Tuesday, November 2, 2021, 7:30 PM

Street and Davis Performance Hall, Anne and Ellen Fife Theatre

THIS EVENT HAS ALEADY OCCURRED

"Waitress is a little slice of heaven!"

–Entertainment Weekly

PROGRAM NOTEs

View the program for this event here.

Meet Jenna, a waitress and expert pie-maker who dreams of a way out of her small town and rocky marriage. Pouring her heart into her pies, she crafts desserts that mirror her topsy-turvy life such as "The Key (Lime) to Happiness Pie" and “Betrayed By My Eggs Pie.” When a baking contest in a nearby county—and a satisfying encounter with someone new—show Jenna a chance at a fresh start, she must find the courage to seize it. Change is on the menu, as long as Jenna can write her own perfectly personal recipe for happiness.

Brought to life by a groundbreaking all-female creative team, this hilarious hit Broadway musical features original music and lyrics by Grammy Award winner Sara Bareilles (Brave and Love Song); a book by acclaimed screenwriter Jessie Nelson (I Am Sam); original choreography by Lorin Latarro (Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Waiting for Godot), recreated by tour choreographer Abbey O’Brien; and original direction by Tony Award winner Diane Paulus (Hair and Pippin), recreated by tour director Susanna Wolk.

Three women actors in "Waitress" smile towards the camera wearing powder blue diner uniforms and white aprons. In front of them is a counter filled with the items needed to make a pie, and behind them is a metal kitchen storage shelf filled with pantry items. The middle woman tosses a bit of flour up into the air.
David Socolar, a white man with brown hair, a blue button down shirt, a blue blazer, and brown pants, sits on a green wooden bench next to Jisel Soleil Ayon, a Black woman with curly hair pulled back into a ponytail and wearing a powder blue diner uniform.
David Socolar, a white man with brown hair wearing a white button down shirt embraces Jisel Soleil Ayon, a Black woman with dark curly hair pulled half up and wearing a powder blue diner uniform. They are about to kiss.
A man in a red plaid shirt with brown hair sits at a four top diner table and holds out a bouquet of flowers to a white woman with brown half up, half down hair and red glasses. She holds her hands up in surprise.
Jisel Soleil Ayon, a Black woman with dark curly hair pulled back into a ponytail and wearing a blue diner uniform, and Michael R. Douglass, a white man with white hair and a brown three piece suit and bowtie, on the set of "Waitress." She stands writing down his order and he sits holding a newspaper and pointing at her.
Jisel Soleil Ayon, a Black woman with dark curly hair worn half up and wearing a blue diner uniform, stands in the middle of four people holding eight pies around her in an oval shape.
Three women actors in "Waitress" stand in a diner wearing powder blue diner uniforms and holding meal tickets in their left hands above their heads.
A Black man with dark brown facial hair, a blue bandana, and a white button down shirt stands at the window to a diner kitchen, while a Black woman with natural hair pulled up into a ponytail and wearing a powder blue diner uniform and white apron leans against the metal counter.
Shawn W. Smith, a white man with dark brown hair, beard, and moustache, stands bahind Jisel Soleil Ayon, a Black woman with dark curly hair pulled into a ponytail. She wears a powder blue diner uniform. He wears a grey plaid shirt and a wedding ring. He puts one arm around her from behind, holding her to him.
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"It's an empowering musical of the highest order!" raves the Chicago Tribune and is “sweet, sassy and passionate,” according to New York Magazine. Don't miss this uplifting and hilarious musical celebrating friendship, motherhood, and the magic of a well-made pie.

This performance is recommended for ages 13 and up. There will be no livestream option for this performance.

This is the first performance of Waitress at the Moss Arts Center.