
Atkinson, and casting by Stephanie Klapper Casting.
Adapted from the 2007 film and featuring a book by Nelson and a Tony-nominated score by Bareilles, Waitress
was developed and premiered by Massachusetts’ American Repertory
Theater before debuting on Broadway in 2015, picking up four 2016 Tony
nominations, including Best Musical. The work made a Broadway return at
the Ethel Barrymore following the COVID-19 shutdown beginning September
2, 2021, sticking around through December 20.
Click here for ticket information.