Parent on Board

Description

An original sketch-comedy revue, Parent on Board, will be born in Middlebury and make its tour of Vermont in September. In a collaboration between Middlebury Acting Company and Interact Creative, a talented team of actor/writer/improvisors are developing original sketches and songs based on the wildly challenging yet wondrously wonderful world of parenting.

Kai Fukuda is the music director while Andrew Ritter directs a powerhouse comedic ensemble that includes Julia DiFerdinando, Vanessa Dunleavy, Alex Hudson, Jory Raphael, Amy Halpin Riley, Andrew Ritter, Eric Reid-St. John, and MacArthur Stine. The ensemble is immersed in a one-month process utilizing improvisation and writing to create material for the show.

Director Andrew Ritter is drawing from 20 years of working at The Second City in Chicago, where he is a former director, teacher, and performer. While there he also created, directed, and performed in the long running family improv show The Greatest Story Never Told. He moved to Vermont in 2020 and has directed and performed with Middlebury Acting Company, most recently playing nine characters in The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey. Andrew is a member of SAG, a graduate of Middlebury College, and the Artistic Director of Interact Creative.