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Cry it Out

By Molly Smith Metzler
Directed by Zandi Carlson

Rolling Bay Hall

Oct 27-Nov 11  |  7pm Thu.-Sun.

Nov 9  |  Sensory-Friendly Performance*
Nov 12  |  5pm Closing Night

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Cast
JESSIE  |  Kim Douthit
ADRIENNE  |  Josy Wegner

LINA  |  Erin Gabbard

MITCHELL  |  Leon Huggins

UNDERSTUDY  |  Kate Pippinger

Production Team

Assistant Director  |  Melanie Hampton

Production Stage Manager  |  Maddy Garfunkel

Dialect Coach  |  Marianna de Fazio
Costume Designer  |  Dawn Janow 

Lighting/Sound Designer  |  Eli Backer

Scenic Designer  |  Ken Michels

The running time is approximately 95 minutes with no intermission.

Advisory

This play contains mature content and language that may not be appropriate for young audiences.

* Sensory-Friendly Performance
inD Theatre is proud to partner with Sensory Access and Neurodiversity Allies to present a Sensory-Friendly performance of Cry It Out at 7pm on Thursday, November 9. A Sensory-Friendly performance modifies the music and other production elements.

 

Sensory Guide and Social Narrative

A Sensory Guide will be available at the door and is also at indtheatre.org/CIO-sensory-guide. Want to know what to expect at the theatre? Our Social Narrative is at this link: indtheatre.org/social-narrative.

Covid-19 Safety
After careful consideration and reviewing the policies that other theatre organizations are implementing, we have decided to relax our vaccine and mask requirements for our 2023-24 season for the time being. We recommend that our patrons be vaccinated and wear masks during the performance.

 

Synopsis

Successful lawyer Jessie trades in her tailored suit and New York City apartment for yoga pants covered in breast milk and a duplex in the suburbs. Her new neighbor, Lina, a Long Island native who works in an entry level position and has terrible credit, comes from a vastly different economic background. Nonetheless, they have one huge thing in common: they’ve been cracked open by the love they feel for their newborns. But their intimacy is punctured when a stranger who lives in the mansion up on the cliff appears in the yard and asks if they would include his wife, a new mom who is having “a hard time,” in their coffee klatch. Cry It Out is a reflection of the direct influence that social dynamics, family support systems, and class have on parenthood. This dark comedy explores what the reality of shifting into parenthood means and the impossible nuances that one must face head on, without the luxury of hindsight or a full night's sleep.

Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois 

"In the course of discussing parenthood, postpartum depression, and gender roles, the play offers some extraordinary insights that will send you out of the theater with much to ponder."

-LEO Weekly

"Presents a more comprehensive picture of the challenges and triumphs of new motherhood."

-WFPL Louisville

"Empathetic and enjoyable ... it all rings utterly true."

-Chicago Tribune

Kim Douthit (Jessie) and Leon Huggins (Mitchell) in Cry It Out

Photo credit: Colin Madison Photography

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Photo 1: Erin Gabbard (Lina) with mug + Kim Douthit (Jessie)

Photo 2: Kim Douthit with baby + Josy Wegner (Adrienne)

 

Photo credit: Colin Madison Photography

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