BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY
by Stephen Adly Guirgis
The Dayton Theatre Guild at the Caryl D. Philip TheatreScape
430 Wayne Ave, Dayton OH, 45410
937-278-5993 -- www.daytontheatreguild.org
This play won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the 2015 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, the 2015 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, the 2015 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play and the 2015 Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best New Play. It closed on Broadway in Feb 2023. Walter "Pops" Washington is a retired NYC policeman, and he has had enough. He has been pursuing a discrimination suit against the Police Department, because he, a black police officer, was accidentally shot by another (white) police officer. Meanwhile, his landlord won't leave him alone, his wife recently passed away, and the liquor store can't keep up with his thirst. Pops' last living relative, his son Junior, has recently gotten out of jail and moved back to Pops' house with his girlfriend, Lulu, and his newly sober buddy, Oswaldo. With his heels dug into the floor of his rent-controlled Riverside Drive apartment, Pops holds onto old wounds, both physical and emotional. Pressure reaches a boiling point when an ultimatum comes from an unlikely source, pinning Pops squarely "between Riverside and crazy." This Tony Award-nominated Pulitzer Prize-winning play, is passionate, contemporary, and bracingly funny.
Directed by Robert-Wayne Waldron
Produced by Rick Flynn and Christina Tomazinis
Franklin Johnson as Pops
Shaun Diggs as Junior
S. Francis Livisay as Oswaldo
Ronda Ogletree as Lulu
Karen Righter as Detective O’Connor
Nathan Finley as Lt. Caro
Carly Risenhoover-Peterson as Church Lady
The show runs weekends May 23-June 8, 2025
First Weekend: Friday 8pm, Saturday 8pm, Sunday 3pm
Second & Third Weekend: Friday 8pm, Saturday 5pm, Sunday 3pm
Individual tickets on sale now
Adult: $25
Senior (60 or older): $23
Student: $18
To purchase:
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https://daytontheatreguild.thundertix.com/
- or call 937-278-5993
- or at the box office day of the show
*All individual tickets purchased in advance via our on-line ticket system or by telephone will also include a $1 convenience fee.
**Special pricing for groups of 10 or more, call the Box Office at 937-278-5993 for pricing
Children under seven will not be admitted to performances
For more information, including future auditions, see
http://www.daytontheatreguild.org
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