The Ritz Players | Pippin

Name: The Ritz Players | Pippin
Start: 2023-09-24T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-09-24T16:00:00-04:00
Location: The Ritz Theatre

Sunday, September 24, 2023 - 2:00pm

Address:
The Ritz Theatre
30 S. Washington St.
Tiffin, OH 44883

The Ritz Players present Pippin!

Showtimes:

September 23 & 30 - 7:30 PM
September 24 & October 1 - 2:00 PM

With an infectiously unforgettable score from four-time Grammy winner, three-time Oscar winner and musical theatre giant, Stephen Schwartz, Pippin is the story of one young man's journey to be extraordinary. Winner of four 2013 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival, this updated circus-inspired version of Pippin continues to captivate and appeal to the young at heart throughout the world.

Heir to the Frankish throne, the young prince Pippin is in search of the secret to true happiness and fulfillment. He seeks it in the glories of the battlefield, the temptations of the flesh and the intrigues of political power (after disposing of his father, King Charlemagne the Great). In the end, though, Pippin finds that happiness lies not in extraordinary endeavors, but rather in the unextraordinary moments that happen every day. Pippin is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International.

Adults $20, Students $15 – EV, MS, RP
Sponsored by Reineke Family Dealerships

Subscriptions for all events on The Ritz Theatre’s 2023-2024 season on sale now and individual event ticket sales begin August 7. For ticket and subscription information contact The Ritz Theatre Box Office at 30 S. Washington St., downtown Tiffin, 419-448-8544 or info@ritztheatre.org. Information is also available online at ritztheatre.org.

Book by Roger O. Hirson
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Originally produced on the Broadway stage by Stuart Ostrow
Directed on the Broadway stage by Bob Fosse
2013 Broadway revival directed by Diane Paulus
Theo Ending Originally Conceived in 1998 by Mitch Sebastian

Cast List (Cast and staff members are from TIFFIN unless otherwise noted.)

Leading Player - Wyatt Price
Pippin - Benjamin Blankenship (Upper Sandusky)
Charles - Troy “TJ” McKee
Fastrada - Cheyane Thacker
Lewis - Owen Brewer
Berthe - Teresa Bock
Catherine - Sydney Lommerse
Theo - Michael Thacker
Dancers - Aden Baines-O’Hagan, Madison Dority (Clyde), Raphael Confesor, Gabrielle Holben (Rossford), Cory Lachner, Isabelle Milton, Tristan Schryer (Sycamore), Elizabeth Schryer (Sycamore)
Torch Bearer - Alycia Lenke (Bettsville)
Courtier - Anna Wank (New Riegel)
Courtier - Seth Sholl
Noble - Kristie Drown (Republic)
Noble - Cyndi Hineline (Fremont)
Noble - Simon Fletcher (Carey)
Minstrel - Jim Cook (Sycamore)
Strongman - Scott Cook, Jr.
Acrobat - Lance Laughlin (Clyde)