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Waitress

Waitress

book by JESSIE NELSON
music & lyrics by SARA BAREILLES
directed by CAROL DUNNE

based upon the motion picture written by ADRIENNE SHELLY

MARCH 13 - APRIL 13, 2025

Jenna is caught in a dead-end marriage and a dead-end job, where making pies is her one source of joy. An unexpected pregnancy jolts her into action, and she starts making big changes. With her best friends and coworkers by her side, Jenna bakes a new life, one pound of butter, sugar, and flour at a time. A playful and soulful score by 7-time Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles lends boundless joy to this Broadway smash.

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Photo Illustration by Emily Cooper.

  • Regular Tickets $34 - $94

    Prices vary based on seat location

  • Youth Tickets $24

    25 and under

  • Student Tickets $24

    For students of all ages

  • Pay-What-You-Can Preview (Mar. 13) $5+
Running time is approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes, with a 15-minute intermission. This show is recommended for teens and up.
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"‘Waitress”...takes on a new depth in the spectacular Northern Stage production, delivering the same, if not more, of the hilarity and joy... simply irresistible."
Jim Lowe
Jim LoweRutland Herald
"Northern Stage’s production...proves to be as sweet and enticing as its protagonist’s most decadent creations."
Marion Umpleby
Marion UmplebyValley News
"With Ashleigh King's spirited choreography, director Carol Dunne pilots a strong cast, buoyed by music. Dunne shapes the interactions, letting comic connections express relationships and never losing the warmth of the story."
Alex Brown
Alex BrownSeven Days
"Waitress is a treat for the eyes, the ears and the heart. [...] The cast is uniformly strong. It’s a kinetic play full of fast moves, a tender story, and endearing characters that you’ll recognize and root for."
Susan Apel
Susan ApelArtful

Special Events

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SUNDAY, MAR. 23 & MAR. 30
4:00 PM through Intermission

Looking for a little extra sweetness or a satisfying bite to go with Waitress? Come early before the performances on Sunday, 3/23, 3/30, or 4/6 for special pop-ups of local and independent women-owned bakeries! Featuring local favorites that you won’t wanna miss:

MAR. 23 POP-UPS:
Laura’s Cookies, Wild Yeast


MAR. 30 POP-UPS:
The Bagel Lady, Captain Paige Bakes

       

APR. 6 POP-UP:
Knot Just Pretzels
  

Admission is Free to the Public. All proceeds go to vendors.
Click HERE for tickets to the Mar. 23 performance.
Click HERE for tickets to the Mar. 30 performance.

FRIDAY, MAR. 21
6:30 PM – 7:20 PM

Join fellow subscribers for complimentary drinks and snacks prior to the show!

RSVP recommended but not required. Admission is Free to all 2024-25 seasons subscribers.

SATURDAY, MAR. 22
Following the 7:30 PM Performance

Join us after the 7:30 PM show for a conversation with the Waitress company.

Admission is Free to the Public. Click HERE for tickets to the performance.

Meet the Cast

Brianna Kothari Barnes (Jenna)
Rae Agwé (Becky)
Caitlin Kinnunen (Dawn)
Michael Evan Williams (Dr. Pomatter)
Thom Miller (Earl)
Adam Huel Potter (Cal)
Jacob Tischler (Ogie)
Mike Backman (Joe)
Carlita Victoria (Tinker Bell / Mother Mermaid)
Laura Axelrod (Ensemble)
Hannah Brooks (Ensemble)
Dominic Giovanni (Ensemble)
Ana Laura Satana (Ensemble)
Noah Schutzius (Ensemble)

Lulu - Team Pie

Eloise Anne Carroll
Hazel R. Allington

Lulu - Team Cake

Mary Alice Owens
Eva Harik

Meet the Creatives

Jessie Nelson

BOOK WRITER

JESSIE NELSON (Book) wrote the musical Waitress with music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles. The show played on Broadway for 4 years and moved to the West End in London. Sara and Jessie went on to create the show Little Voice which they Executive Produced with JJ Abrams for Apple TV. Jessie wrote, directed and produced Corrina Corrina and I Am Sam starring Sean Penn, who received an Academy Award nomination for his performance. Among her other directing credits are Curb Your Enthusiasm and Love, the Coopers with Diane Keaton. Her writing credits include Step Mom and The Story of Us . She produced Fred Claus and Danny Collins. In London, Jessie directed Alice By Heart which she co-wrote with Steven Sater with music by Duncan Sheik at the National Theater Connections Program and again at MCC in NYC. She began her career as an actress at the Public Theater working with the award-winning experimental theater Mabou Mines and at the New York Shakespeare Festival. She wrote the children’s book Labracadabra. She has been the artistic Director of the Sundance Screen Writers Lab.

