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A Funny Thing Happened...

A Dark, Tender Comedy

March 28 – April 14

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Thursdays at 7pm

Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm

Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30pm


General Admission: $29

Students / Seniors (65+): $26

Military / First Responders: $26

This show is included in our subscription packages. Information on how to purchase and redeem can be found here.


Our neighbor "The Puddle Dock" restaurant and its sister restaurant "Tour" on Lafayette Road, are both offering a 10% discount on food to Players' Ring patrons! Visit their websites to reserve, and present your ticket when you ask for your check.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City

By Halley Feiffer
Directed by Christine Penney

An irreverent, rageful, and tender play about the hilarity of grief and the power of trust.


This New York Times Critics' Pick tells the story of a struggling young stand-up comic and a wealthy middle-aged divorcée cooped up in a hospital room shared by their cancer-stricken mothers. Forced to confront their relationships with their respective mothers, Karla and Don cope with their new reality by making some of the world's most inappropriate jokes. Feiffer's unique and insightful comedy demonstrates how shared experiences create unexpected kinship, and how comedy and tragedy often operate in unsettling tandem.


CAST

Amy Desrosiers

Don Goettler

Valerie Kehr

Daphne Schwab


CREW

Director – Christine Penney

Set & Lighting Design – Quentin Stockwell

Sound Design – Ben Bagley

Choregraphy - Ashleigh Tucker Pollock

Intimacy - Jenry Towle

Stage Manager & Props – Lydia Charlotte Brendel


Content Warning / Parental Advisory: This production navigates adult themes such as illness, aging, divorce, addiction, death, grief, and sex. It contains brief mentions of sexual violence, child abuse, and foul language, as well as off-stage simulated sex. Parental discretion is strongly advised.

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