Educating Rita
An English Comedy
by Willy Russell
directed by Eleanor Holdridge
October 17 – November 7, 2010
Live and learn.
Rita is street smart, a twenty-something hairdresser with a passion for more. Frank is disillusioned, a down-on-his-luck professor driven to drink. Rita is brash. Frank is burnt out. But as Frank tutors Rita for her exams, their lessons teach them things they never expected about their own lives. Thirty years after it took the world by storm, Triad Stage celebrates Russell’s delightful comedy of ideas. Part Pygmalion, part Working Girl, this is the story of two unforgettable characters with the courage to learn.
“It’s a classy, comfy evening of witty repartee generously seasoned with the dry rub, or perhaps more accurately, the frothy head, of British life.”
–Lynn Jessup, Classical Voice of North Carolina
Click here to read the full review.
Running time: 2 hours and 10 minutes, including one fifteen-minute intermission.
This production contains some strong language.
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Triad Stage's Producers Circle and Center Stage level donors |
Books, books everywhere!
Guess the number of books and magazines onstage on the Educating Rita set and win 4 tickets to A Christmas Carol!
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Congratulations to Donna Shapiro! Out of 1,602 submitted guesses. She came closest to the correct number of books and magazines onstage on the Educating Rita set.
The correct answer: 5,484 books and magazines
Donna was an incredible 1 book off!!!!!!!
For her amazing book counting talent, she's won 4 tickets to A Christmas Carol!
And congratulations to Crystal Brown as well. She was only 3 books off with her guess.
As runner up, Crystal will receive 2 tickets to see the show.
Thank you to everyone who came to see the show and played along. We had a lot of fun and hope you did, too.