Sara Bareilles

composer/Lyricist

SARA BAREILLES (Music & Lyrics) can next be seen starring in the upcoming Tina Fey’s series, GIRLS5EVA. Bareilles first achieved mainstream critical praise in 2007 with her widely successful hit “Love Song,” which reached No. 1 in 22 countries around the world from her debut album Little Voice. Since then, Sara has gone on to receive seven Grammy® nominations throughout her career, which include Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “Love Song” and one Album of the Year for her highly acclaimed third studio album, The Blessed Unrest. Her book, Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song, was released in the fall of 2015 by Simon & Schuster and is a New York Times best seller. Making her Broadway debut Sara composed the music and lyrics for Waitress, for which she received her first Tony® Award nomination for Best Score and a 2017 Grammy® Award nomination for Best Musical Theater Album. She also made her Broadway acting debut in 2017 by stepping into the lead role in Waitress. 2018 was a big year for Sara, she co-hosted the Tony Awards®, was nominated for an Emmy® and Grammy® for her role in Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert and was awarded with the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s Hal David Starlight Award. Sara also teamed up with Apple as an executive producer for Little Voice, a 10-episode series, for which she created the original music. What’s Inside: Songs from Waitress, her most recent solo studio album, is out on Epic Records. On April 5, 2019, Sara released her fifth full-length and first album of original material since 2013, entitled Amidst the Chaos. For this latest body of work, she joined forces in the studio with legendary Academy® Award-winning producer T Bone Burnett. As a result, the album spotlights her voice as a singer and storyteller like never before, while making an enduring statement.

Adrienne Shelley

Director of motion picture

ADRIENNE SHELLY (Film) We celebrate Adrienne Shelly as the writer of the 2007 film Waitress. An actor (Trust) and director (Waitress, I’ll Take You There, Sudden Manhattan) for almost 20 years, she conceived the film while pregnant with her daughter Sophie (Lulu in the film), for whom she wrote it as a “love letter” in just two weeks. Adrienne’s legacy includes The Adrienne Shelly Foundation, created after she died in 2006 to support Women Filmmakers. It’s awarded 65+ production grants to talented women all over the world. Please visit http://www.adrienneshellyfoundation. org to honor Adrienne’s memory and support ASF’s critical artistic mission.

Carol Dunne

Director

CAROL DUNNE has served as Producing Artistic Director of Northern Stage since 2013. At Northern Stage she has directed 20 productions including Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol, The Railway Children, Million Dollar Quartet, Once, and Disgraced. She launched New Works Now in 2014 and since then Northern Stage has presented seven world premieres and three Off-Broadway transfers including the New York Times Critic’s pick Only Yesterday. In 2017, Dunne received a Genius Grant from the Helen Gurley Brown Foundation, and with the Foundation she created and now directs the BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle (www.boldtheater.org), a $1.75 million annual grant in its fifth year which is breaking the glass ceiling for women in theater. Dunne is also a Senior Lecturer in Theater at Dartmouth College where she directs plays and musicals including Cabaret and Rent. With the Dartmouth Department of Theater, she launched the Experiential Term providing professional development to Dartmouth students. Prior to coming to Northern Stage, Dunne was Producing Artistic Director of the New London Barn Playhouse from 2008 until 2015.

Sony Music Publishing

SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (Music) established in 1995 as a joint venture between Sony and Michael Jackson, is the world’s leading music publisher. Sony owns or administers more than two million copyrights, including those from such iconic music catalogs as EMI Music Publishing, Leiber & Stoller, Mijac Music, Motown and Famous Music. Sony controls many of the best-known songs ever written, including “New York, New York,” “All You Need Is Love,” “You’ve Got a Friend,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Over the Rainbow” and “Stand By Me.” In addition, Sony represents the copyrights of such legendary artists as The Beatles, Leonard Cohen, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Queen, The Rolling Stones, Sting, The Supremes, Hank Williams and Stevie Wonder, among others. Its ever-growing list of chart-topping artists and songwriters includes Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga, P!nk, Shakira, and Taylor Swift.

Lighting Designer

Jennifer Fok

Scenic Designer

Jordan Janota

Choreographer

Ashleigh King

Sound Designer

Germán Martínez

Costume Designer

Lexi Spanier

Music Director

Kevin David Thomas

Associate Scenic Designer

Rosalind Isquith

Production Stage Manager

Margaret Kayes

Community
Partners

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Production
Sponsors

Waitress is sponsored in part by Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, The Rowley Agency, Tyler, Simms, & Saint Sauveur CPAs, P.C., and Vermont Public.

Series
Sponsors


Opening Nights are sponsored in part by Morgan Stanley | The Dubie Group.

Access For All performances are sponsored by Bar Harbor Bank and Novo Nordisk.

WAITRESS is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com